JN Trade Balance

Japan’s exports in May grew at their fastest pace since November 2022, rising 17% year on year, beating expectations. The figure was higher than the 16.2% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and up from the 14.8% in April. Japan’s imports rose 12.5% year on year in May, the highest level since January 2025, topping the 12.8% expected in the Reuters poll. Exports remain one of Japan’s main economic drivers, with its economy growing 0.5% sequentially in the first quarter and at 1.8% on an annualized basis. The economic data comes ...

Japanese exports climbed 16.8% year on year in January, sharply beating market expectations and growing at its fastest rate since November 2022 as shipment to Asia and Western Europe surged. Growth was sharply higher than December’s 5.1%, and beat Reuters-polled economists’ estimates of 12%. Value of exports to China, Japan’s largest trading partner, jumped 32%, after rising 5.6% in December at a time when the two countries are locked in a diplomatic standoff over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments over Taiwan. Shipments to the ...

Japan’s exports growth in the final month of 2025 missed analysts’ estimates, rising 5.1% year on year, as shipments to the U.S. saw a double-digit decline. Reuters-polled analysts had estimated exports growth would remain unchanged from November at 6.1%. Japanese exports growth mostly fell during the first of of 2025, hit by tariff worries, but saw a rebound toward the end of the year after a trade deal with the U.S. was announced that saw duties slashed to 15%. Exports to the U.S. in December fell 11.1%, having jumped 8.8% in the ...