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Hokkaido's Economy at a Glance Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance September, 2018 Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry (METI Hokkaido) Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Geography and principal cities in Hokkaido Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry Percentage of national land area Average monthly temperature and precipitation (2017) Hokkaido, ( Sapporo City ) 22.1% precipitation(mm) Hokkaido Average monthly temperature(℃) National total 25.0 200.0 180.0 377973.89k㎡ 20.0 (100%) 160.0 15.0 77.9% 140.0 120.0 10.0 (Source) 2017 National Survey of Area 100.0 by Prefecture, City, Ward, Town and Japan 5.0 village in Japan Overseas 80.0 0.0 60.0 Hokkaido is the northernmost part of Japan. 123456789101112 (month) 40.0 The prefecture accounts for more than one-fifth of the nation's ‐5.0 total land area. 20.0 Hokkaido is located in the subarctic zone. ‐10.0 0.0 The prefecture has a cool climate with snow in winter. (Source)The " past meteorological data search " of the Japan Meteorological Agency website Principal cities in Hokkaido (cities with over 100,000 residents) Principal cities Population Average land price Principal Population Average land price ㎡ in Hokkido (Jan,2017) (yen / ) (Jan,2018) cities in (Jan,2017) (yen / ㎡) (Jan,2018) Residential Commercial Hokkido Residential Commercial areas area areas area Sapporo city 1,947,494 67,600 242,100 Kitami city 119,978 14,700 34,200 Otaru city 120,769 15,700 73,100 Asahikawa city 342,848 20,100 53,000 Tomakomai city 173,135 16,000 29,200 Kushiro city 174,518 17,600 35,000 Hakodate city 265,503 39,800 67,400 Ebetsu city 119,182 25,700 36,700 Obihiro city 168,096 23,900 49,100 (Source) Hokkaido government 1 Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Population and employment (Hokkaido) Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry Population Foreign residents (by status of residence) 5,450,000 1,950,000 35,000 College Student 5,431,658 1,947,494 30,000 29,750 26,756 5,401,210 1,945,000 3,576 24,488 Engineer/Specialist as 5,400,000 25,000 3,362 2,002 3,130 Humanities/International 1,600 Services 1,941,832 1,940,000 20,000 1,224 8,467 5,370,807 6,830 Technical intern training 5,933 5,350,000 15,000 1,936,016 5,128 1,935,000 4,874 4,754 Permanent Resident The population is expected to be 4 million in 2045. 10,000 (Source) National Institute of Population and Social Security Research 5,000 9,447 10,090 10,577 5,300,000 1,930,000 Other 2015 2016 2017 0 Hokkaido ( Sapporo city ) June,2015 June,2016 June,2017 (Source) Hokkaido government (Source) Ministry of justice Average wage (2015, 2016) Active job opening rate (2017) (Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau area) (Yen / Year) 1.60 5,000,000 4,876,000 1.52 4,360,000 1.50 3,621,000 3,901,000 4,000,000 3,557,000 1.40 3,430,000 2,861,000 2,864,000 1.30 3,000,000 1.18 1.20 1.10 2,000,000 1.00 1,000,000 0.90 0.80 0 20152016 2015 20162015 2016 2015 2016 123456789101112 Average for all Manufacturing Information and Service Industry National Hokkaido business industry communication business (Source) National tax agency (Source) Hokkaido labour bureau 2 Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Gross regional production Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry and changes in annual sales of major industries Gross regional production (million yen) Percentage of total production by industry (2015) 560,000,000 19,500,000 1.00% 550,000,000 546,550,491 19,000,000 540,000,000 National 27.21% 71.79% 530,000,000 18,500,000 520,000,000 18,961,154 4.38% 510,000,000 18,000,000 500,000,000 Hokkaido 17.61% 78.01% 17,500,000 490,000,000 480,000,000 17,000,000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% National Hokkaido Primary industries Secondary industries Tertiary industries (Source) Cabinet Office “Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts” (Source) Cabinet Office “Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts” Changes in annual sales in the information Changes in annual sales in the biotech industry industry (Hokkaido) (billion yen) (Hokkaido) (million yen) 4,400 65,000 63,760 4,306 4,300 4,213 59,403 4,200 60,000 58,995 4,093 4,117 4,100 54,954 55,000 4,000 52,969 3,909 51,024 3,900 3,791 50,000 3,800 3,700 45,000 3,600 3,500 40,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (Source) Hokkaido Information and Communication Technology Association (Source) METI Hokkaido 3 Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Major agricultural products and marine products Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry and changes in annual sales of agricultural machinery (Hokkaido) Top 5 agricultural products in annual sales (2016) Top 5 marine products in annual sales (2016) 4,000 70,000 (billion yen) (million yen) 3,500 60,000 3,000 50,000 2,500 40,000 2,000 30,000 1,500 1,000 20,000 500 10,000 0 0 Raw milk Rice Milk cow Beef cow Potato Scallop Salmon Cod Kelp