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Japan's trade surplus with Asia expands 34.1pc
TOKYO, May 20: Japan's trade surplus with Asia ex-
panded 34.1 per cent from a year earlier to 536.6 billion yen (4.6 billion dollars), the Finance Ministry said on Monday. reports AFP.
It said exports to Asia grew 16.4 per cent to 1,879.8 billion yen and imports rose 10.5 per cent to 1.343.3 billion yen. due partly to growth in automobiles and office supplies, including personal computers.
The ministry said the overall trade surplus, as measured on a customs cleared basis, soared 163.7 per cent from a year earlier in April on the back of robust exports.
The surplus totalled 831.48 billion yen (7.16 billion dollars). with exports in the month swelling 21.5 per cent to 4,429.26 billion yen and imports rising 8.1 per cent to 3,597.78 biflion yen.
Ministry officials said the overall April surplus showed the largest year-on-year rise since January 1992, when it surged 283.4 per cent.
Japan's deficit with China grew 25.8 per cent from a year earlier to 249.5 billion yen in April, while its deficit with major energy supplier Indonesia expanded 7.5 per cent 65.1 billion yen.
Its surplus with all other Asian countries, excluding Thailand expanded.
The trade surplus with South Korea grew 33.9 per cent to 147.6 billion yen, with Taiwan it expanded 60.7 per cent to 146.3 billion yen. while with Hong Kong the surplus was up 34.4 per cent to 261.8 billion yen.
The trade surplus with Singapore rose 17.1 per cent to 155.9 billion yen. while rising 22.4 per cent with Malaysia at 37.8 billion yen, and 65.2 per
cent with the Philippines at 44.3 billion yen.
Only with Thailand did it show a contraction, down 10.8 per cent from a year earlier at 67.3 billion yen in April.
With major raw material and commodity supplier Australia, Japan's trade deficit de-
dined 6.4 per cent to 64.9 billion- yen.
A Reuter report says: The sensitive surplus with the United States, which has already been grumbling about the growing trade imbalance between the two countries, soared 174.1 per cent ‘n April from a year earlier to 468.97 billion yen (4.07 billion US dollars).
The figures were not adjusted for seasonal factors.
US reaction
AP says from New York: Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Monday that Japan should rely on domestic consumption to stimulate its economy and avoid significant increases to its trade surpluses.
It is critical that Japan's current account surplus not rise again to a level that harms global growth", Rubin said In a dinner speech to the Japan Society. "That causes trade frictions with Japan's trading partners."
After the speech. Rubin told reporters that a sustained resurgence of excessive trade surpluses could pose a "very serious problem". Japan's trade surplus with the United States has been great source of friction between the two nations.
The United States has charged Japan with having trade impediments that make it difficult for US exports to that country to compete effectively with domestic products. The surplus also impacts the dollar and the US economy.
Rubin's comments came on the same day Japan's Finance Ministry reported the country's surplus soared 164 per cent in April to 7.23 billion US dollars. That included a 4.1 billion US dollars, or 174 per cent, rise in the imbalance with the United States.