One risk to the strategy is that as Chinese companies grow and gain more international experience, they will see less need to piggyback on the shosha.

这种战略的风险之一，是随着中国企业逐渐成长，并获得更多的国际经验，它们将认为没有什么必要继续依附日本商社。

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Sogo shosha Marubeni (No. 7) and Nissho Iwai (No. 10) grossed about 15% less, but managed to swing back into the black.

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Other Japanese sogo shosha are also aggressively buying abroad.

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No prizes for guessing that Japan's sogo shosha or trading corporations continue to take the top places in The Asiaweek 1000, now in its eighth year of ranking the region's largest companies by sales.

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