Will begin full-scale transport of halal products in Indonesia
PT Nippon Express Indonesia (Tetsuji Yonaiyama, President; hereinafter, "NE Indonesia"), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Mitsuru Saito, President), has received halal certification effective April 12 from Indonesia's halal certifying body The Assessment Institute for Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics - Indonesian Council of Ulama (LPPOM-MUI).
Muslims make up nearly 90% of Indonesia's population, and laws are expected to go into effect in 2019 that will require halal certification for all food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products distributed or traded within Indonesia. Both consumers and companies within Indonesia have been showing growing interest in halal certification.
NE Indonesia is a local subsidiary engaged primarily in air cargo forwarding, and the certification that it has just obtained covers transport and warehouse storage in Indonesia. To more widely support supply chains in Indonesia, preparations to obtain same certification are underway at two other local subsidiaries in Indonesia responsible for ocean cargo forwarding and warehouse storage.
Nippon Express will be continuing its efforts to construct halal logistics networks to serve the growing Muslim market, and to globally support the supply chains of customers expanding into the Muslim market.
| Dec 2014 | Halal transport certification (MS2400-1) received from Department of Islamic Development, Malaysia (JAKIM) |
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| Jun 2015 | Business partnership agreement concluded with Brahim's Holdings Berhad, the world's largest manufacturer of halal airline meals |
| Oct 2016 | Certification received allowing NE Malaysia to carry out ritual cleansing(*) of trucks and cargo containers in-house |
| May 2017 | Halal warehousing certification (MS2400-2) received from JAKIM |
| Jan 2016 | Halal warehousing certification received from Japan Halal Association (JHA) (Tokyo Shipping Branch) |
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| Feb 2016 | Halal transport certification received from JHA (Tokyo Shipping Branch) |
| Mar 2017 | Halal warehousing/transport certification received from JHA (Fukuoka Shipping Branch) |
1 Ritual cleansing refers to purifying locations that are considered unclean for halal foods (e.g., locations that have handled pork or pork-derivative products). Trucks and cargo containers to be used for transporting halal foods must be purified beforehand by cleansing them in accordance with JAKIM rules.
Nippon Express has created a logo mark for its halal logistics services to distinguish halal cargo and to let customers know that such services are available
