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Advisory to U.S. exporters of building products to Japan
TRADE EVENTS
Japan Home & Building Show in Tokyo (November 11 - 13, 2009)
NAHB International Builders Show in Las Vegas (January 19 - 22, 2010)
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
(for full report, please access our Market Research Library )
Housing Starts and Imports of Building Products
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
(MLIT) announced Japan's total housing starts for August 2009 at
a level of 59,749 units, a 38.3% decrease compared to August
2008. Year on year starts of single-family and multi-family
dwellings and row houses decreased 20.9% to 33,301 units, 56.4%
to 20,764 units, and 21.2% to 5,684 units, respectively.
Year on year 2x4 and prefabricated housing starts decreased by
24.7% to 6,957 units and 22.3% to 10,719 units,
respectively. Seasonally adjusted housing starts on an
annual basis decreased 9.3% to 676,248 units in August 2009, as
compared to July 2009.
Total imports of building products to Japan for the seven-month
period from January to July 2009 decreased 21.1% to 571.0 billion
yen (about US$6.42 billion at 89.00 yen/US$), compared to 724.1
billion yen (about US$7.00 billion at 103.39 yen/US$) for the
same period in 2008. Imports from the United States
decreased 25.2% to 38.5 billion yen (US$432.1 million) from
January to July 2009, compared to 51.4 billion yen (US$497.4
million) in the same period in 2008.
UPCOMING REPORT
Housing Starts in Japan – September 2009 (late November
2009)
Imports of Building Products to Japan – August 2009
(late November 2009)
USEFUL LINKS
Residential Building Products
- Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) http://www.mlit.go.jp/english/index.html
- Building Center of Japan (BCJ)
http://www.bcj.or.jp/en/index.html - Imported House Industries Organization (Japanese Only) http://www.ihio.or.jp/
- National Association of Home Builders in the United States http://www.nahb.org/
- Evergreen Building Products Association http://www.ep.org/
CS JAPAN CONTACTS
Unit Chief: Pat
Cassidy
Residential Building Products: Takahiko Suzuki