Saury (Source) Hokkaido District Agriculture Office, MAFF (Source) Hokkaido District Agriculture Office, MAFF Changes in annual sales of agricultural machinery (Reference) Percentage of export value – Food (Hokkaido) 25,000 20% (million yen) 18.9% 20,000 17.2% 15,000 15.7% 15% 10,000 13.9% 5,000 12.6% 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 10% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (Source) Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Association (Source) Ministry of Finance (trade statistics) 4 Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Trade Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry Exports Imports (Hokkaido,2017) (Hokkaido,2017) Country or region Country or region China Philippines Other China 11.0% Canada Other 3.4% 19.0% 17.7% 2.8% 23.9% Russian Vietnam Kuwait 10.2% 3.5% Hong Kong 4.6% Netherlands 6.3% 4.9% 391.9 billion yen Taiwan Qatar 1,205.7 billion yen UAE 5.6% Canada 3.5% 9.8% 5.5% South korea 6.8% Thai U.S.A 5.9% South korea 18.7% Australia 9.2% 7.8% U.S.A Saudi Arabia 11.4% 8.2% Percentage of exports by item category Percentage of imports by item category Machinery,tra Manufacture Food, Chemicals, Other, Mineral fuels, Food, nsport equip, d goods, Other, 30.6% 17.3% 16.2% 11.8% 52.2% 17.2% 35.7% 18.9% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Power generating Coal,coke and briquettes, machine, 14.4% 18.8% Parts of Petroleum,th motor Other, 30.4% eir products, vehicles, 77.1% 42.1% Ships and boats, Gas,natural & 13.1% manufactured, 4.1% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% (Source) Ministry of Finance (trade statistics) 5 Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Status of overseas deployment of companies from Hokkaido Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry Number of overseas bases of companies from Number of overseas deployment bases (FY2017) Hokkaido(FY2017) Region Country or region Number of office in Number of office in Newly confirmed in the Withdrawal was FY2017 FY2016 2017 survey confirmed in the 2017 Country or region survey china5750136 Taiwan 24 25 4 5 Hong Kong 11 14 0 3 Northeast Asia South korea 8 7 2 1 Mongolia 5 4 2 1 Subtotal 105 100 21 16 Thai 27 18 10 1 Other, 15.59% Singapore 20 20 2 2 Malays ia 9 7 3 1 Vietnam 26 22 6 2 South korea, Chi na , 25.90% Southeast Asia Indonesia 3 2 2 1 Philippines 6 5 1 0 3.84% Myanmar 4 4 0 0 Cambodia 2 2 0 0 417 bases Subtotal 97 80 24 7 Malaysia, 4.32% Pakistan 1 1 0 0 India 1 1 0 0 (Total number of Southwest Asia Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 Hong Kong, Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0 4.32% overseas bases of the Subtotal 4 3 1 0 company and other U.S.A, 9.59% U.S.A 30 28 3 3 Russian, 4.56% forms) North America Canada 1 1 0 0 Subtotal 31 29 3 3 Mexic o 1 1 0 0 Singapore, 6.24% Central and South Dominican 1 1 0 0 Vietnam, 8.87% America Argentine 1 1 0 0 Subtotal 3 3 0 0 Taiwan, 7.91% Thai, 8.87% Hungary 1 1 0 0 Germany 4 3 1 0 Finland 1 1 0 0 Europe Estonia 1 1 0 0 Italy 2 1 1 0 (Reference) The result of the previous year's survey England 1 0 1 0 Subtotal 10 7 3 0 was 384 bases. Russia 15 19 3 7 Russia · CIS Kazakhstan 1 1 0 0 Subtotal 16 20 3 7 UAE 1 1 0 0 middle east Zambia 1 1 0 0 Subtotal 2 2 0 0 Australia 3 3 0 0 Oceania Subtotal 3 3 0 0 Total 271 247 55 33 (Source) JETRO Hokkaido & Hokkaido government 6 Hokkaido’s Economy at a Glance Inbound Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and industry Changes in the number of foreign The ratio of tourists by country New Chitose airport regular flights tourists visiting Hokkaido and region (FY2016) Date of service Number of Route Airline start flights 3,000,000 2,792,100 Seoul Korean Air 1989.6.2 13 2,500,000 Seoul Eastar Jet 2011.5.5 7 Other, China, Seoul Jin Air 2011.7.15 7 509,300 , 2,000,000 666,000 , Seoul T'Way Airlines 2013.12.23 7 18.24% 23.85% Thai, Seoul Asiana Airlines 2016.7.1 7 159,400 , 1,500,000 5.71% Seoul JEJU Air 2016.7.20 7 Hong Daegu Air Busan 2016.12.23 3 Kong, 1,000,000 203,200 , Korea, Busan Korean Air 2006.6.1 3 7.28% 639,400 , Taiwan, Busan Air Busan 2015.12.3 6 614,800 , 22.90% 500,000 22.02% Busan Eastar Jet 2018.5.8 3 Beijing Air China 2007.4.18 7 0 Shanghai China Eastern Airlines 2001.8.1 7 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Shanghai Spring Airlines 2014.10.26 7 (Source) Hokkaido government (Source) Hokkaido government Shanghai Juneyao Airlines 2017.4.1 7 Tianjin Tianjin Airlines 2015.3.29 2 Percentage of people using Number of users of international Nanjing Hainan Airlines 2017.3.4 2 international flights at the airport in flights at new Chitose airport Nanjing China Eastern Airlines 2017.3.26 2 Nanjing Juneyao Airlines 2018.1.5 3 Hokkaido (2016) 3,000,000 Hangzhou Hainan Airlines 2017.3.1 3 2,719,037 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Airways 1990.10.28 5 Hong Kong Hong Kong Airlines 2014.12.19 11 Asahikawa 2,500,000 3.2% Taipei Eva Air 2003.3.30 14 Hakodate Taipei China
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