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Trade Balance
- All Industry Activity Index
- Balance of Payments
- Consumer Price Index
- Corporate Goods Price Index
- Gross Domestic Product
- Industrial Production Index
- Leading and Coincident Indices
- Machinery Orders
- Retail Sales
- Tankan Survey
- Tertiary Industry Index
- Trade Balance
- Unemployment Rate
- Wholesale Price Index
Trade Balance
Trade Balance is the difference between the total value of exports and the total value of imports. A positive trade balance shows the demand of goods of the country on the international market, as well as the fact that the country does not consume all that it produces. A negative trade balance suggests that the country consumes foreign goods together with it own goods.
Because Japan is an export-oriented country, this information gives a critical insight into the development of the country's economy and changes in foreign exchange rates.
A positive trade balance acts as an appreciating weight on the yen.
- Release Frequency: monthly.
- Release Schedule: 23:50 GMT, the second week after the reporting period.
- Source: Ministry of Finance, Customs Office