Japan Economic Indicators

Contents extracted from the comprehensive atlas of international trade by Export Entreprises

Economic forecasts - General economic indicators - Investments - Foreign Trade

Economic forecasts Indicators

Indicators	2006	2007
GDP (USD billion)	4463.6	4599.4
GDP (constant prices, annual % change)	2.7	2.1
GDP per capita (USD)	34954.7	36021.2
Inflation, consumer prices (annual % change)	0.3	0.7

Source : IMF - World Economic Outlook Databases

General economic indicators

Indicators	2003	2004	2005
GDP (USD billion) (1)	4237.1	4587.1	4567.4
GDP (constant prices, annual % change) (1)	1.8	2.3	2.6
GDP per capita (USD) (1)	33198.6	35914.2	35756.5
Inflation, consumer prices (annual % change) (1)	-0.3	0	-0.6
Unemployment rate (%) (2)	5.2	4.7	..
External debt (USD billion) (3)	..	..	..
Official exchange rate per USD (period average) (3)	118.54	107.1	102.74

Sources : (1) IMF - World Economic Outlook Databases,(2) ILO - Key Indicators of the Labour Market, (3) World Bank - World Development Indicators

GDP per activity sector	2003	2004	2005
Agriculture and fishing (%)	1.3	..	..
Industry and mining (%)	30.5	..	..
Services (%)	68.2	..	..

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Investments

Foreign Direct Investments	2003	2004	2005	World rank (*) 2005
FDI inflows (USD million)	6 324	7 816	2 775	131/141

Source : UNCTAD - World Investment Report
Note : (*) World Rank = UNCTAD Inward FDI Performance Index. It is a measure of the extend to which a host country receives inward FDI relative to its economic size. It is calculated as a ratio of the country's share in global FDI inflows to its share in global GDP.

Foreign Trade

General indicators

Indicators (USD billion)	2003	2004	2005
Imports of goods	382.9	454.5	516.1
Export of goods	471.8	565.7	595.8
Trade balance	68.8	..	..
Current account	156.3	172.1	165.8

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Indicators (%)	2003	2004	2005
Share of foreign trade in GDP	22.1	..	..
Share of imports of goods and services in GDP	10.2	..	..
Share of exports of goods and services in GDP	11.8	..	..
Imports of goods and services (annual % change)	3.9	..	..
Exports of goods and services (annual % change)	9.1	..	..

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Trade in goods/services by major category

2004	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Goods (USD billion):	454.5	565.7
Agricultural raw materials	2.4	0.5
Food products	11.6	0.5
Hydrocarbons	21.7	0.4
Manufactured products (chemicals, machines,...)	57	92.8
Ores and metals	5.8	1.6

2004	Imports	Exports
Total Trade in Services (USD billion):	134	94.9
Transport	31.9	33.9
Tourisme	28.5	11.9

Sources : World Bank - World Development Indicators

Trade Data, by HS Code :
Import Statistics	Export Statistics
Source : www.intracen.org, last available data

Trade by partner countries

Main clients (% of exports)
USA	22.9%
China	13.5%
Rep. of Korea	7.8%
Hong Kong	7.3%
Australia	6.0%

Main suppliers (% of imports)
China	21.0%
USA	12.7%
Saudi Arabia	5.6%
United Arab Emirates	4.9%
Australia	4.8%

Sources : Comtrade, 2005.