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B. Trade Statistics (30 July 2013)

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

(in 100 millions of yen)

2012 2013
Jun** Jul** Aug** Sep** Oct** Nov** Dec** Jan** Feb** Mar** Apr** May** Jun(P)
Total Exports 56,430 53,131 50,453 53,584 51,492 49,837 52,985 47,986 52,831 62,710 57,766 57,667 60,610
Imports 55,838 58,356 58,092 59,232 57,037 59,402 59,443 64,321 60,645 66,379 66,615 67,648 62,434
Balance 592 -5,226 -7,638 -5,649 -5,546 -9,565 -6,457 -16,335 -7,813 -3,669 -8,848 -9,981 -1,823
Asia Exports 31,008 29,553 28,393 29,435 28,401 27,289 28,968 25,535 27,564 33,994 31,507 31,978 33,294
Imports 25,102 26,327 25,298 25,948 26,873 27,292 26,271 28,836 25,533 28,654 28,911 29,829 27,632
Balance 5,906 3,226 3,095 3,487 1,529 -2 2,697 -3,302 2,031 5,340 2,597 2,149 5,662
    P.R.China Exports 10,315 10,087 9,662 9,536 9,474 8,588 9,051 7,626 8,418 11,085 9,982 10,461 10,802
Imports 11,596 12,600 12,096 12,854 13,562 14,072 12,387 14,190 11,209 13,438 14,428 14,575 13,276
Balance -1,281 -2,513 -2,434 -3,318 -4,088 -5,485 -3,336 -6,564 -2,791 -2,353 -4,446 -4,114 -2,474
Hong Kong Exports 2,904 2,599 2,710 2,987 2,742 2,917 2,651 2,439 2,354 3,038 2,903 3,394 3,180
Imports 133 71 75 132 75 69 120 165 97 205 92 83 141
Balance 2,771 2,528 2,635 2,855 2,667 2,848 2,531 2,274 2,257 2,833 2,810 3,311 3,040
Taiwan Exports 3,375 3,059 3,034 3,168 2,999 2,820 3,274 3,065 3,140 3,681 3,224 3,482 3,852
Imports 1,547 1,672 1,631 1,574 1,805 1,695 1,643 1,748 1,561 1,768 1,817 1,969 1,942
Balance 1,828 1,387 1,403 1,594 1,194 1,125 1,631 1,317 1,579 1,913 1,406 1,513 1,911
Korea Exports 4,005 3,956 3,853 3,984 3,941 3,925 4,347 4,005 4,249 5,201 5,061 4,604 4,543
Imports 2,727 2,782 2,444 2,423 2,696 2,819 2,833 3,117 2,912 2,803 2,583 2,852 2,572
Balance 1,278 1,174 1,409 1,561 1,245 1,107 1,514 888 1,336 2,398 2,478 1,752 1,970
Singapore Exports 1,878 1,727 1,433 1,457 1,338 1,381 1,502 1,487 1,342 1,735 1,854 1,848 1,760
Imports 590 597 575 540 544 654 576 631 548 604 516 621 547
Balance 1,288 1,129 858 917 794 727 926 857 794 1,132 1,338 1,227 1,213
Thailand Exports 3,066 2,921 2,759 3,194 3,063 2,928 3,008 2,652 2,912 3,294 3,011 2,909 3,238
Imports 1,706 1,775 1,566 1,540 1,701 1,583 1,444 1,513 1,643 1,784 1,795 1,877 1,820
Balance 1,360 1,146 1,193 1,654 1,362 1,345 1,565 1,139 1,269 1,509 1,216 1,032 1,418
Malaysia Exports 1,297 1,179 1,134 1,187 1,162 1,078 1,188 985 1,220 1,389 1,166 1,178 1,359
Imports 2,229 1,819 2,204 2,377 1,990 1,918 2,297 2,422 2,485 2,564 2,208 2,369 2,292
Balance -932 -641 -1,070 -1,190 -827 -841 -1,109 -1,437 -1,265 -1,175 -1,042 -1,191 -933
