{"id":245,"date":"2023-04-24T14:44:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2023-04-24T14:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T14:44:56","slug":"imports-and-exports-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/imports-and-exports-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Imports and Exports in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the fourth largest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/blog\/brief-overview-of-the-economy-in-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>economy<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the world, Japan has the most complex economy internationally, according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most&nbsp;<strong>exported&nbsp;products&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>in Japan<\/strong>&nbsp;are cars, integrated circuits, vehicle parts, industrial printers and passenger and cargo ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most<strong>&nbsp;imports<\/strong>&nbsp;made&nbsp;<strong>in this country<\/strong>&nbsp;are petroleum gas, crude petroleum, integrated circuits, packaged medicines and computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>company formation consultants<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<strong>in Japan<\/strong>&nbsp;make a brief overview of the&nbsp;<strong>imports and exports in Japan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/imports-and-exports-in-japan\/#more-details-on-imports-in-japan\" title=\"More details on imports in Japan\">More details on imports in Japan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/companyformationjapan.com\/imports-and-exports-in-japan\/#exports-in-japan\" title=\"Exports in Japan\">Exports in Japan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"more-details-on-imports-in-japan\"><\/span><strong>More details on imports in Japan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016,&nbsp;<strong>Japan imported&nbsp;<\/strong>USD 607.1 billion worth of products, which represented a decrease of 31.5% compared to 2012 and one of 2.9% from 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this decrease, the trade continues on an ascendant growth. The net shipments, which deducts imports from exports, increased with 0.5% in the last quarter of 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top<strong>&nbsp;countries Japan imports from&nbsp;<\/strong>are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 China: USD 156.6 billion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 USA: USD 69.3 billion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Australia: USD 30.4 billion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 South Korea: USD 25 billion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Taiwan: USD 23 billion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Other countries: our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/company-incorporation-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>company registration<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;advisors&nbsp;<strong>in Japan<\/strong>&nbsp;can offer more details on these other imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"exports-in-japan\"><\/span><strong>Exports in Japan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though the yen became weaker because of stimulating economic incentives, the&nbsp;<strong>exports in Japan<\/strong>&nbsp;maintain a slow development in the recent past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, the top suppliers of goods in this country were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 China: 25.6%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 USA: 10.9%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Australia: 5.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan represented the third largest import source of Australia in 2015 and 2016. We can offer assistance if you want to<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/types-of-companies-in-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open a company in Japan<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in this field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The major&nbsp;<strong>exports from Japan<\/strong>&nbsp;in Australia were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Passenger vehicles: AUD 6.6 billion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Refined petroleum: AUD 2.6 billion;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Goods vehicles: AUD 1.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the&nbsp;<strong>exports in Japan<\/strong>&nbsp;increased for an eighth consecutive month in July, with solid shipments to the USA and a growth from the weak local currency. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Japan company formation representatives<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;can help you if you are interested in&nbsp;<strong>setting up a company<\/strong>&nbsp;in this industry&nbsp;<strong>in Japan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exports to the USA increased by 11.5% in July of this year compared to last year, which pushed the country\u2019s trade surplus with the USA by 9.1% from last year to 647 billion yen (USD 5.88 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to know more about the&nbsp;<strong>Japan foreign trade<\/strong>, we kindly invite you to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.companyformationjapan.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>speak<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to our&nbsp;<strong>company registration<\/strong>&nbsp;executives<strong>&nbsp;in Japan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the fourth largest\u00a0economy\u00a0in the world, Japan has the most complex economy internationally, according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). The most&nbsp;exported&nbsp;products&nbsp;in Japan&nbsp;are cars, integrated circuits, vehicle parts, industrial printers and passenger and cargo ships. The most&nbsp;imports&nbsp;made&nbsp;in this country&nbsp;are petroleum gas, crude petroleum, integrated circuits, packaged medicines and computers. In this article, our&nbsp;company formation consultants&nbsp;in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,12,82,14,83,58,11],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Imports and Exports in Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is a short overview of the imports and exports in Japan. 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