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B. Trade Statistics (30 January 2013)

1. Value of Exports and Imports by Area (Country)

(in 100 millions of yen)

20122013
Jan**Feb**Mar**Apr**May**Jun**Jul**Aug**Sep**Oct**Nov**Dec**Jan(P)
TotalExports 45,105 54,384 62,037 55,660 52,332 56,430 53,131 50,453 53,584 51,492 49,837 52,985 47,986
Imports 59,919 54,130 62,908 60,889 61,504 55,838 58,356 58,092 59,232 57,037 59,402 59,443 64,295
Balance -14,815 254 -871 -5,220 -9,172 592 -5,226 -7,638 -5,649 -5,546 -9,565 -6,457 -16,309
AsiaExports 23,556 29,078 33,897 30,226 28,810 31,008 29,553 28,393 29,435 28,401 27,289 28,968 25,535
Imports 27,159 22,367 27,591 25,534 27,178 25,102 26,327 25,298 25,948 26,873 27,292 26,271 28,819
Balance -3,603 6,711 6,306 4,709 1,631 5,906 3,226 3,095 3,487 1,529 -2 2,697 -3,284
  P.R.ChinaExports 7,410 10,006 11,368 9,951 9,659 10,315 10,087 9,662 9,536 9,474 8,588 9,051 7,626
Imports 13,306 9,176 13,289 12,708 12,698 11,596 12,600 12,096 12,854 13,562 14,072 12,387 14,180
Balance -5,896 831 -1,921 -2,748 -3,039 -1,281 -2,513 -2,434 -3,318 -4,088 -5,485 -3,336 -6,554
Hong KongExports 2,185 2,748 3,024 2,808 2,496 2,904 2,599 2,710 2,987 2,742 2,917 2,651 2,439
Imports 121 151 106 84 79 133 71 75 132 75 69 120 165
Balance 2,064 2,597 2,918 2,724 2,417 2,771 2,528 2,635 2,855 2,667 2,848 2,531 2,274
TaiwanExports 2,379 2,977 3,397 3,155 3,097 3,375 3,059 3,034 3,168 2,999 2,820 3,274 3,065
Imports 1,488 1,371 1,517 1,489 1,758 1,547 1,672 1,631 1,574 1,805 1,695 1,643 1,748
Balance 891 1,606 1,880 1,665 1,339 1,828 1,387 1,403 1,594 1,194 1,125 1,631 1,317
KoreaExports 3,837 4,134 4,845 4,269 4,023 4,005 3,956 3,853 3,984 3,941 3,925 4,347 4,005
Imports 2,752 2,739 2,921 2,576 2,669 2,727 2,782 2,444 2,423 2,696 2,819 2,833 3,120
Balance 1,085 1,395 1,924 1,692 1,355 1,278 1,174 1,409 1,561 1,245 1,107 1,514 885
SingaporeExports 1,354 1,365 1,883 1,633 1,654 1,878 1,727 1,433 1,457 1,338 1,381 1,502 1,487
Imports 510 540 585 660 622 590 597 575 540 544 654 576 631
Balance 844 825 1,298 973 1,032 1,288 1,129 858 917 794 727 926 857
ThailandExports 2,145 2,796 3,305 2,969 2,750 3,066 2,921 2,759 3,194 3,063 2,928 3,008 2,652
Imports 1,331 1,458 1,564 1,485 1,687 1,706 1,775 1,566 1,540 1,701 1,583 1,444 1,512
Balance 814 1,338 1,741 1,485 1,064 1,360 1,146 1,193 1,654 1,362 1,345 1,565 1,140
MalaysiaExports 1,033 1,141 1,334 1,214 1,182 1,297 1,179 1,134 1,187 1,162 1,078 1,188 985
Imports 2,415 2,222 2,459 1,947 2,313 2,229 1,819 2,204 2,377 1,990 1,918 2,297 2,419
Balance -1,382 -1,081 -1,125 -730 -1,131 -932 -641 -1,070 -1,190 -827 -841 -1,109 -1,434
IndonesiaExports 1,130 1,271 1,713 1,508 1,463 1,513 1,294 1,277 1,342 1,264 1,168 1,249 1,102
