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HAROPA SEMINAR
September 2019
Yves GASQUERES
JAPAN
General Information
JAPON FRANCE
SURFACE 377 915km2 551 500km2
POPULATION (2018) 126.49 millions 64.73 millions
Population density
(2018) 334.72/km2 117.36/km2
GDP (2018) 4 971.93MDUSD
(3rd in the World)
2 775.25MDUSD
(6th in the World)
GDP par habitant 39 305.78USD
(26th in the World)
42 877.56USD
(21th in the World)
SMIG (2019) 7.6 euros/hour 10.03 euros/hour
Number of World
Heritage 22 44
Trade France -> Japan in 2017
Trade France -> Japan in 2018
+ 3% Exports from France to Japan 6,6 MD €
+ 2.5% Agri-food products (18% of Total)
+ 2.7% wines
+ 11.3% Cheese, milk products
+ 3.7% non-alcohol drinks
- 6% meats
- 10.1% confectionery
+ 29.4% Transportation materials and Aeronautic (16% of Total)
(Airbus delivery)
+7.2% Chemical products and cosmetics
- 7% Pharmaceutical products (15% of Total)
Trade Japan –> France in 2017
Trade Japan –> France in 2018
+ 1 % Export from Japan to France 10,0 MD €
+ 4.5% Industrial and agricultural machinery, 2nd largest item of French imports from Japan (24% of Total)
- 0.7% Computer, electronic and optical products (12% of Total)
+ 2.2% Chemicals, perfumes and cosmetics (12% of Total)
- 3.5% Transport equipment (31% of Total)
of which components and car accessories + 17.3%
Sales ranking of Trading Companies 2018
Name of the company Nota
Turnover
(1000
billions yen)
in euros
(1euro=120
yens)
1 MITSUBISHI CORPORATION General Trading Company, MITSUBISHI GROUP 16.1 131 MD
2 ITOCHU COPRPORATION General Trading Company 11.6 97
3 MARUBENI CORPORATION General Trading Company 7.4 62
4 MITSUI & CO., LTD. General Trading Company, MITSUI GROUP 6.9 58
5 TOYOTA TSUSHO
CORPORATION General Trading Company, TOYOTA GROUP 6.7 56
6 SUMITOMO CORPORATION General Trading Company, SUMITOMO GROUP 5.3 44
7 MEDIPAL HOLDINGS
CORPORATION
Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Daily Necessities
… 3.1 26
8 ALFRESA HOLDINGS
CORPORATION
Ethical pharmaceuticals, Self-medication,
Medical business 2.6 22
9 Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co.,
Ltd
Wholesale of processed foods, frozen and
chilled foods, alcoholic beverages and
confectioneries
2.6 22
10 Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd.
Mining activities (mining and distributing of
limestone, calcium carbonate, gravel, etc.)
focused on the processing, distributing,
importing, and exporting of copper and other
mineral products
2.5 21
Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
EPA entered in force on February 1st 2019.
After that what changed …
Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
(EPA)
->the dismantling of some of the tariff (BT) and non-tariff barriers (NTB)
Some Examples :
EU Japan
1) Wine: customs barriers on wine, before 15%, go to zero upon entry into force
2) Cheese: cheeses, including soft cheeses (brie, camembert) and marbled cheeses (blue, Roquefort cheese), actually 29,8% gradually reduce their customs duties to zero in 16 years.
JAPAN EU
1) Automobiles : actually 10% will be 0% in 8 years.
2) Auto Parts : before 3~5 %, go to 0% for 92% of goods upon entry in force
3) Japanese SAKE : before 0,077 euros/litre, go to 0% upon entry in force
HAROPA-Port de Nagoya
Partnership Agreement
Articles in the press
Interview ONE au HAVRE
Articles in the press
RORO Terminal
Articles in the press
RORO Terminal
Articles in the press
Articles in the press Best Sea Port 2019
Visit of the Delegation of
Nagoya Port in July 2019
Thank you
Arigato
for your attention
* HAROPA correspondent in Japan remain at your disposal
to provide you with the precisions you may need.