Indonesia Exports 1,513 1,294 1,277 1,342 1,264 1,168 1,249 1,102 1,376 1,561 1,451 1,362 1,556
Imports 2,074 2,173 2,140 1,749 1,826 1,898 2,275 2,190 2,473 2,480 2,422 2,279 2,119
Balance -562 -879 -863 -406 -562 -730 -1,026 -1,088 -1,097 -919 -971 -917 -563
Philippines Exports 837 833 755 810 733 737 749 687 738 803 852 764 801
Imports 596 813 590 577 644 647 552 581 593 673 761 788 769
Balance 241 20 164 233 89 90 197 106 144 130 91 -24 33
Vietnam Exports 734 825 715 738 661 759 804 587 715 920 861 872 848
Imports 978 951 925 1,239 948 983 973 1,045 934 910 1,128 1,165 1,141
Balance -244 -126 -210 -501 -287 -225 -169 -459 -219 10 -268 -293 -292
India Exports 681 722 701 649 647 658 798 647 727 811 709 644 876
Imports 412 482 460 332 394 441 520 652 412 591 594 600 492
Balance 268 240 241 317 252 217 278 -5 315 221 115 43 385
(Asia NIEs) Exports 12,162 11,341 11,029 11,597 11,020 11,043 11,774 10,997 11,085 13,655 13,041 13,329 13,336
Imports 4,997 5,122 4,725 4,669 5,119 5,236 5,172 5,661 5,119 5,380 5,009 5,526 5,202
Balance 7,165 6,218 6,304 6,927 5,900 5,807 6,602 5,336 5,966 8,275 8,032 7,803 8,134
(ASEAN) Exports 9,442 8,885 8,191 8,869 8,356 8,152 8,603 7,579 8,428 9,848 9,328 9,065 9,705
Imports 8,586 8,625 8,481 8,524 8,164 8,084 8,675 8,872 9,216 9,701 9,251 9,632 9,084
Balance 856 260 -290 345 191 68 -72 -1,294 -788 147 76 -567 620
Oceania Exports 1,567 1,337 1,459 1,584 1,343 1,412 1,516 1,287 1,607 1,950 1,772 1,680 1,925
Imports 3,565 4,331 4,499 4,154 3,981 3,772 3,885 4,169 3,780 4,357 4,394 4,842 4,513
Balance -1,998 -2,994 -3,041 -2,570 -2,638 -2,360 -2,369 -2,882 -2,173 -2,408 -2,623 -3,162 -2,587
    Australia Exports 1,239 1,108 1,171 1,210 1,091 1,205 1,306 956 1,363 1,504 1,470 1,499 1,505
Imports 3,215 3,995 4,134 3,856 3,694 3,387 3,558 3,910 3,525 4,001 3,972 4,497 4,162
Balance -1,976 -2,887 -2,963 -2,646 -2,603 -2,182 -2,252 -2,954 -2,163 -2,498 -2,502 -2,998 -2,657
New Zealand Exports 132 120 116 139 126 124 121 165 145 230 177 137 168
Imports 225 223 221 178 176 213 153 186 175 214 253 241 222
Balance -92 -104 -105 -39 -49 -89 -32 -21 -30 16 -76 -104 -54
North America Exports 10,574 9,978 9,494 9,990 9,895 9,934 10,620 9,025 10,804 11,748 11,693 11,108 12,102
Imports 5,825 6,066 5,852 5,835 6,010 5,708 5,573 6,109 5,577 6,268 6,527 7,270 6,813
Balance 4,750 3,912 3,642 4,155 3,886 4,226 5,047 2,916 5,227 5,480 5,166 3,838 5,289
    U S A Exports 9,893 9,341 8,870 9,334 9,211 9,338 9,999 8,400 10,073 10,966 11,013 10,415 11,340
Imports 4,958 5,128 5,044 5,065 5,049 4,799 4,803 5,213 4,796 5,352 5,385 6,146 5,894
Balance 4,936 4,213 3,825 4,270 4,162 4,539 5,196 3,187 5,277 5,614 5,628 4,269 5,446
