Bank of Japan : Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports

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• Notices of Changes
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In order to assess the developments in exports and imports consistently with real GDP, it is useful to look at those developments on a real-value basis, after excluding the effects of price fluctuations. Moreover, as for real exports, data broken down by region and by goods enable a more multi-faceted analysis on the developments in Japan's real exports.

From this viewpoint, the Research and Statistics Department of the Bank of Japan (1) prepares data on real exports and real imports and (2) calculates real exports broken down by region and by goods. These data are released on the website on a regular basis.

As for the release schedule, (1) will, in principle, be released at 2:00 p.m. on the same day as the release of the Ministry of Finance's 'Trade Statistics (Provisional)' and (2) will, in principle, be released at 2:00 p.m., three business days after the release of 'Trade Statistics (Provisional).' These release schedules are subject to change.

Please note that these data may be revised retroactively due to revisions to the statistics used for calculation, changes in the base years, annual revisions, etc. and that the compilation method may change for the purpose of economic assessment by the Bank of Japan.

For details on the compilation methodology, please refer to Explanation of 'Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports' and the following research paper.

• Yorozu, Shibasaki, Osada, and Higashi 'Real Exports and Real Imports: Methodology and Tips for Analysis,' Bank of Japan Research Papers, April 2017

Research Data Table : Research Data

Date	Title	Data
Feb. 19, 2020	Data	[XLSX 77KB]
Jan. 28, 2020	Charts	[PDF 20KB]

Explanation and Related Materials

• Explanation of 'Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports.'

• Yorozu, Shibasaki, Osada, and Higashi 'Real Exports and Real Imports: Methodology and Tips for Analysis,' Bank of Japan Research Papers, April 2017

Notices of Changes Apr. 17, 2019Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports Apr. 18, 2018Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports Apr. 20, 2017Revisions to Real Exports and Real Imports Feb. 20, 2017Compilation Method of 'Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports' in Response to the Rebasing of the Corporate Goods Price Index to the Base Year 2015 Apr. 20, 2016Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports Feb. 1, 2016Release of Research Data 'Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports' Notice

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