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F. Regional Balance of Payments for Calendar Year 2000
June 12, 2000
(100 million yen)

Item


Region

 Current account
  Goods and services

 

 Trade balance
  Exports Imports
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
Total 157,846 121,738 95,299 78,650 159,844 140,155 488,665 457,948 328,820 317,793
Asia 38,829 28,756 34,728 30,882 47,058 43,711 168,609 169,442 121,551 125,731

 

 P.R.China -20,814 -21,305 -21,608 -21,631 -19,135 -19,539 25,691 25,693 44,826 45,232
North America 85,615 82,517 46,564 50,853 70,973 73,125 156,603 148,024 85,630 74,898

 

 U.S.A
Canada		 87,224
-1,530		 82,803
-179		 49,530
-2,879		 52,584
-1,624		 72,188
-1,128		 73,828
-596		 148,411
8,188		 140,278
7,744		 76,223
9,315		 66,449
8,340
Central America 15,126 9,391 10,069 7,286 15,894 11,665 27,116 22,002 11,222 10,337

 

 Mexico
Brazil		 4,629
157		 3,977
-432		 3,956
-263		 3,310
-538		 3,994
-143		 3,223
-534		 5,328
3,339		 4,838
2,288		 1,333
3,483		 1,615
2,822
Oceania -8,136 -7,067 -11,259 -9,069 -6,325 -4,438 12,367 11,726 18,692 16,164
Western Europe 42,468 36,680 32,617 25,355 46,088 38,497 97,636 87,561 51,548 49,064

 

 Germany
U.K.
France
Italy		 13,721
2,508
-1,007
-1,421		 11,270
1,773
-478
-154		 10,231
7,066
-1,176
-1,977		 7,237
5,087
-963
-824		 11,779
10,969
718
-763		 8,854
8,907
1,018
358		 24,168
18,336
7,681
5,391		 20,317
15,638
7,417
5,693		 12,388
7,367
6,963
6,154		 11,463
6,731
6,400
5,334
Eastern Europe, Russia, etc. -1,320 -2,678 -1,884 -3,105 -1,401 -2,578 3,097 2,237 4,498 4,814

 

 Russia -2,572 -3,863 -2,613 -3,825 -2,231 -3,439 1,281 525 3,512 3,964
Middle East -15,220 -22,246 -14,937 -22,312 -13,684 -20,542 17,364 12,016 31,048 32,558
Africa 320 -401 -459 -1,161 1,241 715 5,857 4,902 4,616 4,188
International
Organization		 144 -3,424 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unallocated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 OECD Countries
ASEAN
EU		 130,031
7,749
43,401		 124,167
3,269
38,262		 76,541
7,480
32,735		 78,324
5,530
26,524		 120,347
11,348
43,771		 119,225
11,152
37,705		 291,180
57,656
90,247		 276,990
58,194
81,857		 170,833
46,308
46,476		 157,765
47,043
44,152

Regional Balance of Payments for Calendar Year 2000 (Cont)
(100 million yen)

Item


Region

 

 

Income

Services

 

 Credits Debits

 

 Credits
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
Total -64,546 -61,505 81,647 69,354 146,192 130,859 74,011 56,957 274,250 214,985
Asia -12,330 -12,829 27,984 23,052 40,314 35,880 7,760 1,299 34,773 18,719

 

 P.R.China -2,472 -2,092 2,492 2,619 4,964 4,710 1,611 1,080 2,249 1,531
North America -24,409 -22,273 26,147 23,514 50,556 45,787 41,564 33,498 102,338 85,821

 

 U.S.A
Canada		 -22,658
-1,751		 -21,245
-1,028		 24,940
1,207		 22,032
1,482		 47,597
2,958		 43,277
2,510		 40,111
1,444		 31,931
1,567		 99,700
2,625		 83,322
2,499
Central America -5,824 -4,379 4,246 4,192 10,070 8,572 6,202 3,263 17,834 15,060

 

