Agriculture: rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; world's largest fish catch of 10 million metric tons in 1991
Exports: $442.84 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities: manufactures 97% (including machinery 46%, motor
vehicles 20%, consumer electronics 10%)
partners: Southeast Asia 38%, US 27%, Western Europe 17%, China 5%
Imports: $336.09 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities: manufactures 52%, fossil fuels 20%, foodstuffs and raw
materials 28%
partners: Southeast Asia 25%, US 22%, Western Europe 16%, China 11%
External debt: $NA
Economic aid: donor: ODA, $11.259 billion (1993) note: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-95), $143 billion
Currency: yen (Y)
Exchange rates: yen (Y) per US$1 - 105.84 (January 1996), 94.06 (1995), 102.21 (1994), 111.20 (1993), 126.65 (1992), 134.71 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 26,506 km
standard gauge: 3,233 km 1.435-m gauge (entirely electrified)
narrow gauge: 72 km 1.372-m gauge (72 km electrified); 23,154 km
1.067-m gauge (13,835 km electrified); 47 km 0.762-m gauge (47 km
electrified) (1994)