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Japan’s exports expand 2.8% in Dec, faster-than-expected

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By Makiko Yamazaki

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s exports rose for a third straight month in December, data showed on Thursday, suggesting that companies front-loaded shipments ahead of potentially hefty tariffs promised by new U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump has signalled plans to deploy tariffs on imports from major trading partners China, Canada and Mexico, raising fears that increasingly protectionist U.S. trade policies could dampen and disrupt global shipments.

Japan’s exports rose 2.8% in December from a year earlier, data showed, more than a median market forecast for a 2.3% increase and following a 3.8% rise in the previous month.

Exports to China, Japan’s biggest trading partner, fell 3% in December from a year earlier, while those to the United States were down 2.1%.

Imports rose 1.8% in December on-year, compared with market forecasts for a 2.6% increase and a decline of 3.8% in November.

As a result, Japan ran a trade a surplus of 130.9 billion yen ($836.80 million) in December, compared with the forecast of a deficit of 53 billion yen.

For the whole of 2024, Japan logged a trade deficit of 5.3 trillion yen, marking four consecutive years of deficits but shrinking from the previous year’s 9.52 trillion yen.

Emerging signs of sustained wage growth and expectations it would boost consumption are seen supporting the case for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this week.

But the outlook for external demand is increasingly uncertain, as Trump’s tariff plans could upend international trade and hold back China’s economic recovery.

A recent survey by the Japan External Trade Organization showed that most Japanese companies with operations in the United States are preparing for possible additional tariffs.

Those efforts include strengthening manufacturing and procurement in the U.S. and considering product price hikes, according to the survey.

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