Countries that are economically affected by the Tohoku Region Pacific Offshore Earthquake

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The Tohoku Region Pacific Offshore Earthquake is an unprecedented major earthquake of magnitude 9.0, and the damage has become enormous, but its economic loss isWorld BankAccording to the maximumIt is about 235 billion dollars (about 19 trillion yen)That's right.

But the impact is not limited to Japan. There are many countries where exports to Japan occupy an important position in the domestic industry, and these countries are considered to have serious damage to the economy if exports to Japan are delayed. The 15 countries listed below are countries where the impact of the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake has the greatest impact on domestic industries, due to the high proportion of exports to Japan to GDP.

Details are as below.After the earthquake: Who relies on Japan? | The Economist

The table below shows the export volume to Japan as ordered by the percentage of domestic GDP in descending order, with the bar graph showing the proportion of exports to Japan accounted for by GDP, the number in the white enclosure on the right side to Japan It is the total export value of.

Here, ranking is given based on the ratio of exports to Japan to purely GDP, but the influence for each country is not necessarily only minus, and for example energy resources etc. are the main export items In a country where it is oppositePossible positive impact due to increased demandThere is also.


First place: Brunei
Approximately 28% of GDP Approximately 3 billion US dollars (approximately 242.8 billion yen)

Second place: Qatar
Approximately 15% of GDP Total export value is about 14.5 billion dollars (about 1 trillion 176.6 billion yen)

3 rd place: United Arab Emirates
Approximately 8% of GDP Exported total amount is about 20.7 billion dollars (about 1.6754 trillion yen)

4th place: Malaysia
Approximately 8% of GDP Exported total amount is about 15.5 billion dollars (about 1.125 trillion yen)

5th place: Kuwait
Approximately 7% of GDP Export totaling about 8.2 billion dollars (about 663.7 billion yen)

6th place: Papua New Guinea
Approximately 7% of GDP Approximately 600 million dollars (about 48.6 billion yen)

7th place: Saudi Arabia
Approximately 7% of GDP Export totaled about 26.5 billion dollars (about 2,144.9 billion yen)

8th: Vietnam
Approximately 7% of GDP Exported total amount is about 6.3 billion dollars (approx. 50.9 billion yen)

9th place: Singapore
Approximately 7% of GDP Export total is about 12.3 billion dollars (about 995.5 billion yen)

10th place: Hong Kong
Approximately 7% of GDP Export totaled approximately 14.1 billion dollars (approximately 1.1416 billion yen)

11th place: Oman
Approximately 7% of GDP Export totaling about 3 billion dollars (about 242.8 billion yen)

12th: Thailand
Approximately 6% of GDP Export value totaled about 15.7 billion dollars (about 1 trillion 270.7 billion yen)

13th: Equatorial Guinea
Approximately 6% of GDP Export totaling about 700 million (56.7 billion yen)

14th place: Mauritania
Approximately 4% of GDP Exported total amount about 100 million dollars (8.1 billion yen)

15th place: Philippines
Approximately 4% of GDP Export totaling about 6.4 billion (518 billion yen)

Brunei is ranked first in Brunei with more than 28% of GDP accounted for by exports to Japan, but Brunei's export items are petroleum and natural gas etc., possibly conversely benefiting from damage to the nuclear industry in Japan It is said that there is. Similarly, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia also said energy resources are the center of export items. Also, demand for timber exports in Malaysia may increase due to reconstruction.

On the other hand, Singapore and Thailand are doing substantial exports to Japan, as well as exports of manufactured parts are the main items, so if Japanese manufacturers get cold we get damaged It is likely to become.