Report by the Secretariat



APPENDIX TABLES

Table AI.1

Merchandise exports by group of products, 2001-05

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2001 |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |

|Total exports (US$ million) |403,363.7 |416,715.3 |471,995.9 |565,761.1 |594,940.9 |

| |(Per cent of total) |

|Total primary products |3.0 |2.7 |2.7 |2.9 |3.5 |

|Agriculture |1.3 |1.1 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |

|Food |0.8 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |

|Agricultural raw material |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |

|Mining |1.7 |1.6 |1.7 |2.0 |2.5 |

|Ores and other minerals |0.3 |0.3 |0.4 |0.5 |0.6 |

|Non-ferrous metals |1.0 |1.0 |0.9 |1.0 |1.1 |

|Fuels |0.4 |0.3 |0.3 |0.4 |0.7 |

|Manufactures |92.8 |93.0 |93.0 |92.7 |91.8 |

|Iron and steel |3.4 |3.7 |3.8 |4.1 |4.6 |

|Chemicals |7.6 |8.0 |8.3 |8.5 |8.8 |

|5112 Cyclic hydrocarbons |0.4 |0.4 |0.5 |0.6 |0.8 |

|Other semi-manufactures |4.3 |4.3 |4.3 |4.2 |4.3 |

|Machinery and transport equipment |67.3 |67.2 |66.8 |65.6 |64.1 |

|Power generating machines |1.7 |1.4 |1.2 |1.3 |1.5 |

|Other non-electrical machinery |12.0 |11.5 |12.6 |13.6 |13.4 |

|7284 Machinery and appliances for particular industries, |1.9 |1.8 |2.2 |2.7 |2.4 |

|n.e.s. | | | | | |

|7232 Mechanical shovels, etc., self-propelled |0.6 |0.7 |0.9 |1.0 |1.1 |

|Agricultural machinery and tractors |0.3 |0.3 |0.3 |0.3 |0.4 |

|Office machines & telecommunication equipment |20.5 |19.5 |19.1 |18.1 |16.5 |

|7764 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies |4.9 |4.9 |5.0 |4.8 |4.5 |

|7599 Parts and accessories of 751.1, 751.2, 751.9 and 752 |2.5 |3.0 |3.0 |2.7 |2.6 |

|7649 Parts and accessories for apparatus of division 76 |1.9 |1.6 |2.0 |2.2 |2.2 |

|7638 Sound/video recording/reproducing apparatus |2.0 |2.2 |2.3 |2.2 |2.0 |

|7763 Diodes, transistors, etc. |1.1 |1.2 |1.3 |1.4 |1.3 |

|7768 Piezo-electric crystals, mounted, and parts, n.e.s., of|0.9 |0.8 |0.8 |0.7 |0.7 |

|776 | | | | | |

|Other electrical machines |7.3 |6.7 |6.6 |6.7 |6.5 |

|7725 Switches, relays, fuses etc. for a voltage not |1.0 |0.9 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |

|exceeding 1000 V | | | | | |

|Automotive products |19.9 |22.2 |21.8 |20.5 |20.7 |

|7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. |13.1 |15.0 |14.5 |13.2 |13.4 |

|7843 Other motor vehicle parts and accessories of 722, 781 |3.8 |4.1 |4.2 |4.2 |4.2 |

|to 783 | | | | | |

|7821 Goods vehicles |1.3 |1.4 |1.4 |1.4 |1.3 |

|7132 Internal combustion engines for vehicles of 78 group |0.9 |0.8 |0.7 |0.7 |0.7 |

|722 and heading 744.14, 744.15 and 891.11 | | | | | |

|Other transport equipment |5.8 |5.9 |5.6 |5.5 |5.6 |

|7932 Ships, boats, etc. (excl. pleasure craft, tugs, etc.) |2.0 |2.2 |2.0 |2.0 |1.9 |

|7139 Parts, n.e.s., for piston engines of 713.2, 713.3, |1.1 |1.2 |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |

|713.8 | | | | | |

|7851 Motorcycles and side-cars, etc. |1.2 |1.1 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |

|Textiles |1.5 |1.4 |1.4 |1.3 |1.2 |

|Clothing |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |

|Other consumer goods |8.7 |8.3 |8.4 |8.8 |8.7 |

|8841 Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles, optical fibre|0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |0.8 |0.9 |

|cables other than those of subgroup 773.1, etc. | | | | | |

|8813 Photo and cinema apparatus and equipment, n.e.s. |0.9 |0.7 |0.7 |0.9 |0.7 |

|Other |4.2 |4.3 |4.3 |4.4 |4.7 |

|Special transactions and commodities not classified by type |4.0 |4.1 |4.1 |4.2 |4.4 |

|Gold |0.2 |0.2 |0.3 |0.2 |0.2 |

Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).

Table AI.2

Merchandise imports by group of products, 2001-05

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2001 |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |

|Total imports (US$ million) |349,300.4 |337,608.9 |383,452.0 |455,253.8 |515,866.4 |

| |(Per cent of total) |

|Total primary products |41.5 |40.5 |41.3 |41.9 |44.6 |

|Agriculture |16.3 |16.3 |15.2 |14.4 |12.8 |

|Food |13.1 |13.3 |12.3 |11.6 |10.4 |

|0122 Meat of swine |1.0 |1.1 |1.0 |1.0 |0.8 |

|Agricultural raw material |3.3 |3.1 |2.9 |2.8 |2.4 |

|Mining |25.2 |24.2 |26.1 |27.6 |31.8 |

|Ores and other minerals |2.7 |2.7 |2.7 |3.1 |3.5 |

|2815 Iron ores and concentrates, not agglomerated |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |1.0 |

|2831 Copper ores and concentrates |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |0.8 |0.9 |

|Non-ferrous metals |2.4 |2.1 |2.2 |2.6 |2.5 |

|6841 Aluminium and aluminium alloys, unwrought |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.2 |1.1 |

