Looking at the ratio of manufacturing to the prefectural gross product as of fiscal 2007, Oita posted a high 23.3 percent compared with the national average of 21.2 percent and the Kyushu average of 17.1 percent.
As mentioned in the report, while understanding the differences among the collateral frameworks is important and having transparency in this respect is absolutely essential in the current environment, there should be no call for ultimate unification of collateral rules, given the different purposes for which collateralisation is provided.