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Japan Trade Summary

1998

Japan exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAPAN 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Japan 1998

Exports and imports of Japan in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 388,136 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 280,634 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,553 products were exported to 209 countries and 4,815 products were imported from 197 countries.

Japan top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Japan exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Japan exports to United States worth US$ 119,845 million, with a partner share of 30.88 percent.
  2. Japan exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 25,600 million, with a partner share of 6.60 percent.
  3. Japan exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 22,602 million, with a partner share of 5.82 percent.
  4. Japan exports to China worth US$ 20,086 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.
  5. Japan exports to Germany worth US$ 19,076 million, with a partner share of 4.91 percent.

Top five countries from which Japan imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Japan imports from United States worth US$ 67,480 million, with a partner share of 24.05 percent.
  2. Japan imports from China worth US$ 37,088 million, with a partner share of 13.22 percent.
  3. Japan imports from Australia worth US$ 13,014 million, with a partner share of 4.64 percent.
  4. Japan imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 12,076 million, with a partner share of 4.30 percent.
  5. Japan imports from Indonesia worth US$ 10,844 million, with a partner share of 3.86 percent.

Japan Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

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 28,459,306.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Japan exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 13,706,015.55 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Japan exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 11,171,222.44 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Japan exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 10,923,563.83 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Japan exported Cargo vessels nes and other vessels for the tra , worth 6,949,826.42 (US$ Thousands).

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 22,146,700.97 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Japan imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 7,778,983.12 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Japan imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 7,455,878.74 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Japan imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 6,063,319.78 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Japan imported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 5,861,412.68 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Japan in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,818.38 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.89 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.17 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 172,464,381.94 and duty free tariff line items share was 48.28 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Japan in 1998 are below

  • Japan GDP in current US dollar was 4,098,363 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 35,010.00 .
  • Japan Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.74.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 71,493.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 19.00 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 4.28 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Japan in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 22.94.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and Japan Country Growth was -3.65 .