|Fuels |20.1 |19.4 |21.2 |21.8 |25.8 |

|3330 Crude oils of petroleum and bituminous minerals |11.1 |10.8 |12.0 |12.3 |15.5 |

|3431 Natural gas, liquefied |3.8 |3.5 |3.8 |3.4 |3.5 |

|3212 Other coal, whether or pulverized, not agglomerated |1.7 |1.8 |1.6 |2.2 |2.6 |

|3421 Propane, liquefied |0.9 |0.8 |0.9 |0.8 |0.9 |

|Manufactures |56.7 |57.4 |57.0 |56.2 |53.6 |

|Iron and steel |0.8 |0.7 |0.9 |1.2 |1.4 |

|Chemicals |7.2 |7.6 |7.7 |7.6 |7.3 |

|5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. |0.6 |0.6 |0.7 |0.8 |0.8 |

|Other semi-manufactures |4.2 |4.3 |4.3 |4.4 |4.1 |

|Machinery and transport equipment |27.3 |27.9 |27.6 |27.3 |25.7 |

|Power generating machines |1.4 |1.4 |1.2 |1.2 |1.1 |

|Other non-electrical machinery |3.2 |3.2 |3.4 |3.6 |3.6 |

|Agricultural machinery and tractors |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |

|Office machines & telecommunication equipment |15.1 |14.6 |14.2 |14.1 |13.0 |

|7764 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies |4.0 |4.0 |4.0 |4.0 |3.6 |

|7599 Parts and accessories of 751.1, 751.2, 751.9 and 752 |2.1 |2.1 |1.9 |1.9 |1.6 |

|7649 Parts and accessories for apparatus of division 76 |1.3 |1.3 |1.3 |1.3 |1.4 |

|7522 Digital automatic data processing machines, etc. |0.5 |0.6 |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |

|7526 Input or output units for automatic data processing |0.8 |1.0 |1.0 |0.9 |0.8 |

|machines, etc. | | | | | |

|7523 Digital processing units, etc. |1.2 |0.9 |0.9 |0.8 |0.8 |

|7527 Storage units for data processing |1.1 |1.1 |0.9 |0.8 |0.8 |

|7638 Sound/video recording/reproducing apparatus, etc. |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |0.8 |0.7 |

|Other electrical machines |3.9 |4.0 |4.1 |4.0 |3.9 |

|Automotive products |2.6 |2.9 |2.9 |2.8 |2.6 |

|7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. |1.8 |1.9 |1.8 |1.8 |1.6 |

|Other transport equipment |1.1 |1.7 |1.8 |1.5 |1.5 |

|Textiles |1.4 |1.3 |1.3 |1.2 |1.1 |

|Clothing |5.5 |5.2 |5.1 |4.8 |4.4 |

|8453 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, etc., knitted/crocheted |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |0.8 |

|Other consumer goods |10.3 |10.3 |10.2 |9.8 |9.6 |

|Other |1.9 |2.1 |1.7 |1.8 |1.8 |

|Special transactions and commodities not classified by type |1.7 |1.8 |1.5 |1.5 |1.5 |

|Gold |0.1 |0.3 |0.2 |0.3 |0.3 |

Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).

Table AI.3

Merchandise exports by destination, 2001-05

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2001 |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |

|Total exports (US$ million) |403,363.7 |416,715.3 |471,995.9 |565,761.1 |594,940.9 |

| |(Per cent of total) |

|America |36.1 |34.2 |29.7 |27.6 |28.2 |

|United States |30.4 |28.9 |24.9 |22.7 |22.9 |

|Other America |5.7 |5.3 |4.8 |4.9 |5.4 |

|Canada |1.6 |1.8 |1.6 |1.4 |1.5 |

|Panama |1.2 |1.1 |1.2 |1.1 |1.2 |

|Mexico |1.0 |0.9 |0.8 |0.9 |1.2 |

|Europe |17.4 |16.1 |17.0 |16.8 |15.7 |

|EC(25) |16.5 |15.3 |16.0 |15.8 |14.7 |

|Germany |3.9 |3.4 |3.5 |3.4 |3.1 |

|United Kingdom |3.0 |2.9 |2.8 |2.6 |2.5 |

|Netherlands |2.8 |2.5 |2.5 |2.4 |2.2 |

|France |1.6 |1.5 |1.5 |1.5 |1.3 |

|Belgium |1.1 |1.1 |1.2 |1.3 |1.2 |

|Italy |1.2 |1.1 |1.2 |1.1 |1.0 |

|Spain |0.7 |0.7 |0.8 |0.9 |0.9 |

|EFTA |0.7 |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |

|Other Europe |0.2 |0.2 |0.3 |0.4 |0.4 |

|Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)a |0.2 |0.3 |0.5 |0.7 |0.9 |

|Africa |1.1 |1.2 |1.2 |1.3 |1.4 |

|Middle East |2.6 |2.7 |2.7 |2.6 |2.8 |

|United Arab Emirates |0.6 |0.7 |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |

|Asia |42.6 |45.5 |49.0 |51.1 |51.0 |

|China |7.7 |9.6 |12.2 |13.1 |13.5 |

|Six East Asian Traders |27.4 |28.5 |29.3 |30.5 |30.2 |

|Korea, Rep. of |6.3 |6.9 |7.4 |7.8 |7.8 |

|Chinese Taipei |6.0 |6.3 |6.6 |7.4 |7.3 |

|Hong Kong, China |5.8 |6.1 |6.3 |6.3 |6.0 |

|Thailand |2.9 |3.2 |3.4 |3.6 |3.8 |

|Singapore |3.6 |3.4 |3.1 |3.2 |3.1 |

|Malaysia |2.7 |2.6 |2.4 |2.2 |2.1 |

|Other Asia |7.5 |7.5 |7.6 |7.5 |7.4 |

|Australia |1.9 |2.0 |2.1 |2.1 |2.1 |

|Indonesia |1.6 |1.5 |1.5 |1.6 |1.5 |

|Philippines |2.0 |2.0 |1.9 |1.7 |1.5 |

|Memorandum: | | | | | |

|APEC |74.7 |76.4 |75.7 |75.7 |76.3 |

|ASEAN |13.5 |13.4 |13.0 |12.9 |12.7 |

|EC(15) |16.0 |14.7 |15.3 |14.9 |13.8 |

a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).

