MITSUI & CO., LTD. is a Japan-based trading company. The Company is engaged in the sale, import, export, offshore trading and manufacture of various products in the fields of iron and steel product, metal resources, machine and project, chemical, energy, food and retail, as well as consumer service and information industry. It is also engaged in the provision of retail, information communication, technology, transportation and finance services, the development of energy and raw iron resources, in addition to the investment in new businesses such as information technology (IT), biotechnology and environmental technology businesses. In December 2009, the Company sold its electricity generation assets in Mexico to Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.