JN Trade Balance

Japan’s exports posted another gain in November as the yen’s weakness helped exporters, although the underlying trend in trade remained lackluster ahead of this week’s Bank of Japan meeting. Exports measured in value rose 3.8% from a year ago led by chip-making machinery and non-ferrous metals while cars dragged on shipments, the Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday. That beat the consensus estimate of a 2.5% increase. Imports fell 3.8% led by crude oil, but still left a negative trade balance of ¥117.6 billion. While the value of ...

Japan posted a 695.29 billion yen ($4.9 billion) trade deficit in August as a weak yen inflated the value of imports, even though exports expanded to a record for the month, government data showed Wednesday. Helped by pharmaceutical and oil products, imports increased 2.3 percent from a year earlier to 9.14 trillion yen, rising for the fifth consecutive month and marking the second-largest for August. Exports also rose 5.6 percent to 8.44 trillion yen, up for the ninth straight month, according to a preliminary report by the Finance ...

Japan’s exports rose at a faster pace in July, helped by a weak yen and a pickup in the auto sector, in a sign of sustained economic recovery this quarter. Exports gained 10.3% from a year ago, accelerating from 5.4% in the previous month, the Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday. The result was broadly in line with the median economist estimate of a 11.5% increase. Imports climbed 16.6%, compared with a 14.6% gain estimated by analysts. With a larger increase in imports, the trade balance turned back to a deficit of ¥621.8 billion ...