Japan's June Merchandise Trade Balance: Summary (Table)

By Shizuka Muragishi

July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Japan's merchandise trade balance from the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo.

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           June       May      April     March     Feb.      Jan.      Dec.
           2008      2008      2008      2008      2008      2008      2007
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           -----------------Not Seasonally Adjusted Yen Level-----------------
Balance       138.6     362.2     475.2   1,109.0     963.3     -89.8     866.9
3-mo. avg    325.4     648.8     849.2     660.8     580.2     520.5     883.6
Exports    7,159.6   6,809.0   6,891.4   7,682.5   6,975.4   6,408.4   7,434.0
Imports    7,021.0   6,446.8   6,416.2   6,573.6   6,012.0   6,498.1   6,567.0
           --------------------Year-on-Year Percent Change--------------------
Balance      -88.9%     -8.4%    -47.4%    -30.8%      0.2%    n/a       -21.9%
Exports      -1.7%      3.7%      3.9%      2.3%      8.7%      7.7%      6.8%
Imports      16.2%      4.4%     12.0%     11.2%     10.2%      9.2%     12.3%
           ---------------------Three-Month Percent Change--------------------
Balance      -50.8%     11.8%     63.1%    -25.2%    -48.7%    -53.4%    -12.6%
Exports      -1.0%      2.7%      2.1%     -5.1%     -5.5%     -3.1%      4.0%
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           June       May      April     March     Feb.      Jan.      Dec.
           2008      2008      2008      2008      2008      2008      2007
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Imports       4.2%      1.9%     -2.8%     -2.4%      2.4%      6.0%      6.8%
           -------------------Seasonally Adjusted Yen Level-------------------
Balance       135.4     520.1     623.6     676.3     599.8     813.0     581.3
3-mo. avg    426.4     606.7     633.3     696.4     664.7     732.5     798.9
Exports    7,267.7   7,205.3   6,918.8   7,139.1   7,048.9   7,238.7   7,181.8
Imports    7,132.3   6,685.2   6,295.1   6,462.9   6,449.1   6,425.6   6,600.5
           -------------------Month-on-Month Percent Change-------------------
Balance      -74.0%    -16.6%     -7.8%     12.7%    -26.2%     39.9%    -27.6%
Exports       0.9%      4.1%     -3.1%      1.3%     -2.6%      0.8%      0.5%
Imports       6.7%      6.2%     -2.6%      0.2%      0.4%     -2.6%      4.1%
           ---------------------Three-Month Percent Change--------------------
Balance      -38.8%     -8.7%    -13.5%    -12.8%    -30.1%    -31.0%    -21.9%
Exports      -0.2%     -1.0%     -2.1%     -0.2%      0.8%      0.9%      0.7%
Imports       4.0%     -0.2%     -0.8%      1.4%      5.6%      6.5%      4.5%
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NOTE: Levels are in billions of yen. Three-month percentage changes are calculated as the three-month average change from the prior three- month average.

SOURCE: Ministry of Finance

To contact the reporter of this story: Shizuka Muragishi in Tokyo at smuragishi@bloomberg.net