Table AI.4

Merchandise imports by origin, 2001-05

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2001 |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |

|Total imports (US$ million) |349,300.4 |337,608.9 |383,452.0 |455,253.8 |515,866.4 |

| |(Per cent of total) |

|America |23.1 |22.1 |20.1 |18.6 |17.3 |

|United States |18.3 |17.4 |15.6 |14.0 |12.7 |

|Other America |4.9 |4.7 |4.4 |4.6 |4.6 |

|Canada |2.2 |2.1 |2.0 |1.8 |1.7 |

|Mexico |0.6 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |

|Europe |14.4 |14.7 |14.5 |14.2 |12.7 |

|EC(25) |13.0 |13.3 |13.1 |12.7 |11.4 |

|Germany |3.6 |3.7 |3.7 |3.7 |3.5 |

|France |1.8 |1.9 |1.9 |1.8 |1.7 |

|Italy |1.5 |1.6 |1.6 |1.5 |1.3 |

|United Kingdom |1.7 |1.6 |1.5 |1.5 |1.3 |

|EFTA |1.3 |1.3 |1.4 |1.4 |1.2 |

|Other Europe |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |

|Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)a |1.2 |1.1 |1.2 |1.4 |1.3 |

|Russian Federation |1.1 |1.0 |1.1 |1.3 |1.2 |

|Africa |1.3 |1.7 |1.7 |1.9 |1.9 |

|South Africa |0.8 |0.9 |0.9 |1.0 |1.1 |

|Middle East |12.7 |12.1 |13.4 |13.8 |17.0 |

|Saudi Arabia |3.5 |3.4 |3.8 |4.1 |5.6 |

|United Arab Emirates |3.7 |3.4 |3.7 |4.0 |4.9 |

|Qatar |1.7 |1.6 |1.7 |1.7 |2.1 |

|Iran Islamic Rep. |1.4 |1.4 |1.9 |1.8 |2.0 |

|Kuwait |1.3 |1.2 |1.2 |1.3 |1.5 |

|Asia |47.3 |48.4 |49.1 |50.1 |49.8 |

|China |16.6 |18.3 |19.7 |20.7 |21.0 |

|Six East Asian Traders |17.6 |16.9 |16.6 |16.4 |15.7 |

|Korea, Rep. of |4.9 |4.6 |4.7 |4.8 |4.7 |

|Chinese Taipei |4.1 |4.0 |3.7 |3.7 |3.5 |

|Thailand |3.0 |3.1 |3.1 |3.1 |3.0 |

|Malaysia |3.7 |3.3 |3.3 |3.1 |2.8 |

|Singapore |1.5 |1.5 |1.4 |1.4 |1.3 |

|Other Asia |13.2 |13.1 |12.9 |13.0 |13.1 |

|Australia |4.1 |4.2 |3.9 |4.3 |4.8 |

|Indonesia |4.3 |4.2 |4.3 |4.1 |4.0 |

|Philippines |1.8 |1.9 |1.8 |1.8 |1.5 |

|Memorandum: | | | | | |

|APEC |69.3 |69.2 |68.2 |67.9 |66.1 |

|ASEAN |15.6 |15.3 |15.3 |14.8 |14.1 |

|EC(15) |12.8 |13.0 |12.8 |12.4 |11.1 |

a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).

Table AI.5

Composition of trade in services, 2001-05

(¥ billion and per cent)

|  |2001 |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |

|Imports | | | | | |

|Total (¥ billion) |13,023.5 |13,316.5 |12,614.2 |14,261.1 |14,798.9 |

|Transport |29.2 |28.2 |29.1 |29.6 |30.0 |

|Travel |24.7 |25.0 |26.5 |29.0 |28.0 |

|Communications |1.0 |0.9 |0.7 |0.5 |0.5 |

|Construction |3.6 |3.4 |3.1 |3.6 |3.6 |

|Insurance |2.5 |3.0 |3.3 |2.6 |1.4 |

|Financial services |1.5 |1.5 |2.0 |2.0 |2.0 |

|Computer and information services |2.5 |2.0 |1.9 |1.7 |1.8 |

|Royalties and licence fees |10.4 |10.4 |10.1 |10.3 |10.9 |

|Other business services |22.2 |23.3 |21.2 |18.7 |19.8 |

|Personal cultural and recreational services |1.3 |1.1 |0.9 |0.8 |0.8 |

|Government services, n.i.e. |1.1 |1.3 |1.2 |1.1 |1.2 |

|Exports | | | | | |

|Total (¥ billion) |7,834.2 |8,235.2 |8,992.8 |10,555.1 |12,157.2 |

|Transport |37.2 |36.5 |34.1 |32.9 |32.4 |

|Travel |5.1 |5.3 |11.4 |11.6 |11.3 |

|Communications |1.1 |1.1 |0.9 |0.5 |0.4 |

|Construction |7.4 |7.0 |5.9 |7.0 |6.6 |

|Insurance |-0.2 |-0.5 |0.5 |1.1 |0.8 |

|Financial services |4.2 |4.8 |4.5 |4.5 |4.6 |

|Computer and information services |2.2 |1.7 |1.4 |1.1 |1.0 |

|Royalties and licence fees |16.2 |15.9 |15.8 |16.1 |16.0 |

|Other business services |25.2 |26.5 |23.3 |22.4 |24.8 |

|Personal cultural and recreational services |0.2 |0.5 |0.2 |0.1 |0.1 |

|Government services, n.i.e. |1.3 |1.2 |2.2 |2.7 |2.1 |

Source: Balance of Payments Statistics, Ministry of Finance.

