Country profile
Japan
What Japan exports
HS chapters grouped by section, 2024. Area is share of exports; click a box for the product page.
- Animal products
- Vegetable products
- Fats and oils
- Foodstuffs
- Minerals and fuels
- Chemicals
- Plastics and rubber
- Hides and leather
- Wood
- Paper
- Textiles
- Footwear and headgear
- Stone and glass
- Precious stones and metals
- Metals
- Machines
- Transportation
- Instruments
- Weapons
- Miscellaneous
- Art and antiques
In more detail: 4-digit products
Japan export headings, 2024.
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Exports, imports and balance over time
Annual totals in US$.
Where Japan sells
Exports by partner, 2024.
Top partners
The 19 partners tracked cover 79% of exports.
About these figures
- Partners are recorded by destination for exports.
- Valuation: FOB.
- Reported in JPY; converted to US$ at the ECB annual-average rate.
- Chapters (HS2) for every year; 4-digit headings for 2023, 2024. Sources and licences.
Key figures, 2024
| Product | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | US$150.9 billion | 23.4% |
| Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors | US$125.6 billion | 19.5% |
| Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof | US$99.8 billion | 15.5% |
| Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus | US$36.0 billion | 5.6% |
| Iron and steel | US$27.4 billion | 4.3% |
| Plastics and articles thereof | US$24.6 billion | 3.8% |
| Natural, cultured pearls | US$22.9 billion | 3.6% |
| Copper and articles thereof | US$13.4 billion | 2.1% |
| Organic chemicals | US$13.4 billion | 2.1% |
| Chemical products n.e.c. | US$13.2 billion | 2.1% |
| Product | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation | US$168.5 billion | 23.1% |
| Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof | US$105.8 billion | 14.5% |
| Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors | US$72.9 billion | 10.0% |
| Pharmaceutical products | US$30.4 billion | 4.2% |
| Ores, slag and ash | US$28.4 billion | 3.9% |
| Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus | US$27.3 billion | 3.7% |
| Vehicles | US$23.0 billion | 3.2% |
| Plastics and articles thereof | US$16.0 billion | 2.2% |
| Natural, cultured pearls | US$15.3 billion | 2.1% |
| Organic chemicals | US$14.2 billion | 2.0% |
| Partner | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | US$131.2 billion | 20.4% |
| China | US$116.0 billion | 18.0% |
| Taiwan | US$42.2 billion | 6.5% |
| South Korea | US$41.6 billion | 6.5% |
| Hong Kong | US$28.1 billion | 4.4% |
| India | US$16.3 billion | 2.5% |
| Singapore | US$15.7 billion | 2.4% |
| Vietnam | US$15.7 billion | 2.4% |
| Australia | US$15.6 billion | 2.4% |
| Germany | US$15.0 billion | 2.3% |
| Partner | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | US$164.5 billion | 22.6% |
| United States | US$82.2 billion | 11.3% |
| Australia | US$52.9 billion | 7.3% |
| United Arab Emirates | US$36.8 billion | 5.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | US$29.8 billion | 4.1% |
| South Korea | US$29.3 billion | 4.0% |
| Taiwan | US$28.1 billion | 3.9% |
| Vietnam | US$26.5 billion | 3.6% |
| Germany | US$21.1 billion | 2.9% |
| Canada | US$13.0 billion | 1.8% |
Japan trade: questions and answers
What is Japan's trade balance?
In 2024, Japan exported US$644.2 billion of goods and imported US$729.0 billion, a trade deficit of US$84.8 billion.
What does Japan export?
In 2024, the largest product groups in Japan's exports by HS chapter were Vehicles (23.4%), Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors (19.5%) and Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof (15.5%), out of total exports of US$644.2 billion.
What does Japan import?
In 2024, the largest product groups in Japan's imports by HS chapter were Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation (23.1%), Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof (14.5%) and Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors (10.0%), out of total imports of US$729.0 billion.
Who does Japan trade with most?
Among the economies tracked here, in 2024 Japan's biggest export markets were United States (20.4%), China (18.0%) and Taiwan (6.5%), and its biggest import sources were China (22.6%), United States (11.3%) and Australia (7.3%). Shares are of Japan's total trade in that direction.
Where does the Japan trade data come from?
From Ministry of Finance, Customs and Tariff Bureau (via e-Stat). Values are annual, in US dollars, and products are HS chapters (2 digits) with 4-digit headings for some years. Licence terms and method are on the Sources page.