抄録
The Wholesale Market Law was drastically revised in 2018 and came into effect in June 2020. As a result, the article restricting free competition between wholesalers and middlemen was abolished, and the main trading rules are now left to the discretion of each wholesale market, as established by the operators in their bylaws. This paper clarifies the response of central wholesale market operators to the changes in trading rules, etc., resulting from the revision of the Wholesale Market Law, and the resulting changes in transactions. Many local governments have generally abolished or completely abolished provisions related to major trading rules. The system percentages are higher for separation of sales and logistics, directly collection, and wholesale for buyers, in that order. Such deregulation has led to an increase in wholesale for buyers and directly collection.
