On Jan 25th, 2016, Ministry of Finance of Japan announced the annual statistics express of import and export trade in 2015. The annual value of export was 75.63 trillion Yen, which increased by 3.5% on a year-on-year basis and it has been on a continuous rise for three years. The annual value of import was 78.46 trillion Yen, which decreased by 8.7% on year-on-year basis and it has been on a continuous decreasing for two years.
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via Analysis of Sino-Japanese Trade regarding Fastener Industry.