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Environment   revised in August 2023

Environmental conservation costs(Unit: million yen)

Furukawa Electric
Category Key activity and the outcome FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Business area costs Installation and maintenance of equipment for exhaust and wastewater treatment, energy saving, recycling, solar power generation, etc., waste disposal, various types of recycling, soil contamination surveys, etc. 1,180 1,145 1,144 1,238 1,211
Upstream/downstream costs Packaging with eco-friendly materials, collection and reuse of cable drums, etc. 175 175 156 142 137
Administration costs Environmental management system operation (operation of committees, audits, etc.), measurement and monitoring of environmental impact, and environmental education, etc. 331 329 340 312 396
Research and development costs Research and development for environmental conservation, such as energy savings and alternatives to hazardous substances. 286 281 260 222 264
Social activity costs Tree planting, local community cleaning activities, donations, etc. 2 2 0 1 1
Environmental remediation costs Environmental impact assessments, cleanup of polluted soil, etc. 3 1 0 0 0
Total 1,977 1,933 1,900 1,914 2,009
Domestic group companies
Category Key activity and the outcome FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Business area costs Installation and maintenance of equipment for exhaust and wastewater treatment, energy saving, recycling, solar power generation, etc., waste disposal, various types of recycling, soil contamination surveys, etc. 476 535 348 455 347
Upstream/downstream costs Packaging with eco-friendly materials, collection and reuse of cable drums, etc. 210 211 145 126 133
Administration costs Environmental management system operation (operation of committees, audits, etc.), measurement and monitoring of environmental impact, and environmental education, etc. 136 128 80 107 122
Research and development costs Research and development for environmental conservation, such as energy savings and alternatives to hazardous substances. 60 46 97 78 34
Social activity costs Tree planting, local community cleaning activities, donations, etc. 4 3 1 1 3
Environmental remediation costs Environmental impact assessments, cleanup of polluted soil, etc. 0 0 0 1 1
Total 886 924 673 768 640
Furukawa Electric + Domestic group companies
Category Key activity and the outcome FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Business area costs Installation and maintenance of equipment for exhaust and wastewater treatment, energy saving, recycling, solar power generation, etc., waste disposal, various types of recycling, soil contamination surveys, etc. 1,656 1,681 1,493 1,693 1,558
Upstream/downstream costs Packaging with eco-friendly materials, collection and reuse of cable drums, etc. 385 386 301 268 270
Administration costs Environmental management system operation (operation of committees, audits, etc.), measurement and monitoring of environmental impact, and environmental education, etc. 467 457 420 419 518
Research and development costs Research and development for environmental conservation, such as energy savings and alternatives to hazardous substances. 346 327 358 300 298
Social activity costs Tree planting, local community cleaning activities, donations, etc. 6 5 1 2 3
Environmental remediation costs Environmental impact assessments, cleanup of polluted soil, etc. 3 1 0 1 1
Total 2,863 2,857 2,573 2,682 2,648

Economic benefits associated with environmental conservation activities (Unit: million yen)
Reduction amount compared to previous year, Minus figures indicate an increase.

Furukawa Electric
Details of benefits FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Revenue from recycling 159 248 244 170 200
Reduction in waste disposal costs -117 -150 24 132 -111
Reduction in energy costs -531 64 1,057 -958 -2,424
Reduction in water purchase costs 3 8 23 6 -13
Total -252 171 1,348 -650 -2,346
Domestic group companies
Details of benefits FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Revenue from recycling 334 239 244 361 393
Reduction in waste disposal costs -55 -46 33 14 156
Reduction in energy costs -80 77 1,072 -654 -1,118
Reduction in water purchase costs -16 -32 63 -11 0
Total 183 237 1,412 -290 -569
Furukawa Electric + Domestic group companies
Details of benefits FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Revenue from recycling 493 487 488 531 593
Reduction in waste disposal costs 62 -196 57 146 46
Reduction in energy costs -611 141 2,129 -1,613 -3,541
Reduction in water purchase costs -13 -24 86 -4 -13
Total -69 408 2,760 -940 -2,915

