Japan Imports

Imports to Japan rose 6.4% year-on-year to JPY 6.60 trillion in April 2019, above market expectations of a 4.8% increase and following a 1.2% rise in the previous month. Purchases were mainly nudged by growth in imports of transport equipment (15.1%), essentially aircraft (55.3%); foodstuff (11.8%); raw materials (7.5%), mostly iron ore & concentrates (25.2%) and mineral fuels (7.0%), namely oil (13.8%), LNG (5.8%) and coal (5.9%). Among main trade partners, purchases rose from China (5.9%), Australia (5.1%) and the US (2.3%). Imports in Japan averaged 3007.25 JPY Billion from 1963 until 2019, 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.

Imports in Japan is expected to be 6450.00 JPY Billion by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Imports in Japan to stand at 6300.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Japan Imports is projected to trend around 6040.00 JPY Billion in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-02-19	11:50 PM	Imports YoY	-0.6%	1.9%	-2.8%
2019-03-17	11:50 PM	Imports YoY	-6.7%	-0.8%	-5.8%
2019-04-16	11:50 PM	Imports YoY	1.1%	-6.6%	2.6%
2019-05-21	11:50 PM	Imports YoY	6.4%	1.2%	4.8%	2.1%
2019-06-18	11:50 PM	Imports YoY
2019-07-17	11:50 PM	Imports YoY
2019-08-18	11:50 PM	Imports YoY

Japan Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	60.40	527.80	1608.67	-2795.12	JPY Billion	[+]
Current Account	2847.87	2676.85	3360.40	-1456.11	JPY Billion	[+]
Current Account to GDP	3.50	4.00	4.70	-1.00	percent	[+]
Imports	6598.35	6672.82	8047.03	162.06	JPY Billion	[+]
Exports	6658.75	7201.32	7681.69	105.08	JPY Billion	[+]
External Debt	442747.00	446531.00	446531.00	141743.00	JPY Billion	[+]
Terms of Trade	97.90	98.00	276.10	83.10	Index Points	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	12171.03	10505.53	71136.92	-3825.00	JPY Hundred Million	[+]
Capital Flows	37960.00	25305.00	51996.00	-26928.00	JPY HML	[+]
Tourism Revenues	27403000.00	15787000.00	27665000.00	821000.00	JPY Thousand	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2926700.00	2760100.00	2926700.00	225806.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	765.20	765.20	765.22	753.54	Tonnes	[+]
Terrorism Index	2.93	3.60	3.60	0.00		[+]
Crude Oil Production	3.00	3.00	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 May of 2019.