Exports:
$538.8 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical
machinery, chemicals
Exports - partners:
US 22.7%, China 13.1%, South Korea 7.8%, Taiwan 7.4%, Hong Kong
6.3% (2004)
Imports:
$401.8 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles,
raw materials (2001)
Imports - partners:
China 20.7%, US 14%, South Korea 4.9%, Australia 4.3%, Indonesia
4.1%, Saudi Arabia 4.1%, UAE 4% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$664.6 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
NA (2002 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $7.9 billion (FY03/04)
Currency (code):
yen (JPY)