Imports 2,381 2,354 2,402 2,152 2,328 2,074 2,173 2,140 1,749 1,826 1,898 2,275 2,189
Balance -1,251 -1,083 -689 -643 -865 -562 -879 -863 -406 -562 -730 -1,026 -1,087
PhilippinesExports 700 818 872 843 773 837 833 755 810 733 737 749 687
Imports 596 577 608 547 692 596 813 590 577 644 647 552 581
Balance 104 241 264 297 81 241 20 164 233 89 90 197 106
VietnamExports 485 663 835 717 637 734 825 715 738 661 759 804 587
Imports 1,195 768 1,105 830 1,138 978 951 925 1,239 948 983 973 1,042
Balance -710 -105 -270 -109 -501 -244 -126 -210 -501 -287 -225 -169 -455
IndiaExports 600 767 848 715 666 681 722 701 649 647 658 798 647
Imports 533 379 536 525 570 412 482 460 332 394 441 520 652
Balance 67 388 312 190 96 268 240 241 317 252 217 278 -5
(Asia NIEs)Exports 9,755 11,224 13,148 11,864 11,271 12,162 11,341 11,029 11,597 11,020 11,043 11,774 10,997
Imports 4,871 4,801 5,128 4,810 5,128 4,997 5,122 4,725 4,669 5,119 5,236 5,172 5,663
Balance 4,884 6,423 8,020 7,053 6,143 7,165 6,218 6,304 6,927 5,900 5,807 6,602 5,334
(ASEAN)Exports 6,943 8,191 10,096 9,014 8,572 9,442 8,885 8,191 8,869 8,356 8,152 8,603 7,579
Imports 8,863 8,463 9,130 8,061 9,299 8,586 8,625 8,481 8,524 8,164 8,084 8,675 8,863
Balance -1,920 -272 967 962 -727 856 260 -290 345 191 68 -72 -1,285
OceaniaExports 1,422 1,548 1,947 1,780 1,449 1,567 1,337 1,459 1,584 1,343 1,412 1,516 1,287
Imports 4,355 3,719 4,103 4,039 4,551 3,565 4,331 4,499 4,154 3,981 3,772 3,885 4,171
Balance -2,933 -2,171 -2,156 -2,258 -3,102 -1,998 -2,994 -3,041 -2,570 -2,638 -2,360 -2,369 -2,884
    AustraliaExports 1,071 1,344 1,488 1,259 1,213 1,239 1,108 1,171 1,210 1,091 1,205 1,306 956
Imports 4,052 3,454 3,760 3,661 4,212 3,215 3,995 4,134 3,856 3,694 3,387 3,558 3,912
Balance -2,981 -2,110 -2,272 -2,402 -2,999 -1,976 -2,887 -2,963 -2,646 -2,603 -2,182 -2,252 -2,956
New ZealandExports 91 112 176 163 144 132 120 116 139 126 124 121 165
Imports 202 162 172 266 224 225 223 221 178 176 213 153 186
Balance -111 -50 4 -102 -80 -92 -104 -105 -39 -49 -89 -32 -21
North AmericaExports 8,199 10,416 11,102 10,307 9,530 10,574 9,978 9,494 9,990 9,895 9,934 10,620 9,025
Imports 5,797 5,405 6,258 6,146 6,531 5,825 6,066 5,852 5,835 6,010 5,708 5,573 6,105
Balance 2,402 5,011 4,844 4,162 3,000 4,750 3,912 3,642 4,155 3,886 4,226 5,047 2,920
    U S AExports 7,576 9,534 10,252 9,590 8,910 9,893 9,341 8,870 9,334 9,211 9,338 9,999 8,400
Imports 4,926 4,766 5,371 5,337 5,575 4,958 5,128 5,044 5,065 5,049 4,799 4,803 5,210
Balance 2,650 4,768 4,880 4,254 3,335 4,936 4,213 3,825 4,270 4,162 4,539 5,196 3,190
CanadaExports 623 882 850 717 620 681 637 624 656 684 596 622 625
Imports 861 635 878 800 949 862 932 801 765 953 901 762 886
Balance -239 247 -28 -83 -329 -181 -295 -177 -109 -269 -305 -141 -262
