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Japan's technology trade balance has been rising,while that for the United States has been falling,with the result that the Statistics Bureau's statistics for2001show Japan in the No.2ranking.The Balance of Payments statistics,meanwhile,continue to show an excess of imports.Even here,however,the trade balance is improving and showing signs of rolling over to an excess of exports at any moment (Figure2-3-16) .Elsewhere,France and the U.K.have moved into an excess of exports while Germany continues to show an excess of imports.
For the technology trade balance between major selected countries,the United States shows an increasingly strong excess of exports.In Japan,the Balance of Payments statistics and the Statistics Bureau's statistics reveal conflicting trends,with the former showing an excess of imports trend and the latter showing an excess of exports trend (Table2-3-17) .
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