Technological intensity of Japanese merchandise trade
Technological intensity of Japanese merchandise trade

Summary/Abstract: Japan is perceived as a country which, thanks to technological development, has reached a high position in the international division of labour. It became noticeable especially after the crises of the 1970s and the early 1980s, when it appeared that Japan was offering successful high-technology products on international markets, and the share of these products in the total export of the country occupies an important place. In the first decade of the twentyfirst century, the situation changed significantly. Japan, though still high in its technological position, started losing share in global flows of high technology goods (ICT among others), and the role of such products in total import and export flows of the country was declining rapidly. The negative trend can be observed in the case of the sectoral approach (sector of high, medium-high, medium-low and low technology) as well as the product one (products with high intensity in R&D).

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