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Japan Trade Summary

2016

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAPAN 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Japan 2016

Exports and imports of Japan in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 644,932 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 606,924 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,230 products were exported to 213 countries and 4,453 products were imported from 212 countries.

Japan top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Japan exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Japan exports to United States worth US$ 130,586 million, with a partner share of 20.25 percent.
  2. Japan exports to China worth US$ 113,830 million, with a partner share of 17.65 percent.
  3. Japan exports to Korea, Rep. worth US$ 46,235 million, with a partner share of 7.17 percent.
  4. Japan exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 39,297 million, with a partner share of 6.09 percent.
  5. Japan exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 33,624 million, with a partner share of 5.21 percent.

Top five countries from which Japan imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Japan imports from China worth US$ 156,553 million, with a partner share of 25.79 percent.
  2. Japan imports from United States worth US$ 69,222 million, with a partner share of 11.41 percent.
  3. Japan imports from Australia worth US$ 30,433 million, with a partner share of 5.01 percent.
  4. Japan imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 25,020 million, with a partner share of 4.12 percent.
  5. Japan imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 22,958 million, with a partner share of 3.78 percent.

Japan Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 55,670,287.73 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Japan exported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth 22,395,498.98 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Japan exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 21,543,662.70 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Japan exported Tansmissions for motor vehicles , worth 16,077,651.32 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Japan exported Cargo vessels nes and other vessels for the tra , worth 8,228,918.11 (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 50,767,543.41 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Japan imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 30,212,327.72 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Japan imported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth 16,871,859.94 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Japan imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 15,257,068.84 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Japan imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 14,356,947.32 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Japan in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,630.52 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.51 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.55 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 471,281,599.08 and duty free tariff line items share was 55.29 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Japan in 2016 are below

  • Japan GDP in current US dollar was 5,003,678 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 38,460.00 .
  • Japan Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.81.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 40,314.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 31.31 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.24 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Japan in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 25.97.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Japan Country Growth was 0.97 .