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As of November 2011
Monthly battery export and import statistics
(source: Trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance, Japan)

Unit: 1,000 (Quantity), million JPY (Amount)
  November 2011 Accumulated total from January to November 2011
Quantity Amount y-o-y change in quantity y-o-y change in amount Quantity Amount y-o-y change in quantity y-o-y change in amount
Total of all batteries (exported) 187,595 22,865 86% 95% 2,419,934 285,635 90% 93%
Total of primary batteries 85,443 1,890 91% 106% 1,090,581 22,897 95% 97%
Zinc carbon 470 16 52% 71% 10,173 272 108% 110%
Alkaline 4,628 86 34% 43% 146,641 2,285 79% 74%
Silver oxide 41,572 606 115% 165% 466,854 6,200 104% 129%
Lithium 38,725 1,178 94% 100% 456,149 13,366 94% 91%
Zinc air 23 1 1% 4% 10,145 110 63% 50%
Others 26 4 22% 84% 620 663 25% 108%
Total of secondary batteries 102,152 20,975 83% 94% 1,329,352 262,739 87% 93%
Lead-acid 113 605 84% 88% 1,428 7,304 95% 110%
Nickel cadmium 11,651 1,013 101% 96% 139,072 12,415 80% 79%
Nickel iron 0 0 0% 0% 0 2 7% 127%
Nickel metal-hydride 11,923 3,583 130% 123% 142,575 42,281 86% 101%
Lithium ion 73,797 13,994 76% 85% 979,118 181,255 90% 89%
Others 4,668 1,779 90% 149% 67,159 19,481 70% 133%
Total of all batteries (imported) 81,882 8,324 70% 100% 1,390,911 93,866 144% 114%
Total of primary batteries 72,899 870 68% 66% 1,299,185 18,215 147% 163%
Zinc carbon 13,479 119 47% 38% 294,486 3,473 130% 153%
Alkaline 46,795 484 72% 71% 861,583 11,058 166% 208%
Silver oxide 302 7 81% 107% 4,197 89 82% 61%
Lithium 9,686 220 91% 98% 89,055 2,625 93% 119%
Zinc air 2,283 29 131% 103% 34,711 504 169% 147%
Others 355 11 32% 19% 15,152 466 81% 55%
Total of secondary batteries 8,982 7,454 99% 106% 91,726 75,651 112% 106%
Lead-acid 749 2,537 99% 101% 7,934 25,347 116% 113%
Nickel cadmium 583 158 52% 57% 6,651 1,899 95% 76%
Nickel iron 0 0 0% 0% 65 14 103% 70%
Others 7,650 4,758 107% 113% 77,076 48,391 114% 105%
(Total values may differ because they are rounded off to the nearest integer.)