Environmental conservation benefits

Furukawa Electric
Environmental impact Unit FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Volume of industrial waste disposal processed* tons 336 369 532 539 485
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent) 1,000 kℓ 139 139 129 129 122
Water consumption 1,000 tons 8,427 7,987 7,871 7,873 7,770
Emissions of volatile organic chemical compounds tons 203 236 236 223 195
CO₂ emissions 1,000 t-CO₂e 226 213 197 185 133
SOx emissions tons 1 4 3 2 3
NOx emissions tons 56 47 73 66 61
Soot emissions tons 12 3 1 3 2
Domestic group companies
Environmental impact Unit FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Volume of industrial waste disposal processed* tons 1,943 1,106 1,006 864 999
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent) 1,000 kℓ 58 52 47 53 48
Water consumption 1,000 tons 2,088 1,878 1,507 1,295 1,350
Emissions of volatile organic chemical compounds tons 115 120 79 68 55
CO₂ emissions 1,000 t-CO₂e 112 97 90 95 85
SOx emissions tons 0 0 0 1 3
NOx emissions tons 20 20 20 5 1
Soot emissions tons 0 0 0 4 0
Furukawa Electric + Domestic group companies
Environmental impact Unit FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Volume of industrial waste disposal processed* tons 2,279 1,474 1,538 1,404 1,484
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent) 1,000 kℓ 197 191 176 181 169
Water consumption 1,000 tons 10,515 9,865 9,378 9,168 9,120
Emissions of volatile organic chemical compounds tons 318 356 315 292 250
CO₂ emissions 1,000 t-CO₂e 338 310 287 281 218
SOx emissions tons 1 4 3 3 6
NOx emissions tons 76 67 93 71 62
Soot emissions tons 12 3 2 7 3

* Excluding recycled wastes

Investment and research costs (Unit: million yen)

Furukawa Electric
Investment and research costs FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Total investment 14,775 18,736 14,195 14,352 16,408
Of which, environment-related investment 571 1,139 985 976 617
Total research costs 9,367 10,455 9,779 10,077 10,970
Domestic group companies
Investment and research costs FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Total investment 6,231 7,004 8,325 7,075 3,867
Of which, environment-related investment 332 234 137 345 152
Total research costs 2,371 1,974 1,799 2,816 1,694
Furukawa Electric + Domestic group companies
Investment and research costs FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Total investment 21,006 25,740 22,520 21,427 20,275
Of which, environment-related investment 903 1,374 1,122 1,321 769
Total research costs 11,738 12,429 11,578 12,893 12,664

Environmentally-friendly products Cumulative number of registered items and percentage of sales

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric Cumulative number of registered items 121 126 130 131 133
Percentage of sales on a one-year basis 64.8 66.4 68.4 74.3 73.7
Furukawa Electric (consolidated) Cumulative number of registered items 105 137 149 156 150
Percentage of sales on a one-year basis 40.5 56.2 58.2 61.9 65.0

* In fiscal 2018, the rule for the Environmentally friendly products was revised (The products that reduced the greenhouse gas (GHG) in the manufacturing process, etc.) and was reflected in the aggregate calculation.

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Greenhouse gas emissions throughout the value chain (Unit: 1,000 t-CO₂e)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric Group Scope1 197 172 143 128 153
Scope2 646 570 504 512 418
Scope3* 1,689 4,735 4,161 4,480
 4,458
Upstream Category 1： Purchased goods and services*  - 2,493 1,656 1,829 1,855
Category 2： Capital goods  - 187 158 134 154
Category 3： Fuel- and energy-related activities*  - 112 94 123 110
Category 4： Upstream transportation and distribution*  - 73 126 207 323
Category 5： Waste generated in operations  - 22 21 22 18
Category 6： Business travel*  - 7 6 57 12
Category 7： Employee commuting  - 23 23 24 24
Category 8： Upstream leased assets  - 7 6 7 9
Downstream Category 9： Downstream transportation and distribution*  - 11 9 141 9
Category 10： Processing of sold products  - - - 17 16
Category 11： Use of sold products*  - 1,720 1,980 1,575 1,587
Category 12： End-of-life treatment of sold products*  - 50 51 57 63
Category 13： Downstream leased assets  - 2 3 4 4
Category 14： Franchises   - - - - -
Category 15： Investments*  - 28 28 283 274
Total 2,532 5,477 4,808 5,120 5,029

* The calculation method was reviewed in FY2023 and recalculated retroactively for FY2021

Greenhouse gas emissions Scope1 (Unit: 1,000 t-CO₂e)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
CO₂ 148 139 115 121 116
SF₆ 49 32 28 7 37

* Greenhouse gases other than CO₂ and SF₆ are not listed because they are far below the unit of 1,000 tons.

