Value of Exports and Imports March 2015 (Provisional)
http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/shinbun/trade-st_e/2015/201503ce.xml
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Import
IRON ORE AND CONCENTRATES 11,601TMT (increase 7.1%)
SOY BEANS 371,128MT (increase 34.1%)
buy iron ore from AUS.
buy soy beans from where (NZ)?
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Export
PLASTIC MATERIALS 583,277MT (increase 15.4%)
NONFERROUS METALS 145,553MT (increase 36.4%)
buy crude oil from Canada for plastic (raw material).
non-ferrous metals include copper.
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