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Japan Trade Summary

2008

Japan exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAPAN 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Japan 2008

Exports and imports of Japan in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 781,412 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 762,534 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,333 products were exported to 214 countries and 4,497 products were imported from 210 countries.

Japan top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Japan exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Japan exports to United States worth US$ 138,705 million, with a partner share of 17.75 percent.
  2. Japan exports to China worth US$ 124,901 million, with a partner share of 15.98 percent.
  3. Japan exports to Korea, Rep. worth US$ 59,493 million, with a partner share of 7.61 percent.
  4. Japan exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 46,118 million, with a partner share of 5.90 percent.
  5. Japan exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 40,294 million, with a partner share of 5.16 percent.

Top five countries from which Japan imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Japan imports from China worth US$ 143,230 million, with a partner share of 18.78 percent.
  2. Japan imports from United States worth US$ 78,937 million, with a partner share of 10.35 percent.
  3. Japan imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 51,116 million, with a partner share of 6.70 percent.
  4. Japan imports from Australia worth US$ 47,532 million, with a partner share of 6.23 percent.
  5. Japan imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 47,052 million, with a partner share of 6.17 percent.

Japan Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Japan along with trade value are:

  1. Japan exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 51,584,008.65 million.
  2. Japan exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 32,859,147.84 million.
  3. Japan exported Machines & mechanical appliances nes having ind , worth US$ 18,148,412.43 million.
  4. Japan exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 17,620,053.96 million.
  5. Japan exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 16,970,969.42 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Japan along with trade value are

  1. Japan imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 155,473,624.04 million.
  2. Japan imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth US$ 44,933,145.94 million.
  3. Japan imported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth US$ 26,663,665.81 million.
  4. Japan imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 23,349,954.84 million.
  5. Japan imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth US$ 12,275,708.12 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Japan in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.92 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.49 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 598,352,438.79 and duty free tariff line items share was 50.42 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Japan in 2008 are below

  • Japan GDP in current US dollar was 5,106,679 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 39,380.00 .
  • Japan Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.34.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 17,445.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 34.13 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.27 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Japan in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 26.47.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.43 and Japan Country Growth was 4.38 .