Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation Institute of International Trade in Services

III. International Experience of Statistics on Trade in Services

(iii) Practices of Japan's statistics on trade in services The practices of Japan's service trade statistics
2. FATS statistics: mainly rely on the survey of business activities.

• Japan's FATS statistics mainly from: survey on overseas business activities (outward-oriented survey) and trend survey on foreign subsidiaries’ business activities (inward-oriented survey), both of which are conducted by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) once a year by means of questionnaires.
• Survey on Japan's overseas business activities: provide the actual situation of Japanese companies' overseas business activities.
• Trend survey on foreign subsidiaries' business activities (inward-oriented survey) includes company overview, operating conditions, employment status, company functions and types, etc.

Data source of Japan's statistics on trade in services

Category	Source data
	Credit	Debt
Marine transportation	ITS, ITRS	ITS, ITRS, trade statistics and other sources
Air transportation	ITS, ITRS	ITS, ITRS, trade statistics and other sources
Other transportation	ITRS	ITRS
Travel	Border survey, AS, ITRS and other sources	Household survey, AS, ITRS and other sources
Processing service	ITRS	ITRS, written notice survey
Repair and maintenance service	ITRS, ITS	ITRS, ITS
Building	ITRS	ITRS
Insurance and pension services	ITRS, survey on freight insurance and other sources	ITRS, survey on freight insurance, trade statistics and other sources
Financial services	ITRS	ITRS
Charges for intellectual property	ITRS	ITRS
Communication, computer and information services	ITRS	ITRS
Other business services	ITRS	ITRS
Government services and goods n.i.e.	ITRS, AS, ITS	ITRS, AS, ITS

* Note: ITRS: International Transactions Reporting System; ITS: International Transportation Survey; AS: administrative source.