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JAPAN'S EXPORTS TO INDIA
JAPAN'S IMPORTS FROM INDIA
Overview of Japan’s FDI At the end of 2007, Japan’s overseas investments
stood at $543 billion1, up from $450billion at the end of 2006 and $387 billion
at the end of 2005. Japan’s outward FDI stock at the end of 2007 accounted
for 3.5 per cent of the world’s outward FDI stock and 4.2 per cent of the
outward stock of developed countries. The inward FDI stock values were
$100.3 billion at the end of 2005, $97.3 billion at the end of 2004 and$89.8
billion at the end of 2003. In 2007, the inward FDI stock of Japan stood at
$132billion.FDI outflows from Japan have risen consistently, especially during
2005-2007. In2005, FDI outflows stood at $457 billion; it increased to $502
billion in 2006 and further to $736 billion in 2007. Hence, Japan ranked high
on the outward FDI performance index with a rank of 44 in 2007. In terms of
the inward performance index, however, it ranked a low 135.In 2006 and
2007, there was a surge in FDI flows into Japan, reflecting a revival of interest
in the Japanese economy. Investment inflows into Japan rose from $2.8billion
in 2005 to $6.5 billion in 2006 and further to $22.5 billion in 2007. However,
the story is vastly different in 2008 and 2009 because of the global economic
crisis and Japan’s descent once again into a major recession.
Chart 7: Real GDP growth and trade of euro area economics, 2008-11
Annualized % change over previous quarter
Source: OECD Quarterly national accounts.
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