 Mexico
Brazil		 -38
-120		 87
-4		 396
752		 426
473		 434
872		 339
477		 693
1,103		 679
719		 694
1,145		 779
726
Oceania -4,934 -4,631 2,240 1,862 7,175 6,493 3,294 2,151 4,948 3,798
Western Europe -13,471 -13,143 16,955 13,866 30,426 27,009 10,613 12,116 108,410 86,252

 

 Germany
U.K.
France
Italy		 -1,548
-3,903
-1,894
-1,214		 -1,617
-3,820
-1,980
-1,182		 3,136
5,342
1,407
548		 2,597
4,487
1,179
522		 4,684
9,244
3,301
1,762		 4,214
8,307
3,159
1,704		 3,494
-4,187
282
601		 4,171
-3,080
591
704		 8,209
61,782
9,419
859		 8,500
49,721
8,173
826
Eastern Europe, Russia, etc. -483 -527 670 465 1,153 992 753 568 799 609

 

 Russia -381 -386 220 106 601 492 191 63 195 65
Middle East -1,253 -1,770 1,755 973 3,008 2,742 148 440 1,121 964
Africa -1,699 -1,876 1,610 1,378 3,309 3,254 1,012 989 1,098 1,056
International Organization 9 7 17 8 8 1 2,494 2,331 2,634 2,392
Unallocated - - - - - - - - - -

 

 OECD Countries
ASEAN
EU		 -43,806
-3,868
-11,036		 -40,900
-5,622
-11,181		 48,721
12,415
15,343		 42,628
9,076
12,530		 92,527
16,283
26,378		 83,529
14,698
23,711		 57,650
1,434
11,442		 49,356
-1,293
12,374		 218,579
15,406
107,106		 178,060
8,140
85,384

Regional Balance of Payments for Calendar Year 2000 (Cont)
(100 million yen)

Item


Region

 

Income

Current transfers
Debits

 

 Credits Debits
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
Total 200,240 158,028 -11,463 -13,869 7,187 7,045 18,650 20,914
Asia 27,013 17,420 -3,659 -3,426 1,634 1,409 5,293 4,834

 

 P.R.China 638 451 -817 -755 180 155 997 909
North America 60,774 52,323 -2,512 -1,833 2,431 2,296 4,943 4,129

 

 U.S.A
Canada		 59,589
1,181		 51,392
931		 -2,417
-95		 -1,711
-122		 2,366
64		 2,249
46		 4,783
159		 3,960
169
Central America 11,632 11,797 -1,145 -1,159 650 819 1,796 1,978

 

 Mexico
Brazil		 1
42		 100
6		 -20
-682		 -12
-613		 31
14		 18
10		 51
696		 30
623
Oceania 1,653 1,647 -171 -149 127 103 298 253
Western Europe 97,797 74,137 -761 -790 2,220 2,286 2,981 3,076

 

 Germany
U.K.
France
Italy		 4,715
65,969
9,137
258		 4,329
52,801
7,582
121		 -4
-372
-113
-45		 -138
-233
-107
-34		 484
1,079
92
36		 383
1,191
163
30		 488
1,451
205
82		 521
1,425
270
64
Eastern Europe, Russia, etc. 46 40 -189 -141 19 18 209 159

 

 Russia 4 2 -150 -101 9 6 159 107
Middle East 973 524 -431 -374 72 57 503 430
Africa 85 67 -234 -229 28 29 263 258
International Organization 141 61 -2,359 -5,762 5 13 2,364 5,775
Unallocated - - - - - - - -

 

