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This is to announce that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has finalized the International ICT Competitiveness Index FY 2011 Edition, which is the fourth such index since its collation began in 2008 with the aim of contributing to strengthening the position of Japan's ICT industry in terms of international competitiveness.
1. Configuration of the ICT Competitiveness Index
The International ICT Competitiveness Index FY 2011 Edition applies all kinds of investigation companies' actual results and values from 2010 (or from 2009 where these were difficult to obtain) to clarify the international competitiveness of Japan's ICT industry showing with numerical values (1) the “market share” of Japanese companies for each product and service item from the perspective of Japanese companies' competitiveness in the global market (corporate competitiveness) and (2) the “export value share” of Japan for each product from the perspective of the country's competitiveness in corporate location (export competitiveness).
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Market share: |
The global market sales share accounted for by Japanese companies is calculated according to “services,” “terminals and machines,” and “devices” (37 items across 8 fields) (this also includes sales from Japanese corporations outside of Japan). |
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Export value share: |
The worldwide export value share accounted for by Japan is calculated according to “terminals and machines” and “devices” (20 items across 7 fields) (this includes exports from Japan by multinational corporations). (Service-related items are not included as this Index focuses on traded goods.) |
2. Outline of results
(1) Overall movement (market share, export value share) (from FY 2008 Edition to FY 2011 Edition)
There has been no significant change in market share recently (North America: just under 50%, Europe: just under 20%, Japan/Asia-Pacific region: just over 10% each, other: just under 10%).
On the other hand, in terms of export value share the Asia-Pacific region continues to increase year-on-year, while to the same extent the share of Japan, North America and Europe is decreasing (in the FY 2011 Edition, export value share is as follows: Asia-Pacific region: just over 70%, North America and Europe: just under 10% each, Japan and other: around 5% each).
There has been no significant change the market share of each region, but the year-on-year increase in the export value share of the Asia-Pacific region (Japan, North America and Europe are decreasing and there is little change in other regions (South America, Africa, etc.) indicates that corporations in each region will maintain their global share while production bases shift from their own regions mainly to the Asia-Pacific region.
(2) Corporate competitiveness (market share)
In comparison with 2008, Japanese companies' market share increased and decreased in approximately the same numbers of items. In general, however, many “service” items show slight increases in share even though market share in that area is not great, while many “terminals and machines” and “devices” items show decreases in share even though market share in these areas is great.
・ Items in which Japanese corporate competitiveness is strong (share of at least 25%) cover 10 of the 37 items and are concentrated around “terminals and machines” and “devices.”
E.g.: DVD/Blu-ray recorders (80.3%), copiers (65.4%), optoelectronics* (53.1%), etc.
*Optical devices such as LED, solar modules, etc.
・ Items in which Japanese corporate competitiveness is weak (share of 5% or less) cover 9 items spread across “services,” “terminals and machines” and “devices.”
・ Japanese companies have preserved or increased their market share of 13 of the 20 items for which the worldwide market scale has increased, and companies from North America and Europe account for a high share in many of these items. On the other hand, Japanese companies have lost significant market share (▲5.0 points or above in comparison with 2008) in five items, while companies mainly from the Asia-Pacific region have increased their share in these items.
Example of preservation: System development (Japan: 13.3%→15.0%, North America/Europe total: 74.1%→68.5%)
Example of significant decrease: Notebook computers (Japan: 23.8%→16.9%, Asia-Pacific region: 29.7%→39.5%)
(3) Export competitiveness (export value share)
In comparison with 2008, only a few “terminals and machines” and “devices” items show increases in share, and the scale of these increases is likewise extremely small. Most items show a decrease in share, and the scale of these decreases is larger than the scale of increases.
・ Items in which Japan's export competitiveness is strong (share of at least 10%) cover only 3 of the 20 items, including “digital cameras” (27.2%) and “discrete semiconductors”* (11.8%), all of which show a year-on-year decrease.
*Mono-functional semiconductor devices such as transistors, condensers, etc.
・ Items in which Japan's export competitiveness is weak (share of 5% or less) cover 14 (70%) of the 20 items.
・ Of the 17 items for which the gross worldwide export value has increased, Japan has preserved a certain export value share (around 10%) in only two items: “printers” (9.0%) and “other semiconductor devices” (9.0%). On the other hand, Japan lost significant export value share (▲5.0 or above in comparison with 2008) in five items, while the Asia-Pacific region increased its share in these items.
Example of preservation: Printers (Japan: 11.1%→9.0%, Asia-Pacific region: 54.9%→63.4%)
Example of significant decrease: Mobile infrastructure* (Japan: 7.2%→1.1%, Asia-Pacific region 41.4%→77.3%)
*Bases stations for mobile communications.
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