Japanese Auto Auction Series Part 4 – AAAi / ARAI

Official Website: www.araiaa.jp
Established: 1920; Incorporated: 1956
Number of Auction Sites: 4
Auctions Held: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Locations: Bayside, Fukuoka, Oyama, Sendai

This auction company has two names attached to it which can be confusing. Don’t be mistaken, it is one company being referred to: ARAI. AAAi simply means “ARAI Auto Auction international”. They have this longer name because they are capable of directly shipping the vehicles from the auction. This can reduce you FOB costs if your export agent takes advantage of this offer.

ARAI is a very diversified auction group in that they have many specialised auction meetings. On Tuesdays they have two locations where they sell 2 wheelers (motorcycles and such), Bayside and Fukuoka, and one location, Sendai, that sells four wheelers (cars). On Thursdays, Oyama has a 4 wheeler (car) auction. On Fridays, Bayside then switches to also sell cars. Finally on Saturdays, Oyama opens up an auction called VT auction (Van & Truck) specialising in the larger vehicles of the market such as commercial vehicles.

ARAI Auto Auctions provides a large assortment of vehicles to choose from and somewhat sorts them out according to type. This is useful for your auction agent (your exporter) to organise his schedule better to fit more auctions in for you.

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Related:
Japanese Auto Auction Series Part 1 – USS
Japanese Auto Auction Series Part 2 – JAA
Japanese Auto Auction Series Part 3 – Zip

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