Understand the degree of the contributions of the countries, regions and items that contributed to variations in the volume of Japan's exports and imports
Goal
To be able to understand the degree of the contributions of the countries, regions and items that contributed to variations in the volume of exports and the volume of imports.
Setting
You are reading the part of a White Paper on International Economy and Trade where the trends in Japan's trading activities are described. Read a passage about trends in trading activities categorized by item and understand the countries, regions and items that contributed to variations in the volume of exports and the volume of imports, and the degree of the contributions of those items.
- Skill 1
- Find expressions such as 輸出に関しては (regarding exports) and 輸入については (regarding imports)
- Skill 2
- Understand the trading partner countries/regions and items that contributed to variations in the volume of exports from expressions such as 向け (to) and 輸送用機器 (transportation equipment)
- Skill 3
- Understand the trading partner countries/regions and items that contributed to variations in the volume of imports from expressions such as からの (from) and 鉱物性燃料 (mineral fuels)
- Skill 4
- Understand whether a contribution is positive or negative
- Skill 5
- Understand the degree of the contributions of the countries, regions and items that contributed to variations in the volume of exports and the volume of imports