Japan Imports 1963-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Imports to Japan jumped 15.4 percent year-on-year to JPY 7.14 trillion in August 2018, up from 14.6 percent growth in July and above market consensus of a 14.9 percent rise. Imports were led by mineral fuels (+46.3 percent vs +30.7 percent in July), with oil purchases jumping 59.6 percent. In contrast, chemicals climbed at a much softer pace of 5.2 percent (vs +28.8 percent) and manufactured good exports rose 6.7 percent (vs +11.9 percent). By country, imports rose from China expanded at a softer pace (+5.9 percent vs +6.7 percent). Meantime, purchases from the European Union grew at a much softer clip of 6.5 percent (vs +29.1 percent). In contrast, imports from the United States rose sharply (+21.5 percent vs 11.0 percent). Imports in Japan averaged 2960.36 JPY Billion from 1963 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 8047.03 JPY Billion in January of 2014 and a record low of 162.06 JPY Billion in January of 1963.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus
2018-07-18	11:50 PM	Imports YoY	2.5%	14%	5.3%
2018-08-15	11:50 PM	Imports YoY	14.6%	2.6%	14.4%
2018-09-18	11:50 PM	Imports YoY	15.4%	14.6%	14.9%
2018-10-17	11:50 PM	Imports YoY		15.4%
2018-11-18	11:50 PM	Imports YoY
2018-12-18	11:50 PM	Imports YoY

Japan Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-444.59	-231.93	1608.67	-2795.12	JPY Billion	[+]
Exports	6691.56	6747.93	7681.69	105.08	JPY Billion	[+]
Imports	7136.16	6979.86	8047.03	162.06	JPY Billion	[+]
Current Account	2010.00	1175.60	3360.40	-1456.11	JPY Billion	[+]
Current Account to GDP	4.02	3.70	4.70	-1.00	percent	[+]
External Debt	426882.00	413448.00	426882.00	141743.00	JPY Billion	[+]
Terms of Trade	96.00	96.00	276.10	83.10	Index Points	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	11334.00	16333.00	45202.00	-3825.00	JPY Hundreds Million	[+]
Capital Flows	-8462.00	5749.00	51917.00	-26928.00	JPY HML	[+]
Tourism Revenues	17929000.00	18634000.00	27665000.00	821000.00	JPY Thousand	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2832000.00	2704500.00	2900700.00	225806.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	765.20	765.20	765.22	753.54	Tonnes	[+]
Terrorism Index	3.60	2.45	3.60	0.00		[+]
Crude Oil Production	4.00	4.00	13.00	3.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]

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Japan Imports

Japan main imports are: mineral fuels (21 percent of total imports) with petroleum accounting for 10 percent, electrical machinery (16 percent), machinery (10 percent), food (9 percent), manufactured goods (9 percent), chemicals (8 percent) and raw materials (6 percent). Japan's main import partners are China (25 percent), the United States (10 percent), Australia (5.4 percent), South Korea (4 percent), Saudi Arabia (3.9 percent), United Arab Emirates (3.6 percent) and Qatar (3.6 percent). This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.