Japan’s trade balance registered a surplus of 807.1 billion yen, equivalent to USD9, 1 billion as of 30 September 2009. And in the same period the previous year, the trade balance Bamboo Curtain country has recorded a deficit of 75 billion yen.
As reported by the AFP, Wednesday (25/11/2009), Japan’s exports in October 2009 through attenuation of 23.2 percent to 5.31 trillion yen compared to last year. Where the export decline was led by exports of iron.
However, Japanese import growth is much larger, namely by 35.6 percent to 4.5 trillion yen. Led by imports of energy commodities, like crude oil and natural gas.
With Japan’s trade surplus, the balance into a surplus Asia trade for 82.3 per cent to 827 billion yen. Where’s exports grew 15 percent and imports grew 30 percent.
Against China, Japan trade is still a deficit of 26.2 billion yen. As for Japanese exports to China fell 14.3 percent to 883.4 billion yen, while exports grew 32 percent autoparts. Meanwhile, China’s imports from Japan also fell 26.6 percent to 1.02 trillion yen.
Meanwhile, the U.S., Japan still has a trade surplus of 27.7 percent in October to 369.6 billion yen. And the European Union, Japan’s trade surplus in October fell as much as 40.8 percent to 210.8 billion yen.
