The number of liquid gas containers(LGC)/portable liquid containers(PLCs)in the 175 ￡-capacity class shipped in fiscal 2021 increased 4% from the previous year to 5,400.This signals some recovery from the slump caused by the Covid-19 crisis.This market took a direct hit from the Covid-19 pandemic.The main users are industrial gas producers and industrial gas sales agents.The business of sales agents was particularly sluggish,preventing them from actively renewing cylinders.Although seen as a growth market,dry ice snow supplied by food supermarkets had difficulty growing.Introducing fees for shopping bags and dry ice were the causes.Recent shortages in resources have dampened the movement of gas companies into new carbon dioxide business,accelerating the shift away from dry ice in supermarkets.
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