JETRO WHITE PAPER ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE 1998 

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Part I: OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL TRADE

  1. Growth of World Trade in Goods Accelerates in Volume Terms
  2. Growing Contribution of Developing Countries to World Trade
  3. Further Stagnation is Expected for Trade in East Asia
  4. Full Impact of Currency Crisis Hits in 1998
  5. Japan's Aggregate Trade Surplus in Goods and Services at Lowest Level among Developed Nations with Trade Surpluses
  6. Japan's Trade with East Asia Contracts
  7. Issues for Future Discussion


Part II: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL TRENDS

  1. North America
  2. Latin America
  3. Asia and Oceania
  4. Europe
  5. Middle East and Africa

Tables

Table 1. Trends in World Trade (Volume Basis)
Table 2-1. Trends in Global Exports (Value Basis)
Table 2-2. Trends in Global Imports (Value Basis)
Table 3. Trends in Exchange Rates of Major Currencies Against U.S. Dollar
Table 4. Influence of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Nominal World Trade
Table 5. Trends in Prices of Commodities and Oil
Table 6. Contribution to Increases in World Trade
Table 7. Export and Import Growth Rates in East Asian Economies
Table 8. Trends in East Asian Exports of Industrial Products and Imports of Capital Goods
Table 9. Competing Categories of Goods Exported by ASEAN4 and China
Table 10. Estimated Effect of Currency Crisis on World Trade (1997)
Table 11. Proportion of East Asian Imports and Exports of Leading Economies
Table 12. Trends in Japanese Trade
Table 13. Japan's Balance of Trade in Goods and Services
Table 14. Japanese Exports by Destination
Table 15. Japanese Exports by Type of Goods
Table 16. Japanese Imports by Region
Table 17. Japanese Imports by Type of Goods
Table 18. Balance of Trade in Goods and Services of Industrialized Countries
Table 19-1. Percentage Change in Japanese Exports to East Asia by Type of Goods
Table 19-2. Percentage Change in Japanese Imports from East Asia by Type of Goods
Table 20. Impact of Asian Currency Crisis on Japanese Firms with Manufacturing Operations in East Asia (Multiple Responses)
Table 21. Response to Asian Currency Crisis of Japanese Firms with Manufacturing Operations in East Asia (Multiple Responses)
Table 22. Main Import Restriction Measures Imposed Following Currency Crisis
Table 23-1. World Trade Matrix (Value of Exports, 1997)
Table 23-2. World Trade Matrix (Share of Exports, 1997)
Basic Economic Indicators of U.S. and Canada
Main Economic Indicators of Latin America
Trends in Trade of Asian and Oceanic Economies
Main Economic Indicators of EU
Basic Economic Indicators of Russia and Main Central and East European Countries
Economic Indicators of Middle Eastern and African Countries