Japan's changing comparative advantage

Japan's top exports
(three-digit industries)

		1951		2000
ID	Item	Million $US	Export share	Million $US	Export share
	Total exports	$1,348		$479,248
651	Textile yarn and thread	62	4.6%
652	Cotton fabrics	311	23.1%
653	Miscellaneous fabrics	114	8.4%
681	Iron and steel	206	15.2%
699	Miscellaneous manufactures of metal	48	3.5%
759	Office and data processing machines			16,806	3.5%
776	Microcircuits, transistors, valves, etc.			42,454	8.9%
778	Electrical machinery and apparatus, nes			20,232	4.2%
781	Passenger vehicles			56,809	11.9%
784	Motor vehicle parts and accessories			17,445	3.6%
	Total top 5	$740	54.9%	$153,746	32.1%