Latin AmericaExports 2,948 2,821 3,284 3,257 2,668 3,568 2,885 2,584 2,739 2,694 2,456 2,376 3,087
Imports 2,390 2,300 2,482 2,405 2,587 2,274 2,350 2,213 2,195 2,476 2,349 2,278 2,772
Balance 557 521 802 852 81 1,293 535 372 544 218 107 98 315
    BrazilExports 352 399 484 393 364 416 385 420 417 408 336 356 357
Imports 893 865 801 786 859 740 723 671 776 865 918 691 927
Balance -540 -466 -316 -393 -495 -325 -337 -251 -359 -457 -582 -336 -570
MexicoExports 524 644 714 733 702 744 692 685 729 725 744 730 633
Imports 275 220 339 261 328 279 298 270 285 331 315 313 328
Balance 248 424 375 472 374 465 394 415 445 394 429 417 306
ChileExports 74 102 111 104 134 168 145 149 141 212 99 151 95
Imports 638 622 584 755 728 634 646 665 443 600 547 601 579
Balance -564 -520 -473 -651 -594 -466 -500 -516 -302 -388 -448 -449 -483
West EuropeExports 5,565 6,142 6,456 5,890 5,654 5,306 5,111 4,850 5,854 5,267 5,131 5,616 5,239
Imports 5,802 5,393 6,278 5,791 6,174 5,723 6,397 6,241 5,743 6,299 6,772 5,820 6,171
Balance -237 748 178 99 -520 -416 -1,287 -1,390 111 -1,032 -1,641 -203 -932
    GermanyExports 1,217 1,404 1,560 1,463 1,446 1,406 1,377 1,258 1,440 1,328 1,315 1,386 1,219
Imports 1,643 1,491 1,847 1,485 1,685 1,455 1,701 1,743 1,546 1,706 1,902 1,508 1,678
Balance -426 -87 -286 -21 -239 -49 -323 -485 -106 -377 -587 -121 -459
United KingdomExports 976 1,061 922 878 890 780 702 721 1,019 856 895 947 958
Imports 441 417 556 504 547 435 477 484 436 497 568 462 510
Balance 535 644 365 375 343 345 225 237 583 359 327 484 448
FranceExports 453 526 598 525 415 427 383 369 439 403 374 426 382
Imports 794 742 798 849 783 931 946 851 795 895 1,074 776 887
Balance -340 -216 -200 -324 -368 -504 -562 -482 -356 -493 -700 -350 -506
NetherlandsExports 1,029 1,108 1,198 1,190 1,158 995 1,034 1,045 1,062 1,018 1,042 1,013 997
Imports 301 274 348 331 376 303 315 338 320 320 384 308 339
Balance 728 834 850 859 782 692 719 707 742 698 658 705 658
ItalyExports 251 312 310 259 243 219 222 198 231 228 196 251 231
Imports 577 572 594 598 647 583 745 635 583 729 674 716 674
Balance -326 -259 -284 -339 -403 -364 -523 -437 -351 -501 -478 -465 -444
BelgiumExports 420 485 503 478 397 416 395 341 419 391 379 381 340
Imports 138 159 219 148 159 181 252 160 172 175 271 155 185
Balance 282 325 284 331 238 235 144 181 246 215 108 226 155
SwitzerlandExports 297 343 402 254 240 252 258 208 310 345 260 324 267
Imports 544 402 475 545 553 551 494 579 615 616 586 593 456
Balance -247 -58 -73 -291 -313 -298 -236 -372 -305 -271 -327 -268 -190
SwedenExports 111 112 122 128 126 144 96 142 114 105 86 104 86
Imports 175 158 152 136 165 158 185 153 161 229 183 140 178
Balance -63 -46 -30 -8 -40 -14 -89 -12 -48 -124 -97 -36 -93
IrelandExports 52 52 54 46 50 42 61 32 140 57 57 61 67
