Cijfers internationale handel EU-Japan bekend (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Eurostat (ESTAT), gepubliceerd op vrijdag 22 maart 2013.

Over the last decade, EU27 trade in goods with Japan has been characterised by a fall in the share of Japan , particularly significant in the case of imports, and by a marked reduction in the EU27 trade deficit with Japan .

From 2000 to 2008, EU27 exports of goods to Japan remained relatively stable, then fell in 2009 due to the economic crisis, before recovering from 2010 to reach a peak of 55 bn euro in 2012. EU27 imports from Japan fell between 2000 and 2009, then partially recovered to reach 64 bn in 2012. As a result, t he EU27 deficit in trade with Japan decreased significantly from 47 bn in 2000 to 8 bn in 2012. In 2012, Japan accounted for 3% of EU27 exports and 4% of EU27 imports, and was the EU27 's seventh most important trading partner.

On the occasion of the 21 st European Union - Japan summit, which will take place on Monday 25 March 2013 in Tokyo, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union , issues data on international trade in goods and services and investments between the EU and Japan .

Germany and the United Kingdom largest EU traders with Japan

Among the EU27 Member States, Germany (17.1 bn euro or 31% of EU exports ) was by far the largest exporter to Japan in 2012, followed by France (7.5 bn or 13%), Italy (5.6 bn or 10%) and the United Kingdom (5.5 bn or 10%). Germany (16.4 bn or 26% of EU imports ) was also the largest importer, followed by the Netherlands 1 (11.4 bn or 18%) and the United Kingdom (9.8 bn or 15%).

The largest trade deficits with Japan in 2012 were observed in the Netherlands 1 (-7.7 bn euro), the United Kingdom (-4.2 bn) and Belgium 1 (-3.0 bn), and the highest surpluses in Italy (+2.4 bn), France (+2.2 bn) and Ireland (+1.5 bn).

EU27 international trade in goods with Japan

billion euro

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Japan
Exports	45.5	45.5	43.5	41.0	43.4	43.7	44.7	43.7	42.3	35.9	43.9	49.0	55.5
Imports	92.1	81.1	73.7	72.4	74.7	74.1	78.2	78.9	76.2	58.2	67.3	69.2	63.8
Balance	-46.6	-35.6	-30.2	-31.4	-31.3	-30.4	-33.5	-35.3	-33.9	-22.3	-23.3	-20.2	-8.3
Total Extra-EU27
Exports	849.7	884.7	891.9	869.2	953.0	1 057.6	1 161.9	1 242.9	1 317.5	1 099.2	1 356.6	1 558.9	1 686.3
Imports	992.7	979.1	937.0	935.2	1 027.5	1 183.2	1 363.9	1 445.0	1 582.9	1 233.1	1 530.5	1 721.7	1 791.4
Balance	-143.0	-94.4	-45.1	-66.0	-74.6	-125.6	-202.0	-202.1	-265.4	-133.9	-173.9	-162.8	-105.1
Japan/ Total
Exports	5.4%	5.1%	4.9%	4.7%	4.6%	4.1%	3.8%	3.5%	3.2%	3.3%	3.2%	3.1%	3.3%
Imports	9.3%	8.3%	7.9%	7.7%	7.3%	6.3%	5.7%	5.5%	4.8%	4.7%	4.4%	4.0%	3.6%

EU27 and Member States international trade in goods with Japan

million euro

Exports		Imports		Balance
2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012

EU27

49 016

55 489

69 229

63 782

-20 213

-8 293

Belgium 1

3 386

3 808

6 543

6 797

-3 158

-2 989

Bulgaria

-45

-39

Czech Republic

419

552

1 263

1 331

-844

-779

Denmark

1 392

1 617

377

324

1 015

1 293

Germany

15 025

17 054

18 061

16 449

-3 036

606

Estonia

Ireland

1 740

2 092

607

548

1 133

1 544

Greece

321

129

-288

-78

Spain

1 822

2 075

2 593

2 315

-771

-240

France

6 590

7 460

5 705

5 233

885

2 227

Italy

4 732

5 640

4 218

3 194

514

2 446

Cyprus

-50

-35

Latvia

Lithuania

-22

Luxembourg

165

161

-124

-97

Hungary

431

449

1 147

994

-716

-545

Malta

106

Netherlands 1

3 465

3 642

11 998

11 376

-8 534

-7 734

Austria

1 175

1 198

1 051

907

124

291

Poland

405

443

1 068

952

-663

-508

Portugal

192

190

341

295

-149

-104

Romania

171

212

260

259

-90

-47

Slovenia

-52

-16

Slovakia

112

423

469

-357

Finland

975

1 063

408

309

567

754

Sweden

1 686

1 961

1 899

1 724

-214

236

United Kingdom

5 006

5 514

10 453

9 751

-5 448

-4 238

Total extra-EU27

1 558 936

1 686 344

1 721 711

1 791 437

-162 776

-105 092

Japan / Total

3.1%

3.3%

4.0%

3.6%

EU27 international trade in goods with Japan by product

million euro

Exports		Imports		Balance
2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012