Greenhouse gas emissions Scope1, 2 (Unit: 1,000 t-CO₂e)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
CO₂ (Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies) 338 310 288 281 218
CO₂ (Overseas Group Companies) 456 400 331 352 316
SF₆ (Furukawa Electric) 49 32 28 7 37
Total of Scope 1 and 2 843 742 648 640 571

Greenhouse gas emissions per unit of sales (Unit: t-CO₂e/million yen)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric Group 0.850 0.811 0.798 0.687 0.535

CO₂ emission and Energy intensity related to transportation

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa
Electric		 CO₂ emissions（1,000 t-CO₂e） 15.5 14.9 13.7 14.4 13.3
Energy intensity（MJ/t-km) 1.68 1.70 1.70 1.74 1.74

Energy consumption (Unit: 1,000 kL)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies 198 191 176 181 169
Overseas Group Companies 226 205 175 191 183
Total 424 396 351 372 352

Renewable energy ratio (Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies) (Unit: GWh)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Purchased Electricity（except for renewable energy) 534 499 468 480 343
Purchased Electricity（renewable energy) 0 0 0 2 99
Private Power Generation (hydroelectric and solar)  109  113  93  97  94
Total Electricity Consumption  643  612  561  579  536
Renewable energy ratio (％) 16.9 18.5 16.6 17.1 36.0

Renewable energy ratio (Furukawa Electric +domestic group companies＋ overseas group companies) (Unit: GWh)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Purchased Electricity（except for renewable energy) 1,256 1,150 1,052 1,107 927
Purchased Electricity（renewable energy) 13 26 25 36 138
Private Power Generation (hydroelectric and solar)  110  116  95  99  97
Total Electricity Consumption  1,379  1,292  1,172  1,242  1,162
Renewable energy ratio (％) 8.9 11.0 10.2 10.9 20.2

Water withdrawal (Unit: 1,000 m³)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Fresh surface water, including rainwater, water from wetland, rivers, and lakes 6,806 6,560 6,696 6,655 6,689
Brackish surface water/Seawater 0 0 0 0 0
Groundwater - renewable 3,511 3,005 2,423 2,432 2,288
Groundwater - non-renewable 0 0 0 0 0
Produced/Entrained water 0 0 0 0 0
Municipal potable water 3,025 2,969 2,680 3,130 2,900
External wastewater 0 0 0 0 0
Used quarry water collected in the quarry 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13,342 12,534 11,799 12,217 11,877

Water discharge (Unit: 1,000 m³)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Ocean 934 821 710 654 677
Surface Water 8,209 7,753 7,451 7,541 7,225
Subsurface 0 0 0 0 0
Sewerage (Off-site water treatment) 2,113 2,084 1,995 2,079 2,177
Beneficial / other use 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11,256 10,658 10,156 10,274 10,079

Water recycling and reuse volume (Unit: 1,000 m³)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies 1,113 1,111 1,100 1,100 1,101
Overseas Group Companies 54 58 59 52 50

Raw materials (Unit: 1,000 tons)

    FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies Copper 145.6 135.2 124.0 128.6 132.3
Aluminum 7.6 13.7 8.1 14.5 8.1
Steel 2.6 2.9 4.1 5.6 3.1
Glass 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Plastics 33.7 34.1 32.9 30.9 28.4
Overseas Group Companies Copper 188.5 161.5 119.3 113.7 110.7
Aluminum 56.9 32.9 12.5 14.4 19.4
Steel 9.4 9.6 9.0 12.5 11.9
Glass 3.6 3.4 2.5 2.4 2.1
Plastics 54.1 52.2 48.1 48.8 54.8

Total waste generation (Unit: 1,000 tons)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies 31 30 27 27 25
Overseas Group Companies 16 19 18 17 17
Total 47 49 45 43 42

* Total amount of waste generated in Japan includes valuable resources

Total volume of plastic waste generated


 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Furukawa Electric Amount of emissions（Unit: 1,000 tons） - - 4.0 4.2 3.8
Per unit of net sales（t/hundred million yen） - - 1.01 1.44 1.23

* Targets were set in FY2022 and calculated retroactively for FY2020.

Recycled resource volume (Unit: 1,000 tons)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies 26.1 26.6 22.7 23.3 22.6
Overseas Group Companies 5.3 6.1 7.1 5.2 12.5

Final disposal volume (Unit: 1,000 tons)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Overseas Group Companies 11.0 12.8 12.0 11.5 9.4

Hazardous waste generation (Unit: tons)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric Group 6,455 6,427 5,112 5,745 4,524

Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) (Unit: tons)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric 203 236 236 223 195
Domestic group companies 115 120 79 68 55
Total 318 356 315 291 250

NOx and SOx emissions (Unit: tons)

    FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric + domestic group companies NOx 76 67 93 71 62
SOx 1 4 3 3 6

PRTR substances list (Furukawa Electric and domestic group companies) (Unit: tons)

