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14. Asia from Japan's Point of View

14. Asia from Japan's Point of View

(1) Exports : 1997

						billion Yen	percent of GDP
Nominal GDP						507,271	100.0%
	Exports					50,938	10.0%
		To ASIAN4+NIEs+China				20,668	4.1%
			To ASIAN4+NIEs			18,037	3.6%
				To ASIAN4		5,801	1.1%
					Thailand	1,764	0.3%
					Malaysia	1,756	0.3%
					Indonesia	1,230	0.2%
					Philippines	1,051	0.2%
					Singapore	2,450	0.5%
					Hong Kong	3,298	0.7%
					Taiwan	3,335	0.7%
					South Korea	3,153	0.6%
					China	2,631	0.5%

(Sources) Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning Agency, "Preliminary Quarterly Estimates of National Expenditure"

(2) Foreign Direct Investment on Prior Notice (the first half of Fiscal Year 1997)

					billion Yen	Share in the world
To world					2,791	100.0%
	To ASEAN4+NIEs+China				721	25.8%
		To ASEAN4+NIEs			583	20.9%
			To ASEAN4		405	14.5%
				Thailand	135	4.8%
				Indonesia	199	7.1%
				Malaysia	36	1.3%
				Philippines	35	1.2%
				Singapore	83	3.0%
				Hong Kong	47	1.7%
				Taiwan	33	1.2%
				South Korea	15	0.5%
				China	138	4.9%

(Fiscal Year 1996)

					billion Yen	Share in the world
To world					5,409	100.0%
	To ASEAN4+NIEs+China				1,239	22.9%
		To ASEAN4+NIEs			956	17.7%
			To ASEAN4		557	10.3%
				Thailand	158	2.9%
				Indonesia	272	5.0%
				Malaysia	64	1.2%
				Philippines	63	1.2%
				Singapore	126	2.3%
				Hong Kong	167	3.1%
				Taiwan	59	1.1%
				South Korea	47	0.9%
				China	283	5.2%

(Sources) Ministry of Finance

(3) Claims of Japanese Reporting Banks

								billion US$
vis-a-vis ASEAN4+NIEs+China								271
	vis-a-vis ASEAN4+NIEs							253
		vis-a-vis ASEAN4						74
			Thailand					38
			Indonesia					23
			Malaysia					10
			Philippines					2
			Singapore					65
			Hong Kong					87
			Taiwan					3
			South Korea					24
			China					19

(Source) Bank for International Settlements, "The Maturity, Sectoral and Nationality Distribution of International Bank Lending "

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