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Japan Trade Summary

2018

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR JAPAN 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Japan 2018

Exports and imports of Japan in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 738,195 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 748,525 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,219 products were exported to 213 countries and 4,432 products were imported from 212 countries.

Japan top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Japan exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Japan exports to China worth US$ 144,033 million, with a partner share of 19.51 percent.
  2. Japan exports to United States worth US$ 140,713 million, with a partner share of 19.06 percent.
  3. Japan exports to Korea, Rep. worth US$ 52,480 million, with a partner share of 7.11 percent.
  4. Japan exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 42,393 million, with a partner share of 5.74 percent.
  5. Japan exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 34,721 million, with a partner share of 4.70 percent.

Top five countries from which Japan imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Japan imports from China worth US$ 173,717 million, with a partner share of 23.21 percent.
  2. Japan imports from United States worth US$ 83,640 million, with a partner share of 11.17 percent.
  3. Japan imports from Australia worth US$ 45,731 million, with a partner share of 6.11 percent.
  4. Japan imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 33,786 million, with a partner share of 4.51 percent.
  5. Japan imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 32,134 million, with a partner share of 4.29 percent.

Japan Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 49,398,016.31 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Japan exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 26,475,232.55 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Japan exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 21,885,843.03 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Japan exported Tansmissions for motor vehicles , worth 18,959,890.83 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Japan exported Machines & mechanical appliances nes having ind , worth 15,014,245.55 (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 80,577,087.13 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Japan imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 42,890,856.05 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Japan imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 23,712,627.93 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Japan imported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 23,693,294.93 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Japan imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 20,181,982.58 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Japan in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,322.36 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.77 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.45 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 576,238,722.30 and duty free tariff line items share was 56.30 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Japan in 2018 are below

  • Japan GDP in current US dollar was 5,040,881 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 41,800.00 .
  • Japan Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.02.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 1,006.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 36.61 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.89 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Japan in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 25.68.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Japan Country Growth was 2.64 .