No. Substance Volume handled Volume released Volume transferred Volume contained in products/ disappeared by combustion
1 Zinc and its compounds 4.3 0.0 0.5 3.9
31 Antimony and its compounds 380.1 0.2 56.6 323.4
53 Ethylbenzene 83.2 0.9 34.7 47.7
71 Ferric chlorides 9.8 0.0 0.0 9.8
75 Cadmium and its compounds 113.4 0.0 15.8 97.6
80 Xylene 140.4 1.6 36.1 102.7
82 Silver and its water-soluble compounds 2.0 0.0 0.7 1.3
86 Cresol 192.4 0.1 36.5 155.8
87 Chromium and trivalent chromium compounds 9.6 0.0 0.0 9.6
88 Hexavalent chromium compounds 4.6 0.0 3.6 1.0
132 Cobalt and its compounds 4.4 0.0 0.4 4.0
144 Inorganic cyanide compounds (Excluding complex salt and cyanate) 2.2 0.2 0.6 1.3
213 N,N-dimethylacetamide 483.8 0.1 11.8 471.9
272 Copper salts (water-soluble) 5,016.3 0.1 18.8 4,997.4
296 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 9.0 0.1 0.0 8.9
300 Toluene 188.0 70.3 48.6 69.0
304 Lead 8,473.7 0.1 0.3 8,473.3
305 Lead compounds 28,861.8 0.1 4.4 28,857.3
308 Nickel 398.3 0.0 5.0 393.2
309 Nickel compounds 88.6 0.0 14.4 74.2
332 Arsenic and its inorganic compounds 5.1 0.0 0.0 5.1
333 Hydrazine 6.1 0.0 0.0 6.1
349 Phenol 149.5 0.1 25.7 123.7
355 Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 110.6 0.0 0.0 110.6
374 Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble compounds 18.4 0.0 1.9 16.5
384 N-propyl bromide 2.0 1.7 0.0 0.3
405 Boron and its compounds 6.2 0.0 0.6 5.5
412 Manganese and its compounds 5.9 0.0 0.0 5.9
413 Phthalic anhydride 5.2 0.0 0.0 5.2
438 Methylnaphthalene 15.2 0.0 0.0 15.2
Total 44,790.1 75.6 317.0 44,397.4

* This list is target for substances with a transaction volume of 1 tons or more (0.5 tons or more for Class 1 Designated Chemical Substances) for the entire Group.

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Social　　revised in August 2023

Number of employees

* Workers with employment contracts (including non-permanent employees and assigned employees) are covered.

Number of employees in managerial positions

Number of candidates for managerial positions (equivalent of chiefs)

Percentage of non-regular employees* (Unit: %) 

* Including rehiring, part-timers and fixed-term employees

Employment rate of people with disabilities (Unit: %)

* As of June 1 of each year

Share of non-Japanese employees（Unit: ％）

* We began disclosing in FY2022.

Percentage of labor union membership (Unit: %)

* Including those exempted as defined in the collective agreement

Average age（Unit: years）

* We began disclosing in FY2022.

Average years of service（Unit: years）

Average wages by employment category 

* We began disclosing in FY2022.

Number of new hires（Unit: persons）

Male/female percentage of new graduates （Unit：%）

Ratio of mid-career hires to total new staff hires*（Unit：％）

* New staff hires refer to new graduates and mid-career hires.

Turnover rate (Unit: %)

*1 The calculation method has changed since FY2021;
Number of employees who resigned/retired during the fiscal year (A) ÷ Number of employees enrolled during the fiscal year.
(Before FY 2020； (A) ÷ number of employees enrolled on the first day of the fiscal year.) 

*2 The data of FY2021 and FY2022 includes the impact of using the Job change Assistance Program before the abolition of it due to the raising of the retirement age.

Overtime work hours per person (Unit: hours per month)

Use of regular annual leave (Unit: days)

Ratio of childcare leave taken 

* The format has been changed since FY2022. 

Ratio of childcare leave taken (Old format) (Unit: persons)

* The scope of data was changed from FY2021. The number of employees who took at least one day of childcare leave during the fiscal year (including those who continued to take childcare leave from the previous fiscal year).
Before FY2020, it was the number of employees who newly took childcare leave during the fiscal year (not including those who continued to take childcare leave from the previous fiscal year).

Number of employees taking nursing care leave (Unit: persons)

* Number of employees who took at least one day of nursing care leave (not including those who continued to take leave from the previous year).

