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In June, Japan’s exports decreased by 0.5% a year a year, increasing the 1.7% drop in May as the supplies continued to decline for the second consecutive month.
Export decline was a 0.5%growth change, which is expected by economists surveyed by Reuters, and takes place against the lack of breakthroughs in trade negotiations with the United States
Exports to China, the largest trading partner in Japan, decreased by 4.7%, and deliveries to the United States decreased by 11.4% a year, deeper from 11% fall in May.
Data comes when Japan is now facing 25% “mutual tariff” From the US, which will come into force on August 1, one percentage is higher than 24%, announced on the Liberation Day.
Earlier on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump repeated that 25% tariff It will spread to Japanese imports, saying that it does not expect to reach a broader deal with the country.
Marseille Tylian, Head of the Asia-Pacific Ocean on Capital Economy, noted that exports by 11.4% in the US was the largest since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Exports – including services – consists almost 22% of Japan’s GDP in 2023According to the latest data from the World Bank.
Since April 3, Japanese cars imported in the US also encountered 25% tariff. Auto exports to the US is the cornerstone of Japan, which is 28.3% of all supplies in 2024, According to customs data.
However, the Ministry of Commerce showed that exports of cars that include cars, buses and trucks in June decreased by 26.7%, continuing from 24.7% of May.
Thieliant said car manufacturers seem to double prices to maintain the market share, noting that while car exports to the United States increased by 4.6% over the year, car exports decreased by 25.3% compared to last year.
“Some of them simply reflect the strengthening of it because the exports related to the United States are usually exposed in dollars. But most of them are related to price decline, and manufacturers seem to absorb almost all 25% of the US tariffs imposed in April in April,” he emphasized.
Additional tariffs can translate the export Japanese economy into recession, Earlier analysts said CNBC.
Japan’s economy concluded the contract in the first quarter of the year Compared to the previous quarter, the export of exports, and another such reduction will correspond to the definition of the technical recession.
On July 8, Japanese’s leading negotiator Riosov said that any transaction should include automatic concessions for the country.
He also rejected any time, including the US term on August 1, adding that he would not donate Japan’s agriculture for the early agreement.
On July 1, US President Donald Trump aims in the country’s rice sector, 1, Location on the truth social This Japan “will not take our rice” despite the shortage of rice in the country.
Japan imported just over 350,000 tonnes of rice in 2024 from the US, and that year the US became the largest exporter to Japan.
Tekeshi Niins, Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japanese, said Japan may have taken away too tough position in the tariff negotiations with US President Donald Trump.
“I think Japan has not accepted 10% (tariffs) from the beginning, even 10%. I think Japan had to analyze that 10% were sure to,” he said in Squawk Box Asia.
Niinami, which is also the CEO of the Japanese Berries of Suntory Holdings, meant the base line of 10% of the mutual tariff that the Trump administration introduced globally, even in countries that have a trade deficit from the US
“If that happened, we wouldn’t discuss 25% (mutual tariffs).”
Japanese officials, including the leading negotiator Riga, click To remove tariffs to Japanese imports in the US since April.
However, Niyans did not think that Japan should simply accept 25% wholesale wholesale sales. “We must give a posture that Japan will open the country, such as non -tariff barriers on car safety (and), we need to talk about how to agree with agricultural products that will be imported more.”
However, he acknowledged that the decision to open the country for more agricultural products came at a controversial time.
Elections in the upper house of Japan must take place on Sunday and Nikkei poll He stated that the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Shiger Isis is at risk of losing the majority in the upper house.
The decision to open agricultural imports can push farmers traditionally viewed as a support base for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
“At least by the election day of July 20, Japan must show readiness and posture to settle and agree with the US,” Niina said.