The Bank of Japan's Research and Statistics Department compiles real export and import data, excluding price effects, with exports broken down by region and goods. Starting with April 2026 data, the figures will in principle be released at 4:00 p.m., one business day after the Ministry of Finance publishes its provisional trade statistics. The release schedule may change, and the data may be revised due to changes in statistical sources, base years or annual revisions.
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