3.) United States Export Problems

After March 11, 2011, many of the United States companies who regularly export their goods to Japan, may have more trouble doing so than originally thought, or at a greater cost.  A slowdown in the growth of Japan is predicted and is going to reduce the number of ships we can send there.  Premiums that are required by ship owners to enter Japanese ports are now costing more. 

          The United States companies that rely on Japan for key components to their goods such as electronic parts, batteries, and transmissions for vehicles will not be able to export their finished products as easily.  If we cannot import the proper components to finish the products for export, the American companies are going to have to start mass producing the components, which will cost more money and more time for the companies.  Either way, the companies are losing precious time and money that before the disaster, would have been easily accessible.  The United States is going to lose more money because we depend so much upon Japanese companies here in America. 

          Out of the cars in this graph, Nissan, Kia, and Toyota are manufactured in Japan, along with many other car companies.  Chevrolet and Ford however, are both made in the United States, but GMC imports parts from Japan.

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  Nanto, Dick K., William H. Cooper, Renee Johnson, and Michael J. Donnelly. "Japan's 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami Economic Effects and Implications for the United States." SIRS Researcher. Web.