Canada Exports 681 637 624 656 684 596 622 625 731 782 680 693 762
Imports 862 932 801 765 953 901 762 887 776 911 1,133 1,116 913
Balance -181 -295 -177 -109 -269 -305 -141 -262 -45 -129 -454 -424 -151
Latin America Exports 3,568 2,885 2,584 2,739 2,694 2,456 2,376 3,087 2,616 3,693 2,687 3,258 2,931
Imports 2,274 2,350 2,213 2,195 2,476 2,349 2,278 2,776 2,845 2,652 2,726 2,996 2,392
Balance 1,293 535 372 544 218 107 98 311 -228 1,040 -39 262 539
    Brazil Exports 416 385 420 417 408 336 356 357 391 502 474 463 459
Imports 740 723 671 776 865 918 691 930 971 870 712 1,077 868
Balance -325 -337 -251 -359 -457 -582 -336 -570 -579 -368 -238 -614 -409
Mexico Exports 692 685 729 725 744 730 633 713 881 821 793 793 815
Imports 298 270 285 331 315 313 328 291 313 345 389 389 345
Balance 394 415 445 394 429 417 306 422 568 476 405 405 470
Chile Exports 145 149 141 212 99 151 95 114 152 178 119 119 130
Imports 646 665 443 600 547 601 579 657 812 675 746 746 474
Balance -500 -516 -302 -388 -448 -449 -484 -543 -659 -497 -627 -628 -344
West Europe Exports 5,111 4,850 5,854 5,267 5,131 5,616 5,239 5,587 6,151 5,680 5,404 5,404 5,754
Imports 6,397 6,241 5,743 6,299 6,772 5,820 6,172 6,014 6,964 6,452 6,691 6,691 6,651
Balance -1,287 -1,390 111 -1,032 -1,641 -203 -933 -427 -813 -772 -1,287 -1,287 -897
    Germany Exports 1,377 1,258 1,440 1,328 1,315 1,386 1,219 1,369 1,539 1,440 1,352 1,352 1,650
Imports 1,701 1,743 1,546 1,706 1,902 1,508 1,678 1,612 1,854 1,760 1,798 1,798 1,676
Balance -323 -485 -106 -377 -587 -121 -459 -243 -315 -320 -446 -446 -26
United Kingdom Exports 702 721 1,019 856 895 947 958 884 807 827 888 888 851
Imports 477 484 436 497 568 462 510 500 477 510 605 605 533
Balance 225 237 583 359 327 484 448 384 330 317 284 284 319
France Exports 383 369 439 403 374 426 382 447 499 590 485 485 457
Imports 946 851 795 895 1,074 776 888 810 1,040 953 877 877 1,073
Balance -562 -482 -356 -493 -700 -350 -506 -363 -541 -363 -393 -393 -616
Netherlands Exports 1,034 1,045 1,062 1,018 1,042 1,013 997 1,068 1,068 1,057 1,047 1,047 996
Imports 315 338 320 320 384 308 339 338 407 389 346 346 341
Balance 719 707 742 698 658 705 658 731 661 669 702 702 655
Italy Exports 222 198 231 228 196 251 231 277 292 258 241 241 235
Imports 745 635 583 729 674 716 674 771 882 683 756 756 801
Balance -523 -437 -351 -501 -478 -465 -444 -494 -590 -425 -515 -515 -566
Belgium Exports 395 341 419 391 379 381 340 403 539 397 363 363 419
Imports 252 160 172 175 271 155 185 182 192 194 181 181 183
Balance 144 181 246 215 108 226 155 221 348 203 181 181 236
Switzerland Exports 258 208 310 345 260 324 267 313 292 252 260 260 263
Imports 494 579 615 616 586 593 456 517 568 531 609 609 658