 OECD Countries
ASEAN
EU		 160,929
13,972
95,664		 128,704
9,433
73,009		 -4,161
-1,165
-776		 -3,513
-968
-637		 4,859
754
1,898		 4,772
707
2,017		 9,020
1,919
2,674		 8,285
1,676
2,654
G. Foreign Trade in May 2000
(customs clearance basis, not seasonally adjusted)
June 12, 2000
1. Exports and Imports by Area
(100 million yen)
  Exports
( FOB )		   Imports
( CIF )		   Trade
surplus
or deficit (-)
Percentage
changes*		 Percentage
changes*
Total 38,539 8.2 32,715 19.4 5,824
  Asia 16,270 22.6 13,533 22.4 2,737
  P. R. China 2,491 26.9 4,439 19.7 -1,948
Korea 2,596 34.5 1,851 35.6 744
Taiwan 3,111 26.7 1,622 27.1 1,489
Hong Kong 2,246 19.2 148 -6.1 2,098
Singapore 1,642 11.3 543 2.7 1,099
Thailand 1,089 15.8 925 14.0 164
Malaysia 1,144 12.4 1,264 21.9 -120
Indonesia 615 74.8 1,344 17.3 -729
Philippines 827 6.2 731 44.6 96
Vietnam 148 11.3 212 43.8 -64
India 196 8.4 231 22.1 -34
( Asia NIEs ) 9,594 23.9 4,164 25.1 5,430
( ASEAN ) 5,478 16.2 5,171 21.0 307
Oceania 826 -10.9 1,584 12.2 -758
  Australia 700 -9.9 1,284 12.9 -584
New Zealand 106 -5.6 211 11.8 -105
North America 11,902 0.9 7,469 11.4 4,433
  U. S. A 11,312 1.7 6,635 11.7 4,677
Canada 589 -12.1 826 9.3 -236
Latin America 1,536 9.2 1,003 6.5 534
  Brazil 192 32.9 312 34.4 -120
Mexico 419 3.2 191 28.9 227
Chile 45 8.5 239 -12.6 -194
West Europe 6,740 0.3 4,478 6.4 2,262
  Germany 1,541 0.3 1,138 11.9 403
United Kingdom 1,207 -2.1 579 13.4 628
France 613 3.7 526 8.1 87
Netherlands 958 -3.3 163 -4.5 795
Italy 462 -3.3 423 9.5 39
Belgium 432 3.4 158 3.1 274
Switzerland 162 1.9 301 -3.0 -139
Sweden 171 22.8 236 18.2 -65
Ireland 193 1.9 352 23.8 -159
Spain 316 8.1 106 -3.2 210
( EU ) 6,296 -0.8 4,050 8.7 2,246
Central and East Europe/Russia 188 -3.7 487 1.6 -299
  Russia 43 -1.1 386 -4.6 -343
Middle East 699 -15.3 3,761 67.3 -3,062
  U A E 190 1.0 1,228 89.1 -1,038
Saudi Arabia 192 -39.3 1,023 56.8 -831
Kuwait 32 -35.2 448 80.5 -416
Iran 47 -0.8 328 145.5 -282
Africa 378 -19.2 400 11.0 -22
  South Africa 162 5.0 261 13.9 -99
* Percentage changes from the same month a year earlier.

2. Exports and Imports by Commodities
(100 million yen)

Exports
(FOB)

  

Value

Percentage
changes*
Total
Foodstuffs
Textiles
Chemicals
Non-metallic mineral products
Metals
General machinery
Electric machinery
Transport equipment
Automobiles
Precision instruments
Others
38,539
166
726
2,929
485
2,373
8,355
10,217
7,654
5,084
2,001
3,633
8.2
-9.1
5.5
5.6
15.8
10.4
9.3
18.8
0.4
-3.1
9.5
-1.8
* Percentage changes from the same month a year earlier.
(100 million yen)
 

Imports
(CIF)

Value

Percentage
changes*
Total
Foodstuffs
Raw materials
Mineral fuels
Crude oil
Chemicals
Textile products
Non-metallic mineral products
Metals
Machinery and equipment
Others
32,715
4,343
2,335
5,894
3,163
2,442
1,751
457
1,605
10,422
3,465
19.4
2.1
5.9
57.0
55.6
15.3
13.9
11.4
22.0
19.1
13.1
* Percentage changes from the same month a year earlier.
 

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