Housing Products
TRADE EVENTS
- Japan Home & Building Show in Tokyo (October 23-25, 2013)
(http://www.jma.or.jp/jhbs/en/index.html)
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
(for full report, please access our Market Research Library)
Housing Starts and Imports of Building Products
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) announced Japan's total housing starts for February 2012 at a level of 66,928 units, a 7.5% increase compared to February 2011. Year on year starts of single-family and multi-family dwellings and row houses increased 2.4% to 32,763 units, 13.0% to 28,011 units, and 12.2% to 6,154 units, respectively. Year on year 2x4 and prefabricated housing starts increased by 5.3% to 6,723 units and 5.0% to 9,578 units, respectively. Seasonally adjusted housing starts on an annual basis increased 11.6% to 917,376 units in February 2012, as compared to January 2012.
Total imports of building products to Japan in January 2013 increased 10.0% to 103.7 billion yen (about US$1.10 billion at 94.00 yen/US$), compared to 94.3 billion yen (about US$1.18 billion at 79.82 yen/US$) in January 2012. Imports from the United States increased 16.3% to 7.6 billion yen (US$80.62 million) in January 2013, compared to6.5 billion yen (US$81.66 million) in January 2012.
UPCOMING REPORT
Housing Starts in Japan – March 2013 (late May 2013)
Imports of Building Products to Japan – February 2013 (late May 2013)
USEFUL LINKS
Residential Building Products
- Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) http://www.mlit.go.jp/english/index.html
- Building Center of Japan (BCJ)
http://www.bcj.or.jp/en/index.html - Imported House Industries Organization (Japanese Only) http://www.ihio.or.jp/
- National Association of Home Builders in the United States http://www.nahb.org/
- Evergreen Building Products Association http://www.ep.org/
CS JAPAN CONTACTS
Unit Chief: John Fleming
Residential Building Products: Kazuhisa Takabatake