Balance -236 -372 -305 -271 -327 -268 -190 -205 -276 -278 -349 -349 -396
Sweden Exports 96 142 114 105 86 104 86 88 111 104 105 105 110
Imports 185 153 161 229 183 140 178 153 165 191 199 199 196
Balance -89 -12 -48 -124 -97 -36 -93 -64 -54 -88 -94 -94 -86
Ireland Exports 61 32 140 57 57 61 67 57 74 60 52 52 60
Imports 338 372 275 260 265 256 284 297 273 270 324 324 268
Balance -277 -341 -134 -202 -208 -194 -218 -239 -199 -210 -272 -272 -208
Spain Exports 143 129 166 151 131 168 140 149 178 183 150 150 169
Imports 287 282 234 277 259 286 273 239 248 235 293 293 304
Balance -144 -153 -68 -126 -128 -118 -133 -91 -70 -52 -143 -143 -135
Central and East Europe, Russia Exports 1,552 1,318 1,288 1,275 1,168 1,182 1,357 1,594 1,751 1,644 1,397 1,397 1,568
Imports 1,595 1,706 1,618 1,397 1,999 1,856 1,857 1,961 2,348 2,597 2,125 2,126 1,997
Balance -43 -388 -329 -122 -831 -674 -500 -367 -597 -953 -728 -729 -429
    Russia Exports 994 760 777 793 720 650 837 1,007 1,123 946 847 847 997
Imports 1,266 1,372 1,336 1,080 1,680 1,536 1,505 1,638 1,986 2,164 1,708 1,708 1,551
Balance -272 -612 -560 -287 -960 -886 -668 -631 -863 -1,218 -861 -861 -554
(EU) Exports 5,031 4,781 5,646 5,088 5,017 5,462 5,082 5,350 5,862 5,624 5,292 5,292 5,639
Imports 5,979 5,740 5,124 5,776 6,283 5,233 5,818 5,605 6,455 6,012 6,182 6,182 6,116
Balance -949 -959 522 -688 -1,266 229 -736 -256 -593 -388 -890 -890 -476
Middle East Exports 1,847 1,675 1,810 1,892 1,832 1,964 1,636 1,946 2,243 1,962 1,938 1,938 2,094
Imports 9,900 10,832 12,428 8,704 10,342 12,519 12,595 13,582 13,138 13,416 12,308 12,310 11,154
Balance -8,053 -9,158 -10,618 -6,812 -8,510 -10,556 -10,959 -11,636 -10,895 -11,454 -10,370 -10,372 -9,060
    U A E Exports 621 514 609 527 592 603 514 665 773 595 635 635 693
Imports 2,328 3,015 3,060 2,714 2,810 3,161 3,302 3,423 3,478 3,090 3,337 3,337 3,154
Balance -1,708 -2,501 -2,450 -2,187 -2,218 -2,558 -2,787 -2,758 -2,705 -2,495 -2,701 -2,701 -2,460
Saudi Arabia Exports 549 492 483 604 536 615 514 473 634 604 536 536 557
Imports 2,936 3,595 3,966 2,659 3,488 4,129 4,003 4,138 4,019 4,287 3,223 3,225 3,313
Balance -2,388 -3,103 -3,483 -2,055 -2,953 -3,514 -3,488 -3,666 -3,385 -3,683 -2,687 -2,689 -2,756
Kuwait Exports 105 88 136 139 139 181 133 147 166 99 143 143 148
Imports 772 1,071 1,096 813 944 1,304 936 1,300 909 1,311 1,221 1,221 902
Balance -667 -983 -961 -674 -806 -1,122 -803 -1,153 -743 -1,211 -1,077 -1,077 -754
Iran Exports 21 110 23 37 39 24 16 24 31 19 17 17 10
Imports 321 216 492 269 691 494 495 871 571 349 703 703 372
Balance -299 -106 -468 -232 -652 -471 -480 -847 -540 -330 -686 -686 -362
Africa Exports 868 681 884 723 614 743 820 1,112 1,180 823 904 904 943
