Australia-Japan Relations (Economy)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Japan is
Australia’s largest export market.
Australia's Merchandise Exports
by Countries and Country Groups (2007-08)
Taiwan 6.5
(3.6%)
Japan
35.0
(19.3%)
Othere
37.1
(20.5%)
China
27.0
(14.9%)
NZ, 9.5 (5.3%)
USA, 10.6
(5.9%)
ROK
14.2
(7.9%)
EU
20.5
(11.3%)
ASEAN
20.5
(11.3%)
(Unit: billion dollars)
<Source: ABS (2007-08)>
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Australia-Japan Relations (Economy)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Australia is a Key and stable supplier of
important commodities and goods for Japan.
Japanese imports of major commodities by country
BEEF (2007)
NAT URAL CHEESE (2007 )
(Tot a l Import s: 241.3 billion ye n)
NZ
USA 9.1%
6.6%
(T ot a l Im por t s: 9 3 .3 billion y en )
Ot hers
2.9%
Aust ralia
81.4%
IRON ORES (2008)
(Tot a l Import s : 1358.3 billion ye n)
Germany
5.0%
USA
5.1%
Italy
7.9%
India 4.2% Canada 1.7% Ot hers
Sout h Af rica 5.3%
2.8%
Others
19.2%
Australia
37.6%
NZ
25.1%
Aust ralia
Brazil
52.9%
33%
URANIUM (2005)
COAL(2008)
(Total Imports: about 9.5 thousand
short tons)
(Total Imports: 3050.5 billion y en)
China Russia
7.3% 5.4%
Canada
7.6%
Indonesia
13.0%
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
1.2%
USA
1.5%
Namibia 2%
11%
Niger
Others
3.5%
Australia
Others
1%
Australia
36%
11%
63.3%
Canada
36%
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Australia-Japan Relations (Economy)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Australia is
Japan’s largest supplier of energy.
Total Import of Petroleum, LNG and Coal by Country
(Convert LNG and Coal to Petroleum)
Others
30.84%
Qatar 32.176
Indonesia
7.81%
45,800,477
10.66%
Australia
92,470,746
21.53%
Saudi Arabia
63,030,395
14.68%
UAE
62,171,888
14.48%
(Unit: million tons)
<Source: Trade Statistics of MOF (2007)>
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Australia-Japan Relations (Economy)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Australia’s trade surplus with Japan
is larger than any other country.
Australia's Trade Surplus by country (2007-08)
($100million)
200.00
152.60
150.00
100.00
80.90
77.20
23.90
50.00
0.00
-50.00
-40.70
-100.00
-83.80
-91.30
-137.20
-150.00
-200.00
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<Source: DFAT (2007-08)>
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Australia-Japan Relations (Economy)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Japanese are
major investors to Australia.
Level of Amount of Direct Investmet to Australia
by Countries (2008)
Others
124,013
(31.6%)
USA
95,417
(24.3%)
NZ, 5,362
(1.4%)
France
13,406
(3.4%)
Germany
13,738
(3.5%)
Switzerland
19,509 (5%)
Netherland
Japan
25,085
35,959
(6.4%)
(9.2%)
UK
60,373
(15.4%)
(Unit: million dollars)
<Source: ABS (2008)>
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Australia-Japan Relations (People-to-People Links)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Australia hosts the fourth largest
number of Japanese residents.
Number of Japanese citizens residing abroad (2007)
(number of People)
400,000
374,732
(+1.17%)
350,000
300,000
250,000
200,000
127,905
(+1.98%)
150,000
63,459
(+7.04%)
63,526
(+4.57%)
100,000
50,000
61,527
47,376 42,736
32,775
(▲5.05%)(+7.29%)
(+6.18%) (▲2.54%)
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<Source: MOFA (2007)>
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Australia-Japan Relations (People-to-People Links)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Japanese rank third in visitor
arrivals in Australia.
Visitor Arrivals in Australia (2008)
NZ
1,113.3
20%
Others
1,872.1
34%
Malaysia
171.0
3%
ROK
218.3
4%
UK
672.1
12%
USA
454.4
8%
Singapore
270.9
5%
China
356.4
6%
Japan
457.3
8%
(Unit: thousands people)
<Source: ABS Overseas Arrival and Departures, Australia (2008)>
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Australia-Japan Relations (People-to-People Links)
EMBASSY of JAPAN in AUSTRALIA
Australia ranks third in number of
people learning Japanese.
Number of People learning Japanese (2006)
1,000,000
910,957
800,000
1 in
52
peopl
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684,366
1 in
1,900
people
1 in 55
people
600,000
366,165
400,000
272,719
436,277
1 in
2,500
191,367people
200,000
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<Source: Japan Foundation “Survey of Overseas Organization
Involved in Japanese-Language Education (2006)”>
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