Battery Association of Japan

Monthly battery export and import statistics
(source: Trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finane, Japan)

Unit: 1,000 (Quantity), million JPY (Amount) As of December 2009
(Total values may differ because they are rounded off to the nearest integer.)
  December 2009 Accumulated total from January to December 2009
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) 244,111 29,309 122% 117% 2,522,710 326,627 78% 70%
Total of primary batteries 107,974 2,085 100% 96% 1,145,964 23,167 72% 68%
Zinc carbon 475 12 2% 3% 11,652 291 3% 5%
Alkaline 14,489 245 242% 157% 250,207 4,327 171% 179%
Zinc silver oxide 46,581 476 137% 119% 423,930 4,742 90% 79%
Lithium 44,449 1,281 108% 106% 438,551 13,152 78% 70%
Zinc air 1,620 24 103% 116% 17,799 265 90% 81%
Others 359 47 262% 1100% 3,824 390 74% 191%
Total of secondary batteries 136,137 27,224 150% 118% 1,376,746 303,460 84% 70%
Lead-acid 158 616 98% 84% 1,451 6,582 62% 58%
Nickel cadmium 11,498 1,034 112% 89% 119,869 11,304 62% 50%
Nickel iron 0 0 - - 25 4 13% 16%
Nickel metal-hydride 12,358 4,151 88% 103% 149,725 40,534 76% 74%
Lithium ion 102,558 19,907 169% 132% 1,005,156 218,389 87% 69%
Others 9,565 1,516 165% 77% 100,519 26,647 101% 85%
Total of all batteries (imported) 111,321 6,660 99% 93% 1,030,582 74,941 103% 78%
Total of primary batteries 105,623 1,249 99% 90% 957,513 13,121 107% 95%
Zinc carbon 27,944 306 48% 52% 260,484 2,878 51% 47%
Alkaline 63,514 649 160% 120% 586,775 6,487 216% 189%
Zinc silver oxide 460 7 55% 65% 5,335 103 103% 109%
Lithium 8,531 172 112% 91% 72,463 2,701 88% 90%
Zinc air 2,536 46 1159% 400% 11,993 379 154% 134%
Others 2,637 69 420% 151% 20,463 573 118% 64%
Total of secondary batteries 5,698 5,411 91% 93% 73,069 61,820 67% 75%
Lead-acid 552 1,744 82% 81% 6,897 20,583 89% 69%
Nickel cadmium 847 224 82% 61% 10,422 2,854 74% 66%
Nickel iron 2 1 - - 61 13 33% 29%
Others 4,297 3,443 94% 105% 55,689 38,370 64% 80%