CASE STUDIES ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

TASK 1: WW PG 192-93 INDICATRS FOR JAPAN

AND KENYA

INDICATOR
GNP per
capita
Energy
consumption

Main sector
of
employment

KENYA (LEDC)
GNP per capita
US$ 280
0.11 tonnes of
coal equivalent
per person per
year
1976 calories
per person per
day
Primary (80%):
Most people
engaged in
farming, which
is labour
intensive and
often at a
subsistence
level. Smaller
numbers are
employed in
mining,
forestry and

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JAPAN (MEDC)
GNP per capita
US$ 39 640
4.74 tonnes of
coal equivalent
per person per
year
2932 calories
per person per
day
Tertiary (59%):
mainly due to
its wealth.
Examples :
health,
education,
commerce,
transport and
recreation

fishing.
24%

Urban
population
Adult literacy 80% males,
57% females
Birth rate
34
Death rate
14
HDI
0.514

78%
99% males,
98% females
9
8
0.928

TASK 2: PG 194-95
A.TRADE IN JAPAN
1. MAIN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS:
MAIN EXPORTS:

Electronic machinery
General machinery
Cars
Chemicals
Precision instruments
Iron and steel
Ships
Textiles

MAIN IMPORTS:

Machinery and equipment

Food stuffs (Fish, fruit, vegetables, cereals and beverages)
Crude oil
Chemicals
Textiles
Metals
Timber
Metal ore

2. Why is Japan able to produce many high quality products for

exports?

Working long hours

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Introducing modern machinery

Developing high levels of technology

3. 4 major trading partners of japan

China
US
South Korea
Taiwan

4. Does Japan have a trade deficit or surplus? Two reasons why?

It has a trade surplus (worlds largest trade surplus since 1983). This trade
surplus is due to Japan:

Reducing its previously high energy bill by changing from expensive

imports of oil to the more controversial use of nuclear power
Importing relatively cheap raw materials( often from poorer,
developing countries) and importing expensive processed
goods( usually to richer developed countries)

5. Japans main trading port:

Port of Nagoya

B. TRADE IN KENYA:
1. MAIN EXPORTS AND MAIN IMPORTS:
MAIN EXPORTS:

Tea
Coffee
Petroleum products
Food and vegetables (pineapples, fresh flowers, peas and
beans)
Hides and Skin
Soda ash
Sisal
Pyrethrum
Cement

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MAIN IMPORTS:

Machinery
Crude oil
Cars/vehicles
Iron and steel
Plastic
Fertiliser
Pharmaceuticals
Paper
Farm machinery
Wheat

2. Why does Kenya import a lot of manufactured goods?

Kenya has little formal industry

Food stuffs and raw materials are low in value and do not earn
the country much money

3. Does Kenya have a trade surplus or deficit? Give two

reasons why?
Kenya has a food deficit because the country is not making enough
money on exports e.g. Of raw materials and food stuffs, (some of
their main exports) and is spending more on imports e.g. of
manufactured goods which are all expensive to buy.
4. 4 major trading partners of Kenya:

Uganda
Netherlands
Tanzania
US

5. Kenyas main trading port :

Mombasa port
TASK 3: 4 leading traders in the world in order of
importance:
1.
2.
3.
4.

China
US
Germany
Japan

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