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Japan: trade deficit hits a record

Report by British Embassy Tokyo on trade deficit.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 27 October 2014

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Japan: trade deficit hits a record

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The report ascribes the record deficit to oil imports caused by reduced nuclear capacity, but Japan retains an external surplus due to income from overseas investments.

Published 27 October 2014