Imports 281 262 337 253 331 301 338 372 275 260 265 256 284
Balance -229 -210 -283 -206 -280 -260 -277 -341 -134 -202 -208 -194 -218
SpainExports 144 196 193 184 170 158 143 129 166 151 131 168 140
Imports 211 225 250 251 254 235 287 282 234 277 259 286 273
Balance -67 -30 -57 -67 -84 -77 -144 -153 -68 -126 -128 -118 -133
Central and East Europe, RussiaExports 1,078 1,508 1,625 1,528 1,383 1,445 1,552 1,318 1,288 1,275 1,168 1,182 1,357
Imports 1,651 1,575 1,914 1,862 2,048 1,511 1,595 1,706 1,618 1,397 1,999 1,856 1,857
Balance -574 -67 -289 -333 -665 -66 -43 -388 -329 -122 -831 -674 -500
    RussiaExports 684 972 1,042 898 843 916 994 760 777 793 720 650 837
Imports 1,298 1,214 1,553 1,514 1,593 1,153 1,266 1,372 1,336 1,080 1,680 1,536 1,505
Balance -614 -241 -511 -616 -749 -237 -272 -612 -560 -287 -960 -886 -668
(EU)Exports 5,322 5,916 6,152 5,828 5,566 5,194 5,031 4,781 5,646 5,088 5,017 5,462 5,082
Imports 5,309 5,036 5,785 5,218 5,681 5,237 5,979 5,740 5,124 5,776 6,283 5,233 5,817
Balance 12 880 367 610 -115 -42 -949 -959 522 -688 -1,266 229 -735
Middle EastExports 1,587 2,089 2,413 1,849 1,795 1,866 1,847 1,675 1,810 1,892 1,832 1,964 1,636
Imports 11,468 11,869 12,788 13,213 11,035 10,326 9,900 10,832 12,428 8,704 10,342 12,519 12,593
Balance -9,881 -9,780 -10,375 -11,364 -9,240 -8,460 -8,053 -9,158 -10,618 -6,812 -8,510 -10,556 -10,957
    U A EExports 473 635 804 566 560 652 621 514 609 527 592 603 514
Imports 3,073 3,173 2,800 3,517 2,705 2,742 2,328 3,015 3,060 2,714 2,810 3,161 3,302
Balance -2,600 -2,537 -1,996 -2,951 -2,145 -2,090 -1,708 -2,501 -2,450 -2,187 -2,218 -2,558 -2,787
Saudi ArabiaExports 427 561 661 525 604 512 549 492 483 604 536 615 514
Imports 3,490 3,639 4,117 4,502 3,920 3,319 2,936 3,595 3,966 2,659 3,488 4,129 4,000
Balance -3,063 -3,078 -3,456 -3,977 -3,316 -2,807 -2,388 -3,103 -3,483 -2,055 -2,953 -3,514 -3,485
KuwaitExports 104 119 170 112 98 111 105 88 136 139 139 181 133
Imports 955 951 1,247 1,473 950 605 772 1,071 1,096 813 944 1,304 936
Balance -851 -831 -1,077 -1,361 -853 -494 -667 -983 -961 -674 -806 -1,122 -803
IranExports 38 68 55 41 15 49 21 110 23 37 39 24 16
Imports 926 725 1,031 373 341 477 321 216 492 269 691 494 495
Balance -888 -657 -976 -332 -326 -428 -299 -106 -468 -232 -652 -471 -480
AfricaExports 750 782 1,313 822 1,044 1,097 868 681 884 723 614 743 820
Imports 1,296 1,501 1,494 1,909 1,400 1,513 1,389 1,450 1,311 1,297 1,167 1,241 1,806
Balance -546 -719 -181 -1,087 -357 -416 -521 -768 -427 -574 -554 -498 -986
    South AfricaExports 230 327 334 285 254 306 302 251 290 242 192 227 213
Imports 463 359 375 388 440 486 390 504 381 440 479 415 487
Balance -232 -32 -41 -104 -185 -180 -88 -253 -92 -198 -287 -187 -274
(Notes)