Imports 1,389 1,450 1,311 1,297 1,167 1,241 1,806 1,352 1,997 1,593 1,583 1,584 1,283
Balance -521 -768 -427 -574 -554 -498 -986 -240 -817 -770 -679 -680 -340
    South Africa Exports 302 251 290 242 192 227 213 246 310 305 290 290 310
Imports 390 504 381 440 479 415 487 359 517 453 507 507 569
Balance -88 -253 -92 -198 -287 -187 -273 -113 -207 -148 -217 -217 -259
(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)

2012 2013
Jun** Jul** Aug** Sep** Oct** Nov** Dec** Jan** Feb** Mar** Apr** May** Jun(P)
Exports 56,430 53,131 50,453 53,584 51,492 49,837 52,985 47,986 52,831 62,710 57,766 57,667 60,610
  Foodstuff 298 275 284 298 306 325 375 278 284 358 353 366 348
Raw materials 903 827 791 810 904 869 1,015 861 1,022 1,227 1,137 1,076 1,022
Mineral fuels 944 1,040 955 1,033 824 688 777 787 720 1,149 1,310 1,734 1,328
Chemicals 5,265 5,135 5,283 5,266 5,410 5,137 5,602 5,473 5,672 6,697 6,348 6,135 6,342
Manufactured goods 7,510 7,170 6,842 6,945 6,705 6,525 7,035 6,364 7,111 8,526 7,796 7,896 8,077
Machinery 11,273 10,690 10,291 10,289 9,775 9,564 10,569 8,674 10,189 12,791 10,782 10,889 11,668
Electrical machinery 10,126 9,620 9,547 10,211 9,483 9,153 9,490 7,795 8,560 10,701 9,913 9,822 10,530
Transport equipment 14,097 12,616 10,627 12,069 11,723 11,448 11,728 12,001 12,996 14,324 13,503 12,852 14,098
  Motor vehicles 8,163 8,056 6,572 7,367 7,281 7,319 7,671 6,837 8,253 8,414 8,689 7,952 9,120
Others 6,015 5,758 5,832 6,661 6,362 6,129 6,395 5,752 6,277 6,937 6,624 6,897 7,199
Imports 55,838 58,356 58,092 59,232 57,037 59,402 59,443 64,321 60,645 66,379 66,615 67,648 62,434
Foodstuff 4,757 4,967 4,893 4,489 5,135 5,071 4,962 4,911 4,692 5,191 5,554 6,032 5,056
Raw materials 3,968 4,024 4,075 3,224 4,190 3,926 3,476 4,255 3,971 4,270 4,268 5,518 4,298
Mineral fuels 18,281 18,155 19,371 21,491 15,778 18,052 21,823 22,610 23,565 24,189 23,268 21,406 19,622
  Petroleum 9,314 8,400 9,445 11,457 7,201 9,206 11,524 10,999 12,178 12,477 12,574 11,124 9,804
Chemicals 4,695 5,242 4,941 4,908 5,164 5,309 4,634 5,185 4,946 5,218 5,381 5,704 5,073
Manufactured goods 4,577 4,754 4,586 4,377 4,692 4,739 4,298 4,846 4,007 4,722 5,329 5,366 5,028
Machinery 4,164 4,409 3,779 3,691 4,244 4,177 4,149 4,701 4,065 4,777 4,682 5,088 5,107
Electrical machinery 6,931 7,407 6,529 7,051 7,593 8,409 6,824 7,856 6,885 7,944 7,541 8,508 8,304
Transport equipment 1,881 2,015 1,976 1,954 1,976 2,028 1,900 1,971 1,644 2,175 1,907 2,179 2,466
Others 6,583 7,383 7,942 7,946 8,266 7,691 7,377 7,987 6,870 7,893 8,685 7,848 7,479
(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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