Table AI.6

Inward and outward FDI flows by region, FY 2002-05

(¥ billion )

|  |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |

|Inward FDI | | | | |

|Total |1,158.5 |733.2 |845.6 |305.9 |

|Asia |1.5 |43.9 |107.8 |180.6 |

|China |0.2 |-0.2 |-1.0 |1.3 |

|Hong Kong, China |-1.7 |4.4 |32.3 |112.9 |

|Chinese Taipei |-2.9 |9.1 |7.9 |-3.4 |

|Korea, Rep. of |7.9 |-11.0 |27.0 |3.2 |

|Singapore |15.6 |38.6 |42.3 |67.9 |

|Thailand |-16.8 |3.4 |-0.1 |-0.7 |

|Indonesia |-0.7 |0.2 |0.2 |0 |

|Malaysia |-0.2 |-0.8 |0 |-0.1 |

|Philippines |0.1 |0.2 |0.1 |0.2 |

|India |-0 |-0 |-0 |0.2 |

|North America |392.0 |-64.3 |243.6 |-101.4 |

|United States |321.3 |-67.5 |148.3 |8.5 |

|Canada |70.8 |3.2 |95.5 |-109.8 |

|Central and South America |-23.7 |159.5 |-122.3 |146.2 |

|Mexico |0.2 |0.2 |0 |- |

|Brazil |0 |0 |2.1 |0.2 |

|Cayman Islands |-14.3 |156.3 |-83.4 |121.8 |

|Oceania |-2.1 |0.8 |-0.3 |-12.6 |

|Australia |-01 |0.7 |-0.3 |-12.5 |

|New Zealand |-0.7 |0 |0.1 |0.1 |

|Western Europe |791.5 |593.5 |615.2 |92.2 |

|Germany |69.6 |203.4 |126.1 |25.9 |

|United Kingdom |67.8 |-50.7 |-34.2 |15.5 |

|France |288.8 |75.7 |115.9 |-8.8 |

|Netherlands |214.3 |371.7 |396.4 |266.3 |

|Italy |14.4 |-0.2 |3.7 |0.7 |

|Belgium |6.2 |21.4 |-45.2 |-140.7 |

|Luxembourg |49.1 |36.7 |28.2 |39.6 |

|Switzerland |130.9 |-33.3 |11.3 |-90.8 |

|Sweden |-42.6 |1.9 |-8.7 |-7.2 |

|Spain |0.2 |0.3 |12.6 |4.8 |

|Eastern Europe |0.2 |-0.1 |-0.1 |- |

|Russia |0.1 |0 |0 |- |

|Middle East |-2.1 |0.1 |0.2 |1.0 |

|Saudi Arabia |-1.1 |-0.2 |-0.1 |- |

|U.A.E |0 |0.1 |0.1 |-0.1 |

|OECD |1,191.2 |517.9 |883.2 |-19.8 |

|ASEAN |-2.0 |41.6 |42.6 |67.1 |

|ECa |660.5 |625.5 |601.4 |181.5 |

|Outward FDI | | | | |

|Total |-4,047.6 |-3,338.9 |-3,348.7 |-5,045.9 |

|Asia |-1,024.6 |-575.6 |-1,141.1 |-1,798.0 |

|China |-327.0 |-457.9 |-634.8 |-726.2 |

|Hong Kong, China |-28.1 |9.0 |-52.7 |-196.3 |

|Chinese Taipei |-57.1 |-24.9 |-51.8 |-91.4 |

|Table AI.6 (cont'd) |

|Korea, Rep. of |-54.3 |-38.8 |-83.4 |-196.6 |

|Singapore |-235.6 |52.5 |-14.7 |-63.4 |

|Thailand |-65.7 |-78.0 |-202.7 |-235.5 |

|Indonesia |-38.0 |-54.9 |-54.5 |-134.1 |

|Malaysia |-32.7 |59.4 |-17.5 |-59.0 |

|Philippines |-137.1 |-12.7 |-0.7 |-47.0 |

|India |-18.7 |-14.6 |-15.0 |-29.8 |

|North America |-1,083.8 |-1,279.8 |-819.3 |-1,478.8 |

|United States |-951.3 |-1,244.3 |-814.6 |-1,359.9 |

|Canada |-132.5 |-35.5 |-4.7 |-118.9 |

|Central and South America |-510.3 |-371.9 |-338.9 |-703.2 |

|Mexico |-30.1 |-43.0 |-20.1 |-68.8 |

|Brazil |-92.9 |-126.2 |7.1 |-106.9 |

|Cayman Islands |-433.2 |-192.3 |-297.1 |-426.0 |

|Oceania |-178.4 |-129.8 |-201.3 |-104.0 |

|Australia |-143.1 |-109.7 |-178.9 |-69.3 |

|New Zealand |-3.6 |-10.7 |-16.3 |-7.0 |

|Western Europe |-1,223.5 |-923.9 |-766.0 |-824.5 |

|Germany |-72.2 |-82.9 |-69.5 |-30.4 |

|United Kingdom |-257.2 |-289.8 |-175.8 |-322.1 |

|France |-502.4 |-136.0 |-2.7 |-60.7 |

|Netherlands |-182.3 |-396.4 |-362.9 |-362.0 |

|Italy |-37.3 |22.9 |-17.6 |-4.6 |

|Belgium |-220.9 |-85.1 |-70.8 |22.4 |

|Luxembourg |0.7 |7.2 |8.9 |-2.6 |

|Switzerland |-19.5 |-10.7 |12.0 |-4.8 |

|Sweden |40.9 |-13.8 |7.8 |-9.4 |

|Spain |-10.9 |16.8 |-19.7 |-39.0 |

|Eastern Europe |-17.9 |-43.7 |-47.3 |-77.0 |

|Russia |-3.3 |0.6 |-5.3 |-10.6 |

|Middle East |-11.2 |4.4 |6.7 |-62.0 |

|Saudi Arabia |-10.1 |-2.5 |4.1 |-56.9 |

|U.A.E |-3.3 |5.7 |2.2 |-2.1 |

|Africa |-28.5 |-50.6 |-41.3 |-2.3 |

|R. South Africa |-13.3 |-13.9 |-13.6 |2.5 |

|OECD |-2,551.3 |-2,446.8 |-1,920.0 |-2,720.3 |

|ASEAN |-534.9 |-48.2 |-303.9 |-557.5 |

|ECa |-1,229.2 |-932.8 |-792.6 |-863.3 |

a EC(15) until March 2004, and EC(25) from April 2004.