  • 1. The value of exports is based upon the F.O.B.value, while the value of imports is based upon the C.I.F.value.

  • 2. "Singapore" is included in both "ASIA NIEs" and "ASEAN".

  • 3. "(P)" means Provisional. "*" and "**"means "fixed" and "detailed".

• Trend of Value of Exports and Imports

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2. Value of Exports and Imports by Principal Commodity

(in 100 millions of yen)

20122013
Jan**Feb**Mar**Apr**May**Jun**Jul**Aug**Sep**Oct**Nov**Dec**Jan(P)
Exports 45,105 54,384 62,037 55,660 52,332 56,430 53,131 50,453 53,584 51,492 49,837 52,985 47,986
 Foodstuff 218 277 315 310 272 298 275 284 298 306 325 375 278
Raw materials 689 891 1,011 914 977 903 827 791 810 904 869 1,015 861
Mineral fuels 689 610 829 835 1,052 944 1,040 955 1,033 824 688 777 787
Chemicals 4,559 5,201 5,948 5,596 5,252 5,265 5,135 5,283 5,266 5,410 5,137 5,602 5,473
Manufactured goods 5,757 6,876 8,255 7,232 7,576 7,510 7,170 6,842 6,945 6,705 6,525 7,035 6,364
Machinery 8,913 11,767 13,423 11,452 10,424 11,273 10,690 10,291 10,289 9,775 9,564 10,569 8,674
Electrical machinery 7,608 9,267 11,079 9,529 8,959 10,126 9,620 9,547 10,211 9,483 9,153 9,490 7,795
Transport equipment 11,594 13,450 14,487 13,790 12,209 14,097 12,616 10,627 12,069 11,723 11,448 11,728 12,001
 Motor vehicles 6,699 8,716 8,706 8,160 7,540 8,163 8,056 6,572 7,367 7,281 7,319 7,671 6,837
Others 5,078 6,046 6,690 6,003 5,610 6,015 5,758 5,832 6,661 6,362 6,129 6,395 5,752
Imports 59,919 54,130 62,883 60,880 61,504 55,838 58,356 58,092 59,232 57,037 59,402 59,443 64,295
Foodstuff 4,799 4,176 4,821 5,061 5,366 4,757 4,967 4,893 4,489 5,135 5,071 4,962 4,911
Raw materials 4,290 3,640 4,238 3,941 4,679 3,968 4,024 4,075 3,224 4,190 3,926 3,476 4,255
Mineral fuels 20,769 20,998 22,768 22,459 20,833 18,281 18,155 19,371 21,491 15,778 18,052 21,823 22,603
 Petroleum 10,380 10,840 11,654 12,600 10,459 9,314 8,400 9,445 11,457 7,201 9,206 11,524 10,994
Chemicals 5,016 4,273 4,907 4,931 5,246 4,695 5,242 4,941 4,908 5,164 5,309 4,634 5,183
Manufactured goods 4,837 3,924 4,626 4,633 5,046 4,577 4,754 4,586 4,377 4,692 4,739 4,298 4,845
Machinery 4,098 3,774 4,634 4,293 4,582 4,164 4,409 3,779 3,691 4,244 4,177 4,149 4,700
Electrical machinery 6,845 6,298 7,122 6,448 6,870 6,931 7,407 6,529 7,051 7,593 8,409 6,824 7,853
Transport equipment 1,866 1,596 2,108 1,907 1,904 1,881 2,015 1,976 1,954 1,976 2,028 1,900 1,970
Others 7,399 5,451 7,658 7,206 6,979 6,583 7,383 7,942 7,946 8,266 7,691 7,377 7,974
(Notes)

  • 1. The value of exports is based upon the F.O.B.value, while the value of imports is based upon the C.I.F.value.

  • 2. "(P)" means Provisional. "*" and "**"means "fixed" and "detailed".

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Source : Customs and Tariff Bureau (http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/info/index_e.htm)

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