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Japan
Although Japan’s economy remains sluggish,
just scraping into positive growth for 2002, it still accounts for 16%
of the world’s GDP, and is a market second in size only to the United
States. While the pace of reform has been slow, Japan’s economy
is far more open than it was 10 or 15 years ago and Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi has publicly recognised the value of foreign investment, saying
in January 2003 that he hopes to double the balance of foreign investment
in Japan during the next five years.
| geo-economic data |
| Population: |
126.9m |
| National capital: |
Tokyo |
| Land area: |
377,728 sq km |
| Currency: |
Japanese Yen (JPY, ¥) |
| GDP: |
US$3991.1bn |
| GDP per capita: |
US$31,448 |
| GDP growth: |
0.5% |
| Unemployment: |
5.4% |
| Inflation: |
-0.9% |
| Merchandise exports: |
US$394.8bn -1.4% |
| Merchandise imports: |
US$301.2bn 1.07% growth |
| ISL KEY Port data |
| Chiba |
| No of ships: |
65,891 |
|
|
| Ship tonnage (’000 gt): |
124,811 |
|
|
| Cargo traffic (’000 MT) |
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
%
general
cargo |
%
dry
bulk |
%
liquid
bulk |
| 158,705 |
41,993 |
116,712 |
5.7 |
30.7 |
63.6 |
|
| Container traffic (TEU) |
|
|
|
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
containerisation
% |
| 76,000 |
44,162 |
31,838 |
9.6 |
|
| Kobe |
| No of ships: |
47,980 |
|
|
| Ship tonnage (’000 gt): |
195,060 |
|
|
| Cargo traffic (’000 MT) |
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
%
general
cargo |
%
dry
bulk |
%
liquid
bulk |
| 79,708 |
32,850 |
46,858 |
... |
... |
... |
|
| Container traffic (TEU) |
|
|
|
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
containerisation
% |
| 2,010,344 |
1,014,128 |
996,216 |
... |
|
| Nagoya |
| No of ships: |
40,477 |
|
|
| Ship tonnage (’000 gt): |
212,573 |
|
|
| Cargo traffic (’000 MT) |
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
%
general
cargo |
%
dry
bulk |
%
liquid
bulk |
| 152,234 |
55,251 |
96,983 |
46.2 |
28.1 |
25.8 |
|
| Container traffic (TEU) |
|
|
|
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
containerisation
% |
| 1,872,272 |
947,532 |
924,740 |
47.9 |
|
| Osaka |
| No of ships: |
40,698 |
|
|
| Ship tonnage (’000 gt): |
144,860 |
|
|
| Cargo traffic (’000 MT) |
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
%
general
cargo |
%
dry
bulk |
%
liquid
bulk |
| 89,757 |
32,841 |
56,916 |
... |
... |
2.1 |
|
| Container traffic (TEU) |
|
|
|
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
containerisation
% |
| 1,502,989 |
699,209 |
803,780 |
... |
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| Tokyo |
| No of ships: |
33,372 |
|
|
| Ship tonnage (’000 gt): |
154,622 |
|
|
| Cargo traffic (’000 MT) |
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
%
general
cargo |
%
dry
bulk |
%
liquid
bulk |
| 81,951 |
29,048 |
52,903 |
94.5 |
1.3 |
4.2 |
|
| Container traffic* (TEU) |
|
|
|
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
containerisation
% |
| 2,595,930 |
1,188,592 |
1,407,338 |
44.9 |
|
| Yokohama |
| No of ships: |
46,824 |
|
|
| Ship tonnage (’000 gt): |
230,275 |
|
|
| Cargo traffic (’000 MT) |
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
%
general
cargo |
%
dry
bulk |
%
liquid
bulk |
| 115,689 |
48,466 |
67,223 |
56.7 |
8.5 |
34.8 |
|
| Container traffic (TEU) |
|
|
|
| total |
loaded |
unloaded |
containerisation
% |
| 2,303,781 |
1,141,544 |
1,162,237 |
53.8 |
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Geoecon stats: DFAT, EIU. 2002 figures unless stated.
Port stats: ISL Port Data Base. 2001 unless stated.
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