Note: Negative figures (-) show net capital outflows, i.e. the execution of direct investment abroad or the withdrawal of direct investment in Japan.

Source: Balance of Payments Statistics, Ministry of Finance.

Table AI.7

Inward and outward FDI flows by industry, FY 2005

(¥ billion)

|  |2005 |

|Inward FDI (total) |305.9 |

|Manufacturing |-270.1 |

|Food |-25.4 |

|Textile |21.8 |

|Lumber and pulp |-2.5 |

|Chemicals and pharmaceuticals |-140.9 |

|Petroleum |-5.1 |

|Rubber and leather |0.1 |

|Glass and ceramics |11.5 |

|Iron, non-ferrous, and metals |-3.7 |

|General machinery |18.2 |

|Electric machinery |-139.2 |

|Transportation equipment |-1.7 |

|Precision machinery |-8.7 |

|Non-manufacturing |576.0 |

|Farming and forestry |-0.2 |

|Fishery and marine products |0 |

|Mining |0 |

|Construction |4.8 |

|Transportation |221.4 |

|Communications |104.6 |

|Wholesale and retail services |131.0 |

|Finance and insurance |56.8 |

|Real estate |-2.0 |

|Other services |21.2 |

|Outward FDI (total) |-5,045.9 |

|Manufacturing |-2,886.6 |

|Food |-187.3 |

|Textile |-45.5 |

|Lumber and pulp |-95.3 |

|Chemicals and pharmaceuticals |-375.5 |

|Petroleum |-55.2 |

|Rubber and leather |-92.5 |

|Glass and ceramics |-27.0 |

|Iron, non-ferrous, and metals |-148.0 |

|General machinery |-145.4 |

|Electric machinery |-480.9 |

|Transportation equipment |-946.1 |

|Precision machinery |-155.2 |

|Non-manufacturing |-2,159.3 |

|Farming and forestry |-2.5 |

|Fishery and marine products |5.1 |

|Mining |-150.7 |

|Construction |-16.6 |

|Transportation |-91.6 |

|Communications |-195.4 |

|Wholesale and retail services |-534.0 |

|Finance and insurance |-1,014.5 |

|Real estate |93.8 |

|Other services |-119.4 |

Notes: Negative figures (-) show net capital outflows, i.e., the execution of direct investment abroad or the withdrawal of direct investment in Japan.

Source: Balance of Payments Statistics, Ministry of Finance.

Table AII.1

Status of selected notifications to the WTO, August 2006

|WTO Agreement |Description of requirement |Document symbol of most recent notification |

| | |and date |

|Anti-dumping | | |

|Article 16.4 |Anti-dumping actions taken |G/ADP/N/119/JPN, 19/08/2004; |

| | |G/ADP/N/126/JPN, 17/02/2005; |

| | |G/ADP/N/132/JPN, 05/09/2005; |

| | |G/ADP/N/139/JPN, 13/03/2006; |

| | |G/ADP/N/145/JPN, 25/07/2006 |

|Article 16.5 |Domestic procedures and authorities competent to |No notification |

| |initiate and conduct investigation | |

|Article 18.5 |Laws and regulations (and changes) |No notification |

|Agriculture | | |

|Articles 10 and 18.2 |Export subsidies (outlays and quantities) |G/AG/N/JPN/90, 1/03/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/97, 18/05/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/110, 19/05/2005 |

|Article 18.2 |Domestic support (DS:1) |G/AG/N/JPN/108, 11/02/2005 |

|Article 18.2 |Domestic support (DS:2) |No notification |

|Article 18.2 |Information on tariff quotas administration (MA:1) |G/AG/N/JPN/100, 13/09/2004 |

|Article 18.2 |Volume of imports under tariff quotas (MA:2) |G/AG/N/JPN/99, 08/09/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/114, 12/12/2005 |

|Article 5.7 |Volume-based special safeguard (MA:3) |G/AG/N/JPN/101, 06/10/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/102, 17/11/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/104, 14/12/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/109, 09/03/2005; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/113, 13/07/2005; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/115, 17/02/2006 |

|Article 5.7 |Price-based special safeguard (MA:4) |G/AG/N/JPN/103, 30/11/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/105, 22/12/2004; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/112, 10/06/2005; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/116, 26/05/2006; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/118, 20/06/2006 |

|Article 5.7 and 18.2 |Special safeguard (MA:5) |G/AG/N/JPN/111, 19/05/2005; |

| | |G/AG/N/JPN/117, 02/06/2006 |

|Article 10 |Volume of food aid in the context of export subsidy |G/AG/N/JPN/106, 14/01/2005 |

| |commitments (ES:3) | |

|Article 16.2 |Measures concerning the possible negative effects of the|G/AG/N/JPN/107, 18/01/2005 |

| |reform programme on least developed and net food | |

| |importing developing countries | |

|Annex 5 |Tariff quotas |No notification |

|GATT 1994 (Article VII: Customs Valuation) | |

| |Checklist of issues |G/VAL/N/2/JPN/1, 05/05/2000 |

|GATT 1994 (Art.XVII:4(a) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII) |

