Statistical Profile, Table 1 -- No. 29, July 28, 2000

Table 1: Japan's Global Balance of Payments, 1995-1999

(in millions of dollars, IMF value basis, seasonally unadjusted)

aaa aaa		Exports	Imports	Trade Balance	Services	Goods & Services Balance	Income	Current Transfers	Current Account Balance	Investment Flows	Capital Account	Errors & Omissions	Changes in Reserve Assets
1995		$428,020	$296,782	$131,241	$-57,302	$73,937	$44,198	$-7,711	$110,421	$-64,437	$-2,279	$13,956	$-57,660
1996		400,495	316,872	83,624	-62,320	21,304	53,484	-8,986	65,802	-27,518	-3,252	1,211	-36,242
1997		409,279	307,533	101,746	-54,073	47,673	55,703	-8,854	94,522	-118,579	-4,033	34,420	-6,331
1998		373,283	251,180	122,102	-49,306	72,797	56,536	-8,756	120,576	-117,697	-14,753	4,246	7,628
1999		402,026	278,986	123,040	-53,994	69,046	50,002	-12,175	106,872	-30,614	-16,757	17,719	-77,221
1998	January	28,872	24,584	4,288	-4,131	158	4,132	-667	3,622	-5,933	-672	4,152	-1,169
	February	31,571	19,821	11,750	-3,318	8,433	5,084	-500	13,017	-7,179	-1,435	-3,011	-1,390
	March	34,512	23,459	11,052	-3,715	7,337	5,410	-1,549	11,199	-13,413	-2,996	6,165	-956
	April	31,919	21,571	10,349	-5,379	4,969	3,673	-593	8,049	-27,633	-80	1,066	18,597
	May	28,971	18,576	10,395	-3,638	6,757	3,934	-453	10,239	-12,660	-122	3,788	-1,245
	June	29,664	20,008	9,656	-3,403	6,252	4,498	-674	10,077	-16,952	-607	6,657	826
	July	31,293	20,834	10,460	-4,153	6,307	3,930	-611	9,627	-1,715	-264	-6,370	-1,278
	August	26,563	18,917	7,647	-3,738	3,909	4,736	-517	8,128	-5,566	-495	-785	-1,282
	September	32,816	20,349	12,467	-4,221	8,247	6,740	-711	14,276	-7,246	-6,625	762	-1,167
	October	34,762	22,196	12,566	-5,979	6,587	5,077	-932	10,732	-6,246	-380	-2,808	-1,298
	November	29,565	20,774	8,791	-3,674	5,117	5,272	-662	9,727	-13,407	-650	6,032	-1,703
	December	33,850	20,561	13,289	-4,120	9,169	4,127	-973	12,323	999	-348	-12,435	-538
1999	January	29,467	21,349	8,118	-4,479	3,639	4,079	-727	6,992	-6,880	-509	7,744	-7,347
	February	29,709	20,369	9,341	-4,088	5,252	4,823	-595	9,480	-14,886	-861	6,637	-370
	March	34,509	22,428	12,081	-3,435	8,646	4,274	-4,254	8,666	-1,633	-5,616	357	-1,774
	April	32,390	22,517	9,873	-5,321	4,553	3,079	-599	7,032	-1,265	-194	-4,407	-1,166
	May	28,057	20,249	7,808	-3,736	4,072	4,851	-508	8,415	-5,878	-3,065	1,576	-1,047
	June	32,547	21,592	10,955	-3,663	7,292	4,799	-656	11,435	9,420	-102	2,307	-23,060
	July	33,962	22,474	11,488	-4,527	6,961	4,696	-702	10,955	6,267	-413	-3,930	-12,879
	August	31,766	24,370	7,396	-5,475	1,921	5,785	-705	7,001	-13,103	-516	7,719	-1,101
	September	38,435	24,323	14,113	-5,086	9,027	2,449	-908	10,566	7,690	-4,373	-3,426	-10,458
	October	37,494	25,260	12,234	-5,603	6,631	4,380	-840	10,171	-11,041	-225	2,037	-942
	November	35,598	27,940	7,658	-3,850	3,808	4,465	-687	7,587	-12,625	-223	6,194	-933
	December	39,945	27,624	12,322	-4,969	7,353	1,978	-872	8,459	13,213	-415	-5,068	-16,189

Notes:

The Bank of Japan ceased publishing balance of payments data in dollars after 1995 and reorganized the capital account categories. All data have been converted from yen into dollars at the period average exchange rate on the Tokyo foreign exchange market as reported to the International Monetary Fund (see Table 8). This table, therefore, is not comparable with tables published in statistical profiles of previous years.
The monthly data for 1998 and 1999 do not add up to the totals for those years because monthly exchange rates were used to convert the figures.
For capital transactions, credits (+) indicate net inflows and debits (-) indicate net outflows.

Source: Bank of Japan

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