Number of employees taking volunteer leave (Unit: persons)

Number of employees taking refreshment leave (Unit: persons)

* “Refreshment leave” is a system that allows employees with 25 years of service to take 14 or more days of leave. (Available for taking within 2 years)

Percentage of employees subject to HR evaluation (Unit: %)

Training costs per employee (Unit: 1,000 yen)


Number of employees trained by positions (Unit: persons)

*1 Furukawa Electric

*2 Furukawa Electric and employees dispatched to other companies

*3 Human rights education included in the lecture

*4 It was postponed for one year to review the training, and held all at once in 2021.

*5 Total number of employees who took each program 

Number of employees trained in competition law compliance and bribery regulations （Unit: persons）


*1 In order to avoid duplication of contents, no seminars in Japan have been held in years of e-learning implementation since FY 2022.

*2 E-learning seminars will be held every other year from FY2022 onward.

Number of employees trained in the Subcontract Act（Unit: persons）

Number of employees trained in security trade control（Unit: persons）

Number of employees receiving safety training (Unit: total number of people per year)

Number of employees receiving health training (Unit: persons)

Number of employees receiving GENBA-RYOKU reinforcement training* (Unit: persons)

* GENBA-RYOKU reinforcement training is a training program for technical employees and consists of a curriculum focusing on the "six key missions (safety, environment, quality, cost, production, and facilities)," "human skills," and "technical skills".

Percentage of the Works certified by OSHMS (Unit: %)

*1 OSHMS; Occupational Safety and Health Management System

*2 The target is business sites with manufacturing divisions. In FY2022, one site obtained certification, which resulted in an increase.

Frequency rate of accidents resulting in time off work

* Frequency rate = (Number of casualties / Total actual work hours) x 1,000,000

Number of deaths among regular employees

* Non-work-related injury or illness are not included

Number of deaths among non-regular employees

* Contractors not included

Ratio of complaints regarding products and services

*1 Ratio in the case where FY2015 results are taken as 1.00

*2 Ratio in the case where FY2021 results are taken as 1.00 (calculated retroactively for FY2021)

Number of suppliers working together for environmental and social aspects (Unit: companies)

* From the perspective of preventing new coronavirus infections, we have canceled the Partners Meeting.

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サステナビリティ推進室, ものづくり改革本部 安全推進室, ものづくり改革本部 資材部, ものづくり改革本部 品質管理推進室, FTR, 組織開発課, 健康推進センター, 環境部, リスク管理部, 人材・組織開発部　労政課, 人材・組織開発部　システム企画課, 戦略人事部　人事２課, 戦略人事部　人事1課, 人材・組織開発部　人材教育課

Governance　　updated at August 2023

Number of directors (Units: Person)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023
Furukawa Electric Directors 12 12 12 11 11 11
Outside directors
 5 5 5 5 5 5
Independent directors 3 5 5 5 5 5
Female directors 0 1 1 1 1 1

* As of the end of each year, however, as of June 23, for fiscal 2023

Number of Audit & Supervisory Board members (Units: Person)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023
Furukawa Electric Audit & Supervisory Board members 6 6 6 6 6 6
Outside members 3 3 3 3 3 3
Independent members 3 3 3 3 3 3
Female members 0 0 1 1 1 1

* As of the end of each year, however, as of June 23 for fiscal 2023.

Number of Executive officers (Units: Person)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023
Furukawa Electric Executive officers 26 25 27 27 25 23
Female executive officers 1 1 1 2 1 1
Foreign executive officers 4 3 3 3 2 2

* As of April 1st of each year

Number of Senior Fellows (Units: Person)

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023
Furukawa Electric Senior Fellows 2 2 1 1 3 3

* As of April 1st of each year

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Others

Others    Revised August 2023

Sales by region and overseas sales ratio （Unit: million yen）

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Sales by region Japan 521,281 495,658 435,195 461,450 517,358
China 94,006 75,059 82,777 100,457 104,326
Asia (except Japan,China) 213,260 183,033 141,029 190,877 224,931
North and Central America 72,677 78,302 78,179 91,716 127,793
South America,Europe and others 90,364 82,386 74,418 85,994 91,915
Consolidated sales 991,590 914,439 811,600 930,496 1,066,326
Overseas sales 470,309 418,781 376,403 469,046 548,967
Overseas sales ratio (%) 47.4 45.8 46.4 50.4 51.5

* Sales are classified into countries or regions based on the location of customers

Number of patent rights （Unit: patents）

  FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Furukawa Electric Domestic patents 4,605 4,523 4,388 4,423 4,364
Overseas patents 2,712 2,910 2,976 3,160 3,225
Total 7,317 7,433 7,367 7,583 7,589

* The number of domestic and overseas patents held by Furukawa Electric includes the results of regularly reviewing owned patents.

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