HAROPA SEMINAR

September 2019

Yves GASQUERES

JAPAN

General Information

JAPON FRANCE

SURFACE 377 915km2 551 500km2

POPULATION (2018) 126.49 millions 64.73 millions

Population density

(2018) 334.72/km2 117.36/km2

GDP (2018) 4 971.93MDUSD

(3rd in the World)

2 775.25MDUSD

(6th in the World)

GDP par habitant 39 305.78USD

(26th in the World)

42 877.56USD

(21th in the World)

SMIG (2019) 7.6 euros/hour 10.03 euros/hour

Number of World

Heritage 22 44

Trade France -> Japan in 2017

Trade France -> Japan in 2018

+ 3% Exports from France to Japan 6,6 MD €

+ 2.5% Agri-food products (18% of Total)

+ 2.7% wines

+ 11.3% Cheese, milk products

+ 3.7% non-alcohol drinks

- 6% meats

- 10.1% confectionery

+ 29.4% Transportation materials and Aeronautic (16% of Total)

(Airbus delivery)

+7.2% Chemical products and cosmetics

- 7% Pharmaceutical products (15% of Total)

Trade Japan –> France in 2017

Trade Japan –> France in 2018

+ 1 % Export from Japan to France 10,0 MD €

+ 4.5% Industrial and agricultural machinery, 2nd largest item of French imports from Japan (24% of Total)

- 0.7% Computer, electronic and optical products (12% of Total)

+ 2.2% Chemicals, perfumes and cosmetics (12% of Total)

- 3.5% Transport equipment (31% of Total)

of which components and car accessories + 17.3%

Sales ranking of Trading Companies 2018

Name of the company Nota

Turnover

(1000

billions yen)

in euros

(1euro=120

yens)

1 MITSUBISHI CORPORATION General Trading Company, MITSUBISHI GROUP 16.1 131 MD

2 ITOCHU COPRPORATION General Trading Company 11.6 97

3 MARUBENI CORPORATION General Trading Company 7.4 62

4 MITSUI & CO., LTD. General Trading Company, MITSUI GROUP 6.9 58

5 TOYOTA TSUSHO

CORPORATION General Trading Company, TOYOTA GROUP 6.7 56

6 SUMITOMO CORPORATION General Trading Company, SUMITOMO GROUP 5.3 44

7 MEDIPAL HOLDINGS

CORPORATION

Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Daily Necessities

… 3.1 26

8 ALFRESA HOLDINGS

CORPORATION

Ethical pharmaceuticals, Self-medication,

Medical business 2.6 22

9 Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co.,

Ltd

Wholesale of processed foods, frozen and

chilled foods, alcoholic beverages and

confectioneries

2.6 22

10 Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd.

Mining activities (mining and distributing of

limestone, calcium carbonate, gravel, etc.)

focused on the processing, distributing,

importing, and exporting of copper and other

mineral products

2.5 21

Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

EPA entered in force on February 1st 2019.

After that what changed …

Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement

(EPA)

->the dismantling of some of the tariff (BT) and non-tariff barriers (NTB)

Some Examples :

EU Japan

1) Wine: customs barriers on wine, before 15%, go to zero upon entry into force

2) Cheese: cheeses, including soft cheeses (brie, camembert) and marbled cheeses (blue, Roquefort cheese), actually 29,8% gradually reduce their customs duties to zero in 16 years.

JAPAN EU

1) Automobiles : actually 10% will be 0% in 8 years.

2) Auto Parts : before 3~5 %, go to 0% for 92% of goods upon entry in force

3) Japanese SAKE : before 0,077 euros/litre, go to 0% upon entry in force

HAROPA-Port de Nagoya

Partnership Agreement

Articles in the press

Interview ONE au HAVRE

Articles in the press

RORO Terminal

Articles in the press

RORO Terminal

Articles in the press

Articles in the press Best Sea Port 2019

Visit of the Delegation of

Nagoya Port in July 2019

Thank you

Arigato

for your attention

* HAROPA correspondent in Japan remain at your disposal

to provide you with the precisions you may need.