| |Notification of products traded by state enterprises |G/STR/N/10/JPN, 07/09/2004 |

|Government Procurement (Article XXIV:6) | |

| |Modifications to Appendix I |GPA/W/285/Add.5, 04/02/2004; |

| | |GPA/MOD/JPN/21, 12/09/2005; |

| | |GPA/W/295/Add.4, 24/01/2006 |

|Import Licensing Procedures | | |

|Articles 1.4(a) and 8.2(b) |Laws and regulations relevant to import licensing |No notification |

|Article 5.3 |Notification of licensing procedures and changes |No notification |

|Article 7.3 |Questionnaire; rules and information concerning |G/LIC/N/3/JPN/4, 01/11/2005 |

| |procedures for the submission of applications | |

|Table AII.1 (cont'd) |

|Subsidies and Countervailing Measures | |

|Article 32.6 |Laws and regulations |No notification |

|Article. 25.11 |Countervailing duty actions taken |G/SCM/N/122/JPN, 18/02/2005; |

| | |G/SCM/N/130/JPN, 05/09/2005; |

| | |G/SCM/N/138/JPN, 10/03/2006; |

| | |G/SCM/N/144/JPN, 30/08/2006 |

|Article 25.1 |Subsidies programmes |G/SCM/N/123/JPN, 07/07/2005 |

|Article 25.12 |Notification of domestic procedures and authorities |No notification |

| |competent to initiate and conduct investigations | |

|Safeguards | | |

|Article 12.6 |Laws and regulations |No notification |

|Article 12.5 |Notification of termination of safeguard investigation |No notification |

|Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | |

|Article 6, Annex B |Notification of emergency measures |G/SPS/N/JPN/124, 22/07/2004 |

|Article 5, Annex B |Notification of changes in sanitary and phytosanitary |G/SPS/N/JPN/125-165, 12/08/2004-07/07/2006 |

| |measures | |

|Technical Barriers to Trade | | |

|Article 15.2 |Laws and regulations (and changes) |No notification |

|Article 10.6 |Information about technical regulations, standards and |G/TBT/N/JPN/123-179, 18/06/2004-02/08/2006 |

| |conformity assessment procedures | |

|TRIMs | | |

|Article 5.1 |Investment measures |No notification |

|TRIPS | | |

|Article 63.2 |Laws and regulations |IP/N/1/JPN/I/4, 24/11/2004; |

| | |IP/N/1/JPN/P/5, 01/02/2005; |

| | |IP/N/1/JPN/4, 25/11/2005; |

| | |IP/N/1/JPN/O/2, 01/12/2005; |

| | |IP/N/1/JPN/5, 13/06/2006; |

| | |IP/N/1/JPN/P/6, 16/06/2006 |

|Article 69 |Contact points |No notification |

| | | |

|Article 4(d) |Notification of international agreements related to the |No notification |

| |protection of intellectual property and which entered | |

| |into force prior to the entry into force of the WTO | |

| |Agreement | |

|General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) | |

|Article III:3 |Changes to laws and regulations affecting services |No notification |

|Article VII:4 |Monopolies and exclusive providers of services |No notification |

| |Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and Mexico |S/C/N/328, 22/04/2005 |

| |Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and |S/C/N/371, 13/07/2006 |

| |Malaysia | |

|Plurilateral Agreement on Government procurement | |

|Article XIX:5 |Statistics on government procurement |GPA/70/Add.3, 05/07/2005; |

| | |GPA/76/Add.3, 05/07/2005 |

|Article XXIV:5(b) |National implementing legislation (and changes) |GPA/37/Add.1, 07/04/2004; |

| | |GPA/37/Add.2, 21/03/ 2005; |

| | |GPA/37/Add.3, 15/03/ 2006 |

Source: WTO documents.

Table AII.2

Disputes to which Japan has been a party, 2005 to August 2006

|Principal |Consultations/Panel |Appeals |

|complainant/defendant, and | | |

|issue under dispute | | |

|Japan/United States |Consultations requested: 18 November 1999 |Notification of appeal by the United States: |

|(WT/DS184) |Panel requested: 11 February 2000 |25 April 2001 |

|Anti-dumping measures on |Panel established: 20 March 2000 | |

|certain hot-rolled steel |The Panel circulated its Report on 28 February 2001. |Report of the Appellate Body: 24 July 2001 |

|products from Japan |The Report found that the United States had acted |The Report by the DSB, adopted along with the Panel |

| |inconsistently in some regards and recommended that |Report on 23 August 2001, upheld the Panel's overall|

| |the DSB request the United States to bring these |conclusion that the U.S. measures at issue were |

| |inconsistencies into conformity with the relevant WTO|inconsistent with the relevant WTO Agreements. |

| |Agreements. | |

| | |Arbitration under DSU Article 21.3(c) requested by |

| | |Japan: 20 November 2001 |

| | |Arbitrator appointed: 6 December 2001 |

| | |Arbitration Award circulated: 19 February 2002 |

| | |The reasonable period of time determined by the |

| | |arbitrator was 15 months from 23 August 2001. |

| | |The DSB extended the period until 31 July 2005. |

| | | |

| | |The DSB took note of an understanding between the |

| | |parties on 20 July 2005 (WT/DSB/M/194). |

|Japan/United States |Consultations requested (along with Australia, |Notification of appeal by the United States: |

|(WT/DS217) |Brazil, Chile, the European Communities, India, |18 October 2002 |

|Continued Dumping and |Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand): 21 December 2000 |Report of the Appellate Body: 16 January 2003 |

|Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 |Panel requested (along with Australia, Brazil, Chile,|The Report upheld the Panel's findings that the |

| |the European Communities, India, Indonesia, Korea, |United States Act was in violation of Article 18.1 |

| |and Thailand): 12 July 2001 |of Anti-Dumping Agreement and 32.1of the SCM |

| |Panel established: 23 August 2001 |Agreement; the Report reversed the Panel's findings|

