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In FY1977, Japanese oceangoing shipping rose 3.5% over tile Preceding fiscal
year in exports (up 14.7% in FY1976 over the preceding fiscal year) and fell
0.7% in imports (up 6.8% in FY1967). Commodity wise, exportation of vehicles,
cement, fertilizer, etc., was brisk, but iron and steel were down. Imports of
dry cargoes such as copper ore and maize were active, whereas iron ore, coal,
and logs fell. Imports of oils continued to increase over the preceding year.
In 1977, ship loadings by the Japanese merchant fleet, including foreign
chartered vessels, leveled off in both imports and exports after a sharp increase
in the preceding year.
The loading rates of the Japanese merchant fleet fell to 52.8% for exports
and 73.9% for imports. Of this, the loading rate for Japanese flag ships alone
increased slightly over the level of the preceding year in exports (to 20.9%),
but decreased slightly in imports (to 44.3%).
Outbound air transport decreased in FY1977, failing below the level of the
preceding year for the first time in 3 years, however, inbound freight increased
sharply.
Outbound transport by Japanese aviation enterprises increased by 0.1% and
by 22.9% for inbound, both over the preceding fiscal year.
The loading rate by Japanese aviation enterprises also rose, in terms of
outbound and inbound, by 33.2% and 37.2% respectively. (See
Table 2.)
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