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Rising demand, oil price help Japan trim trade surplus
TOKYO. July 12: Japan's exports, once the main drivers of its economic recovery, were strongly outpace by rising imports in May and officials said the shift reflects growing domestic demand in the world's second-largest economy, says Reuters.
The surplus in Japan's current account, its broadest measure of trade in goods and services. tel) from a year earlier for the first time in four months as imports increased on greater demand for office equipment, and higher global oil prices.
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Wednesday that Japan's current account fell 18.2 per cent in May from a year earlier to 840.2 billion yen ($7.85 billion), after rising for the previous three months on robust exports of semiconductor components and automobiles.
"Imports, especially from Asia, are increasing because
Japan's economy is improving. Japan's imports of raw materials from Aslan nations (o produce semiconductors is also pushing up imports," said Jun Inoue, an economist at Fuji Research Institute.
An increase In imports points to improved domestic demand as Japanese companies and consumers buy goods from abroad, but the surplus Itself reflects the country's reliance on exports as it recovers from its worst recession in decades.
The trade surplus in goods alone was 723.4 billion yen down 24.1 per cent from a year earlier
The currency market paid little attention to the data, choosing to focus instead on the course of monetary policy in both Japan and the United States.
While, remarks by Federal Rv s r n-e— Chai rm an Al a 11 Greenspan overnight provided
little clue to the possibility of a US rate hike in August, the yen was underpinned by the chance that the Bank of Japan may end its zero interest rate policy al a meeting next Monday.
Ministry officials have said they expect the surplus in Japan s current account to decline in the months ahead, given the improvements in domestic economic activity and a stronger yen.
Looking at the trend in the trade account, the decline in the current account surplus Is likely to continue." a Finance Ministry official said
Rising global oil prices were also seen as a major driver of the declining trend.
"The trade surplus decreased as a rise in imports," spurred by rising oil prices, exceeded an increase mi exports." said Kenji Arata, an analyst at MCM Asia Pacific.