Total

49 016

55 489

69 229

63 782

-20 213

-8 293

Primary products:

6 303

6 906

1 256

1 222

5 047

5 684

Food & drink

4 284

4 768

151

153

4 133

4 615

Crude materials

1 756

1 649

830

900

926

749

Energy

264

489

276

169

-12

320

Manufactured goods:

41 513

47 424

65 605

60 982

-24 093

-13 558

Chemicals

13 095

14 501

6 863

6 494

6 232

8 006

Machinery & vehicles 2

16 345

19 332

44 759

41 227

-28 414

-21 895

Other manuf’d articles 2

12 072

13 592

13 983

13 261

-1 911

331

Other

1 199

1 159

2 367

1 579

-1 167

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An increase in EU27 trade in services with Japan between 2009 and 2011

EU27 exports of services to Japan increased from 18.6 bn euro in 2009 to 21.8 bn in 2011, and imports from 13.4 bn to 15.9 bn. In 2011 the EU27 had a surplus of 5.9 bn in trade in services with Japan . This surplus was mainly due to computer & information services (+2.0 bn), financial services (+1.8 bn) and travel (+1.5 bn). Japan accounted for just over 3% of total extra- EU27 trade in services.

EU27 international trade in services with Japan

million euro

	Export			Import			Balance
	2009	2010	2011	2009	2010	2011	2009	2010	2011
Total	18 636	19 842	21 802	13 382	15 252	15 909	5 254	4 590	5 892
of which:
Transportation	4 370	5 246	5 449	4 058	5 254	4 727	312	-8	722
Travel	2 077	2 092	2 176	838	905	725	1 239	1 188	1 451
Other services	12 181	12 492	14 172	8 431	8 985	10 333	3 751	3 507	3 839
of which:
Communications services	179	202	211	112	143	146	67	58	65
Construction services	135	116	125	165	257	167	-30	-141	-42
Insurance services	809	987	307	179	214	229	629	773	78
Financial services	3 072	2 854	3 205	1 080	917	1 417	1 992	1 936	1 788
Computer and information services	1 331	1 771	2 215	196	239	229	1 134	1 532	1 987
Royalties and license fees	1 789	2 207	2 252	1 839	2 519	2 956	-50	-311	-705
Other business services 3	4 529	3 946	5 520	4 725	4 549	5 084	-196	-603	436
Personal, cultural and recreational services	299	338	297	50	43	46	248	294	251
Government services, other	40	73	40	84	104	59	-44	-31	-19
Total extra-EU27	512 162	566 558	603 941	429 117	463 563	482 902	83 046	102 995	121 040
Japan / total extra-EU27	3.6%	3.5%	3.6%	3.1%	3.3%	3.3%

Japan is a net investor in the EU27

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows show that Japan is a net investor in the EU27 . The EU27 recorded investment in Japan of 1.7 bn euro in 2008, 1.3 bn in 2009 and 2.4 bn in 2011, and a disinvestment of 1.8 bn in 2010, while Japan recorded investment in the EU27 of 2.3 bn in 2008, 2.6 bn in 2009, 3.0 bn in 2010 and 12.1 bn in 2011.

EU27 FDI flows with Japan

(million euro)

	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU27 FDI in Japan	1 726	1 301	-1 785	2 360
Japanese FDI in the EU27	2 324	2 607	2 952	12 068

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Dutch imports and therefore the trade deficit are over-estimated because of the “Rotterdam effect” where goods destined for the rest of the EU arrive, and are therefore recorded in harmonised EU external trade statistics, in Dutch ports. This then has a positive effect on the external trade balances with Japan of those Member States to which the goods are re-exported as these shipments would be recorded as intra-EU trade with the Netherlands rather than extra-EU trade with Japan. To a lesser extent, Belgian trade figures are similarly over-estimated.

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Machinery and vehicles includes power generating and industrial machinery, computers, electric and electronic parts and equipment, road vehicles and parts, ships, airplanes and railway equipment.

Other manufactured articles include leather, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, metals, building fixtures and fittings, furniture, clothes, shoes and accessories, scientific instruments, clocks, watches and cameras.

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Other business services comprise merchanting and other trade-related services, operational leasing services and miscellaneous business, professional and technical services.