Bridgestone iherutse gutangaza ko kubera ukwiyongera kw’amahera akoreshwa n’ivy’ubuhinga, iyo sosiyete yaciye ifata ingingo yo kwongera igiciro c’amapine yo kugurisha mw’isoko ry’igihugu ry’Ubuyapani kuva mu kwezi kwa munani 1.
Iryo shirahamwe rivuga ko ukwiyongera kw’igiciro kwari 3% . Iyongera ry’igiciro ry’ubwoko bwose bw’amapine kiretse amapine y’uburimyi{2}}
Raporo ivuga ko imvo y’uko igiciro congerekana ari ukwiyongera kw’ibiciro vy’ivy’ubuhinga bitewe n’ukubura abakozi, kandi iyo ngendo izobandanya muri kazoza . Muri ivyo, ishirahamwe ryavuze ko ryafashe ingingo zo kugabanya igiciro c’ibikoresho n’ibindi, ariko biragoye gutorera umuti iki kibazo gusa kubera utwigoro tw’ishirahamwe bwite, kandi ukwiyongera kw’igiciro nta co bimaze.
Ukwongerekana kw’ibiciro vy’amapine yo mu rugo y’iyo sosiyete ni bwo bwa mbere kuva muri Nzero 2017, igiciro caraduze ku ncuro ya mbere inyuma y’imyaka ibiri . Nk’umuhinguzi munini w’amapine yo mu gihugu mu Buyapani, ingingo y’ishirahamwe yo kuduza ibiciro izotuma habaho uguhuza kw’abandi bahinga b’amapine, ivyo bikaba vyakwegereye cane .
Igihe igiciro c’amapine cariyongereye mu mwaka w’2017, hariho 30% vy’ugurisha kw’amapine bitewe n’ukwiyongera kw’igiciro imbere y’uko igiciro kiduga, kandi ugurisha kw’amapine inyuma y’ukwiyongera kw’igiciro vyerekanye ko ubukonje bukwi na bukwi .
Igiciro ca Bridgestone cari gifise 3%, ivyo bikaba vyari bike kuruta 6% vy’ukwiyongera kw’igiciro ca nyuma. Ariko rero, mu kwezi kwa Gitugutu uyu mwaka, Ubuyapani buzoshira mu ngiro ukwiyongera kw’imisoro y’ugukoresha, rero bizogira ico bikoze ku kugurisha amapine.