Current Relations between Japan and Canada

Trade between Japan and Canada

(Unit: US$ million)

	Export to Canada	Import from Canada	Balance
1989	6.807	8.645	-1.838
1990	6.726	8.392	-1.665
1991	7.251	7.698	-447
1992	7.073	7.674	-601
1993	6.297	8.109	-1.812
1994	5.906	8.930	-3.024
1995	5.827	10.828	-5.001

(resource: Ministry of Finance custom-cleared statistics)

Note:

Canadian trade statistics conversely point to a Japanese export surplus of C$3.1 billion in 1991, C$2.3 billion in 1993, C$1.7 billion in 1994, and C$200 million in 1995.
(There are discrepancies in the two countries' trade data.)

Export to Canada		Import from Canada
(Item)	%	(Item)	%
1. Automobiles	17.1	1. Lumber	21.5
2. Power turbines	13.2	2. Pulp	11.4
3. Auto parts	11.4	3. Coal	10.2
4. Office machinely	7.6	4. Fishery products	7.7
5. Optical equipment	5.2	5. Nonferrous metals	5.7
6. Iron and Steel	2.5	6. Papeseed	5.6

(resource: Ministry of Finance custom-cleared statistics)

Bilateral Investment Trends

Japanese Investment in Canada
The flow of Japanese direct investment into Canada has been widening, particularly in the manufacturing sector (lumber, pulp, automotive trends), real estate, and finance. In fiscal 1995, Canada accounted for 1.1 percent of the total in Japanese foreign direct investment, and supplied Japan with 0.4 percent of all direct investment.

(MOF notification basis)

(In millions of US$, unless noted otherwise)

fiscal year
1988	626
1989	1.362
1990	1.064
1991	797
1992	753
1993	562
1994	492
1995	54.9 billion

(annual figures have been reported on a yen-denominated basis since 1995)

Canadian Investment in Japan

(In millions of US$, unless noted otherwise)

fiscal year
1988	22.0
1989	35.0
1990	142.0
1991	764.0
1992	87.0
1993	150.0
1994	319.0
1995	1.37billion

(annual figures have been reported on a yen-denominated basis since 1995)

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