TABLE 4
JAPAN:  MINERALS TRADE 1
(Million dollars)
        Imports Exports      
Code   Commodity   2001   2002   2003   2001   2002   2003
25 Salt, sulfur, earths and stone, lime, plastering
       materials, cement   1,345 1,176 1,220 286 301 374
26   Ferrous and nonferrous metal ores, slag, ash 6,486 6,511 7,482 29 30 40
27   Mineral fuels, mineral oils, and products of their
  distillation; bituminous substances; mineral
        waxes     70,368 65,664 81,054 1,508 1,403 1,555
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic
   compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth
       metals, of radioactive elements, or of isotopes 2,941 2,942 3,458 1,814 1,934 2,292
31   Fertilizers     482 526 530 81 84 86
68   Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica, or
       similar materials   1,062 1,085 1,150 831 855 1,016
69   Ceramic products   643 647 760 1,100 860 912
70   Glass and glassware   1,218 1,202 1,362 2,326 2,413 2,788
71 Natural or cultured pearls; precious or semiprecious
   stones; precious metals, metals clad with precious
      metals and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins 5,937 5,698 5,705 1,698 1,636 2,149
72   Iron and steel     2,481 2,185 3,093 11,159 13,160 15,717
73   Articles of iron and steel   2,363 2,455 2,852 5,708 5,821 6,225
74   Copper and articles thereof   812 692 761 2,247 2,270 2,388
75   Nickel and articles thereof   905 927 1,384 311 324 458
76   Aluminum and articles thereof   4,879 4,533 5,447 1,323 1,434 1,722
78   Lead and articles thereof   36 19 18 9 20 18
79   Zinc and articles thereof   89 41 63 88 107 89
80   Tin and articles thereof   115 113 156 46 53 56
81   Other base metals, cermet, articles thereof 766   622   840   619   540 643
    Total 102,928   97,038   117,335   31,183   33,245   38,528  
  Total trade   349,099   337,550   382,761 403,121   416,538 470,650  
1Values have been converted from Japanese yen (¥) to U.S. dollars at a rate of  ¥121.5=US$1.00 for 2001, ¥125.4=US$1.00 for 2002, and
   ¥115.9=US$1.00 for 2003.
Source:  Ministry of Finance, Japan Exports & Imports, Commodity by Country, December 2001-03.