7. Currency Distribution of Global Traditional Foreign Exchange Market Activity
(Average daily turnover)
| (Unit : %) |
| Currency | April 1989 | April 1992 | April 1995 | April 1998 |
| U.S. dollar | 90 | 82 | 83 | 87 |
| Deutsche mark | 27 | 40 | 37 | 30 |
| Yen | 27 | 23 | 24 | 21 |
| Pound sterling | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
| French franc | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Swiss franc | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Canadian dollar | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Australian dollar | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| ECU, other EMS currencies | 4 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| Other currencies | 22 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| (Note) | In each transaction, two currencies are double-counted. |
| (Source) | Bank for International Settlements, "Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity in April 1998 : Preliminary Global Data" |
8. Economic Relations of 9 Asian countries with Japan, TheUnited States and EU
| (Unit : 100 million U.S. dollar) |
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| Japan | United States | EU 15 | World (100%) | |||||
| Euro 11 | |||||||||
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| Share |
| Share |
| Share |
| Share | ||
| Trade (1999) | 2,793 | 15% | 2,891 | 16% | 2,574 | 14% | 1,916 | 10% | 18,536 |
| Direct Inward Investment (1999) | 75 | 9% | 159 | 19% | 139 | 16% | n.a. | n.a. | 851 |
| Outstanding Claims (End-2000) | 1,414 | 31% | 257 | 6% | 1,838 | 41% | 1,170 | 26% | 4,497 |
| Billateral Aid (1998) | 44 | 70% | 1 | 2% | 14 | 22% | 13 | 21% | 63 |
| (Note 1) | "9 Asian countries" refer to ASEAN4(Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines), NIEs and China |
| (Note 2) | "Direct Inward Investment" excludes the direct inward investment into Hong Kong SAR. In case of direct inward investment into Thailand by several countries, those countries are double-counted. "EU 15" in Direct Inward Investment into Taiwan and Thailand refers to the following respectivity. Taiwan: United kingdom, Germany, France, and Netherlands Thailand: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, and Netherlands |
| (Note 3) | "Outstanding Claims" refer to the outstanding claims of the world (or respective countries and regions) on 9 Asian countries. "Bilateral Aid" refers to the aid to 9 Asian Countries from the world (or respective countries and regions). |
| (Note 4) | Neither EU 15 nor Euro 11 in "Outstanding Claims" includes Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Portugal, and Greece. |
| (Note 5) | "World" in "Bilateral Aid" refers to all DAC countries. |
| (Sources) | International Monetary Fund, "Direction of Trade Statistics", Japan External Trade Organization, Statistics of respective countries, Bank for International Settlements, "International Banking and Financial Market Development", Organization for Economic Co-operation, "Geographical Distribution of Financial Flow to Aid Recipients" |
9. Japan's Transactions with Asia, the United States, and EU
| (Unit : billion Yen) |
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| ASEAN4+NIEs+China | United States | EU | World (100%) | |||||||||
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| ASEAN4+NIEs |
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| Euro 11 | |||||||||
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| ASEAN4 | ||||||||||||
| Share | Share | Share | Share | Share | Share | ||||||||
| Trade (2000) | 36,713 | 40% | 27,501 | 30% | 10,137 | 11% | 23,135 | 25% | 13,475 | 15% | 10,189 | 11% | 92,593 |
| Foreign Direct Investment (FY2000) | 631 | 12% | 521 | 10% | 225 | 4% | 1,341 | 25% | 2,660 | 50% | 452 | 8% | 5,369 |
| Outstanding Medium- and Long-Term External Bank Loans (End 2000) | 55 | 11% | 50 | 10% | 19 | 4% | 256 | 50% | 184 | 36% | 114 | 22% | 509 |
| (Note) "ASEAN4" refers to Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. |
| (Source) Data provided by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, and Bank for International Settlements |