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Japan – Trade Statistics

  • Japan is the 4th largest export economy in the world and the most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2014, Japan exported $714B and imported $754B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $40B. In 2014 the GDP of Japan was $4.6T and its GDP per capita was $36.6k.
  • The top exports of Japan are Cars ($93.3B), Vehicle Parts ($33.9B), Integrated Circuits ($31.1B), Industrial Printers ($15.2B) and Refined Petroleum ($12.7B), using the 1992 revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification.
  • Its top imports are Crude Petroleum ($116B), Petroleum Gas ($80.1B), Refined Petroleum ($23.9B), Computers ($19.7B) and Coal Briquettes ($16.7B).
  • The top export destinations of Japan are China ($131B), the United States ($128B), South Korea ($52.5B), Other Asia ($37.4B) and Hong Kong ($36B).
  • The top import origins are China ($166B), the United States ($67.5B), Australia ($43.1B), Saudi Arabia ($42.5B) and the United Arab Emirates ($37.5B).
  • Japan holds a place of 34th out of 189 popular countries(economically) in case of doing a business in country.’Getting Credit’ is one of the topics in which Japan has decreased it’s ranking from 71 to 79 and country has also decreased it’s ranking from 77 to 81 in case of ‘Starting a Business’.