| |The Panel circulated its Report on 16 September 2002.|on Article 5.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and |

| |The Report found that the United States had acted |11.4 of the SCM Agreement. The Panel and Appellate |

| |inconsistently in some regards and recommended that |Body Reports were adopted on 27 January 2003. |

| |DSB request the United States to bring these | |

| |inconsistencies into conformity with the relevant WTO|Arbitration under DSU Article 21.3(c): requested by|

| |Agreements. |Japan and other complainants: 14 March 2003 |

| | |Arbitrator appointed: 2 April 2003 |

| | |Arbitrator's Award circulated: 13 June 2003 |

| | |The reasonable period of time determined by the |

| | |arbitrator was 11 months from 27 January 2003, which|

| | |would expire on 27 December 2003. |

| | | |

| | |Request for authorization of suspension of |

| | |concession or other obligation by Japan on |

| | |15 January 2004 |

| | |Arbitration under DSU Article 22.6 requested by the |

| | |United States: 23 January 2004 |

| | |Arbitrator appointed: 11 February 2004 |

| | |Arbitrator's Decision: 31 August 2004 |

| | | |

| | |Recourse by Japan to DSU Article 22.7: 10 November |

| | |2004 |

| | | |

| | |Notification by Japan to DSB on its suspension of |

| | |concessions and related obligations: 19 August 2005|

| | | |

| | |Notification by Japan to DSB on its suspension of |

| | |concessions and related obligations: 22 August 2006|

|Table AII.2 (cont'd) |

|Japan/United States |Consultations requested: 24 November 2004 |Notification of appeal by Japan: 11 October 2006 |

|(WT/DS322) |Panel requested: 4 February 2005 | |

|United States Measures |Panel established: 28 February 2005 | |

|Relating to Zeroing and | | |

|Sunset Reviews | | |

|United States/Japan |Consultations requested: 1 March 2002 |Notification of appeal by Japan: 28 August 2003 |

|(WT/DS245) | |Report of the Appellate Body: 26 November 2003 |

|Measures affecting the |Panel requested: 7 May 2002. |The Report upheld the Panel's findings and |

|importation of apples |Panel established: 3 June 2002 |recommended that the DSB request Japan to bring its |

| |The panel circulated its Report on 15 July 2003. The|measure into conformity with its obligations under |

| |Report found that Japan had acted inconsistently with|the SPS Agreement. |

| |its obligations under Articles 2.2, 5.1, and 5.7 of |Panel and Appellate Body Reports were adopted on 10 |

| |the SPS Agreement and recommended that the DSB |December 2003 |

| |request Japan bring the phytosanitary measure into |RPT agreed until 30 June 2004 |

| |conformity with its obligations under the SPS | |

| |Agreement. |DSU Article 21.5 process: |

| | |Panel requested: 19 July 2004. |

| | |Panel established: 30 July 2004 |

| | | |

| | |Report of the Article 21.5 panel: 23 June 2005. |

| | |The Panel found that Japan's phytosanitary measure |

| | |on import of apples from the United States was |

| | |contrary to Articles 2.2 and 5.1 of the SPS |

| | |Agreement and that if the United States only exports|

| | |mature, symptomless apples, the alternative measure |

| | |proposed by the United States meets the requirement |

| | |of Article 5.6 of the SPS Agreement. |

| | | |

| | |Panel report adopted: 20 July 2005 |

| | |DSU Article 22 process: Requests for authorization |

| | |of suspension of concession and other obligations by|

| | |the U.S. on 19 July 2004. |

| | |Arbitration under DSU Article 22.6 requested by |

| | |Japan on 29 July 2004 |

| | |Arbitrator appointed: 30 July 2004 |

| | |However, arbitration is suspended until the Article |

| | |21.5 proceeding finished. |

| | | |

| | |Notification of mutually agreed solution: 30 August|

| | |2005 |

|Korea/Japan |Consultations requested: 1 December 2004 | |

|(WT/DS323) | | |

|Import Quotas on Dried |Panel requested: 4 February 2005 | |

|Laver and Seasoned Laver | | |

| |Panel established: 21March 2005 | |

| |Notification of mutually agreed solution: | |

| |23 January 2006 | |

|Korea/Japan |Consultations requested: 14 March 2006 | |

|(WT/DS336) | | |

|Countervailing Duties on |Panel requested: 18 May 2006 | |

|Dynamic Random Access |Panel established: 19 June 2006 | |

|Memories from Korea | | |

Note: The table excludes disputes in which Japan participated as a third party.

Source: WTO documents.

Table AII.3

Industries requiring prior notification for inward FDI, 2006

|Agriculture |Field husbandry |

| |Stockbreeding |

| |Agricultural services (excluding gardening services) |

| |Gardening services |

|Forestry |Foresting |

| |Lumbering |

| |Cultivation of forestry products (excluding mushrooms) |

| |Foresting services |

| |Miscellaneous forestry |

|Fisheries |Sea level fisheries |

| |Inland water fisheries |

| |Sea culture |

| |Inland water culture |

|Mining |Metal mininga |

| |Crude oil, natural gas mining |

|Manufacturing |Other textile apparel and accessoriesb |

| |Drugs and medicines |

| |Miscellaneous chemical and allied productsc |

| |Petroleum refineries |

| |Lubricating oils and greases not produced by petroleum refineries |

| |Paving materialsd |

| |Miscellaneous petroleum and coal productsd |

| |Rubber and plastic footwear and accessoriesd |

| |Leather tanning |

| |Industrial leather products excluding gloves |

| |Material for leather footwear and accessories |

| |Leather footwear |

| |Leather gloves |

| |Bags |

| |Cargo bag |

| |Fur skins |

| |Miscellaneous leather tanning products |

| |Miscellaneous non-ferrous metal |

| |Machinery and tools for generation, transmission and distribution of electric power and for |

