42.9% still had lower margins after price revisions in the 2025 survey

Using the latest rate information and process-by-process estimates to identify what matters in planned prices, bid prices and profit margins

In the 2025 printing-fee survey, 24 of the 56 companies that answered on profit margins after price revisions remained below their pre-cost-increase level. Meanwhile, 154 municipalities said they reflect the latest prevailing prices in planned prices. We trace why margins do not recover through the numbers from planned price to bid.

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42.9% still had lower margins after price revisions in the 2025 survey

The conditions were an A4, four-page, full-colour, double-sided, bi-fold piece, delivered in one batch. The average total estimate was ¥220,896 (roughly $1,400; approximate conversions at the editorial reference rate of about ¥158 to the dollar; not a market quote). This is not a price per copy or per sheet. It is the total for producing and delivering 4,000 copies.…

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