Japan's Current Account Balance:
$187.8 billion (2008 estimate)
country comparison to the world: 3
Japan's main export partners:
US 20.4%, China 15.3%, South Korea 7.6%, Taiwan 6.3%, Hong Kong 5.4% (2007)
Exports: $776.8 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)
country comparison to the world: 5
Exports - commodities: transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
Japan's primary import partners:
China 20.5%, US 11.6%, Saudi Arabia 5.7%, UAE 5.2%, Australia 5%, South Korea 4.4%, Indonesia 4.2% (2007)
Imports: $696.2 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)
country comparison to the world: 6
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials
- Japan may boost global coal markets, but not in the U.S. - Marketwatch
Japan ... coal imports were relatively flat year on year, he said, while imports of liquefied natural gas soared. But despite the positive outlook for Japanese demand, Scott said he expects to see a “more difficult” export market for ...
- Wheat in Japan May Drop Most Since 2009, Cutting Food Costs - Businessweek
Lower food costs could boost personal spending, which has shown signs of reviving amid a deepening export slump. “A drop in the grain costs will ... 4:42 p.m. Tokyo time. Japan imports almost 90 percent of its wheat and sourced about 60 ...
- JGBs drop ahead of Thursday's 40-year auction - The Guardian
TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds ... Data released early in the session showed Japan's current account surplus shrank sharply in 2011 to its smallest in 15 years as weak exports and surging fuel imports led to a trade deficit.
- Japan CPI and Retail Sales Fall - ForexTV.com
Japan’s Core Consumer Price Index declined 0.1 % The figure came after Tokyo’s CPI 0.4% decline a month earlier. Coupled with a 1.2% drop in Retail Sales due to a strong yen that makes Japanese exports less competitive and imports more attractive ...
- U.S. strikes deal to avoid Japan, EU trade sanctions - Reuters India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it has struck a deal sparing U.S. exporters from hundreds of millions of dollars in European and Japanese ... imports from the EU and Japan, in exchange for Brussels and Tokyo dropping ...
- USA - More beef for Japan - Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
US beef exporters are confident they will send record beef shipments to Japan when import restrictions in place since the BSE detection of 2003 are possibly relaxed later this year. The possible protocol change would see US beef exports to Japan climb to a ...
- Japan 2011 MC Production Down, Exports Up - Motorcycle USA
Data from the Japan Automobile Manufacturer Association (JAMA) confirms a 3.8% drop in production during ... to a huge drop in 2010 shipments, with Japanese OEMs slashing exports to the states (Suzuki did not import any 2010 street models).
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