| |industrye |

| |Electronic equipmente |

| |Electric measuring instrumentse |

| |Miscellaneous electrical machinery and toole |

| |Communication equipment and related productse |

| |Electronic data processing machines, digital and analogue computers, equipment and |

| |accessoriese |

| |Electronic parts and devicese |

| |Shipbuilding and repair, and marine enginesf |

| |Aircraft and accessories |

| |Industrial vehicles, parts, accessoriese |

| |Miscellaneous transport machinery and equipmente |

| |Toys and sporting equipmentb |

| |Ordnance |

|Electricity, gas, heat supply and water |Production, collection and distribution of electricity |

| |Gas industry |

| |Heat supply |

| |Water supply |

|Information and communications |Fixed telecommunicationsg |

| |Mobile telecommunicationsg |

| |Public broadcasting (excluding cable broadcasting) |

| |Commercial broadcasting (excluding cable broadcasting) |

| |Cable broadcasting |

| |Services incidental to Internetg |

| |Table AII.3 (cont'd) |

| | |

|Transport |Railway services |

| |Common omnibus operators |

| |Inshore transport |

| |Inland water transport |

| |Vessel and ship rental and leasing |

| |Air transport |

| |Industry using aircraft (excluding air transport) |

| |Warehousing (excluding refrigerated warehousing)h |

| |Refrigerated warehousing |

| |Transport facilities services |

|Wholesale and retail trade |Minerals and metals |

| |Fuel retail tradei |

|Finance and insurance |Central bank |

| |Agriculture, forestry and fisheries finance corporation |

|Combined services |Agricultural, forestry and fisheries cooperatives not categorized into others |

|Services (except those classified |Machine repair excluding electric machinery and appliancee |

|otherwise) |Electric machine and appliance repaire |

| |Security services |

| |Industrial services not categorized into othersj |

| | |

| | |

| | |

a Limited to nuclear source material.

b Limited to leather and leather products.

c Limited to manufacturing of glue and gelatine.

d Limited to manufacturing of petroleum products.

e Limited to industries related to aircraft, arms, nuclear power, and space development.

f Limited to the industries related to arms and nuclear power.

g Limited to telecoms business that should be registered pursuant to Article 9 of the Telecommunications Business Law.

h Limited to industry related to oil stockpiling.

i Limited to petroleum-based products.

j Limited to industries related to charging and storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

Note: Industrial classifications in this table are based upon the Standard Industrial Classification for Japan in accordance with the Notification #139 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, 7 March 2002.

Source: Information provided by the Japanese authorities.

Table AIII.1

Applied tariff escalation and tariff ranges, FY 2004 and FY 2006

(Per cent)

|ISIC |

|353 |Petroleum refineries | | | |

|Skimmed milk powder for school lunch |Tariff quota quantity |7,264 |7,264 |7,264 |

| |In-quota imports |2,643 |2,907 |2,767 |

|Skimmed milk powder for other purposes |Tariff quota quantity |85,878 |85,878 |85,878 |

| |In-quota imports |35,525 |35,418 |30,994 |

|Evaporated milk |Tariff quota quantity |1,585 |1,585 |1,585 |

| |In-quota imports |1,498 |1,461 |1,329 |

|Whey and modified whey for feeding purposes |Tariff quota quantity |45,000 |45,000 |45,000 |

| |In-quota imports |22,895 |22,774 |31,384 |

|Prepared whey for infant formula |Tariff quota quantity |25,000 |25,000 |25,000 |

| |In-quota imports |11,880 |10,471 |9,580 |

|Butter and butter oil |Tariff quota quantity |1,873 |1,873 |1,873 |

| |In-quota imports |199 |225 |242 |

|Mineral concentrated whey |Tariff quota quantity |14,000 |14,000 |14,000 |

| |In-quota imports |4,504 |3,730 |3,566 |

|Prepared edible fat |Tariff quota quantity |18,977 |18,977 |18,977 |

| |In-quota imports |18,887 |18,909 |18,549 |

|Other dairy products for general use |Tariff quota quantity |133,940 |133,940 |133,940 |

|(whole milk equivalent) | | | | |

| |In-quota imports |132,245 |132,040 |132,362 |

|Designated dairy products for general use |Tariff quota quantity |137,202 |137,202 |137,202 |

|(whole milk equivalent) | | | | |

| |In-quota imports |130,065 |126,260 |134,012 |

|Dried leguminous vegetables |Tariff quota quantity |120,000 |120,000 |120,000 |

| |In-quota imports |113,259 |94,277 |112,061 |

|Wheat, meslin, triticale and their processed |Tariff quota quantity |5,740,000 |5,740,000 |5,740,000 |

|products (wheat basis) | | | | |

| |In-quota imports |5,030,681 |5,661,967 |5,631,523 |

|Barley and its processed products |Tariff quota quantity |1,369,000 |1,369,000 |1,369,000 |

|(barley basis) | | | | |

| |In-quota imports |1,449,735 |1,392,136 |1,433,068 |

|Rice and its worked and/or prepared products |Tariff quota quantity |682,200 |682,200 |682,200 |

|(milled rice basis) | | | | |

| |In-quota imports |679,875 |673,734 |678,885 |

|Starches, inulin and preparations of starches |Tariff quota quantity |157,000 |157,000 |157,000 |

| |In-quota imports |136,836 |151,003 |158,674 |

|Ground nuts |Tariff quota quantity |75,000 |75,000 |75,000 |

| |In-quota imports |41,263 |47,011 |40,246 |

|Tubers of konnyaku |Tariff quota quantity |267 |267 |267 |

|(dried slice basis) | | | | |

| |In-quota imports |36 |89 |86 |

|Silk-worm cocoons and raw silk (raw silk basis) |Tariff quota quantity |798 |798 |798 |

| |In-quota imports |156 |88 |43 |

Source: WTO notifications.

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