Japan's May trade deficit set a new high in history

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, June 16 (Reporter Liu Chunyan) The results of trade statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance on the 16th show that due to the continued high depreciation of the price of imported commodities such as crude oil, the trade deficit in Japan in MayYuan (about $ 1 is about 134 yen), which is the second highest in the history of the monthly deficit of comparable statistics, and reached a record high of the same period of the same period.

The report shows that the export volume in Japan increased by 15.8%year -on -year to 7.25 trillion yen, which maintained a year -on -year increase in 15 consecutive months.The exports of goods such as steel, mineral fuel, semiconductor and electronic components in the month increased significantly.

In the month, Japan's imports increased by 48.9%year -on -year to 9.64 trillion yen, and the import volume had increased year -on -year for 16 consecutive months.As the price of international market resource commodities continued to rise, and the yen depreciated sharply compared with the same period last year, Japan's imports increased significantly.

From the perspective of the country and regions, the export of China to China was 1.39 trillion yen that month, and exports to the United States and the European Union were 1.25 trillion yen and 682.4 billion yen, respectively.China continues to maintain the largest export market status in Japan.

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