Key Statistics
Calendar year |
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|
|
|
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2005 |
2006 |
Population (million persons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
127.8 |
127.7 |
Share of total population on commercial farms
(percent)
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.6 |
|
| Gross domestic product (trillion
US$) |
|
|
|
|
|
4.56 |
|
In trillion yen, nominal
|
|
|
|
|
|
502.5 |
|
Growth rate, at 2000 prices (percent)
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
GDP deflator (percent)
|
|
|
|
|
|
-1.3 |
|
GDP/person, nominal (US$)
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,720 |
|
GNI/person, at purchasing power parity (US$)
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,889 |
|
Exchange rate, yen/US$ |
|
|
|
|
|
110.2 |
|
| Land area |
|
Total (million hectares)
|
|
|
|
|
37,791 |
37,791 |
|
Area of cultivated land (million hectares)
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,692 |
|
Average cultivated area/farm household (hectares)
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.65 |
|
| Principal crops (1,000 metric
tons) |
|
Rice, milled
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,257 |
|
Wheat
|
|
|
|
|
|
875 |
|
Barley
|
|
|
|
|
|
188 |
|
Soybeans
|
|
|
|
|
|
226 |
|
Potatoes, white and sweet
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,805 |
|
Fruits, except melons
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,678 |
|
Vegetables
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,102 |
|
Melons
|
|
|
|
|
|
692 |
|
Animal products (1,000 mt) |
|
Pork, carcass weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,245 |
|
Broiler meat
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,166 |
|
Beef, carcass weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
500 |
|
Milk
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,285 |
|
Eggs
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,483 |
|
| Agricultural exports (million
US$) |
|
|
|
|
|
2,012 |
|
Sauces
|
|
|
|
|
|
198 |
|
Enzymes
|
|
|
|
|
|
169 |
|
Wheat flour
|
|
|
|
|
|
73 |
|
Planting seeds
|
|
|
|
|
|
92 |
|
| Agricultural imports (million
US$) |
|
|
|
|
|
39,747 |
|
| Meat, offals, and preparations |
|
|
|
|
|
9,784 |
|
Pork
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,853 |
|
Beef
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,512 |
|
Poultry
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,029 |
|
Cereals |
|
|
|
|
|
4,717 |
|
Corn
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,586 |
|
Wheat
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,230 |
|
Soybeans |
|
|
|
|
|
1,424 |
|
| Coffee |
|
|
|
|
|
1,027 |
|
| Wine |
|
|
|
|
|
1,034 |
|
| Pet food |
|
|
|
|
|
712 |
|
| Hay and alfalfa meal/pellets |
|
|
|
|
|
708 |
|
| Canola |
|
|
|
|
|
724 |
|
| Cheese |
|
|
|
|
|
735 |
|
| Natural rubber |
|
|
|
|
|
1,193 |
|
| Tobacco |
|
|
|
|
|
161 |
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NA = Not available.
GDP = Gross domestic product.
GNI = Gross national income.
Sources: Abstract of Statistics on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
in Japan, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF);
Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation, Monthly Statistics;
Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government
of Japan; Economic Research Service; International Monetary Fund;
Japan Customs Data; Pacific exchange rate service; Production, Supply,
and Demand database, USDA; Statistical Yearbook of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries, MAFF; U.S. Census Bureau, International
Database; World Development Indicators, World Bank.
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