Japan | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2019

Exports structure from Japan in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 21% (148 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 19.4% (137 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 14.5% (103 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 6.37% (44 billion US$): 99 - Commodities not specified according to kind
• 5.53% (39 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 3.69% (26 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 3.57% (25 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.52% (17.8 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
• 1.98% (14 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 1.95% (13.7 billion US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures

What did Japan export in 2019?

Japan's Top Exports in 2019:

• 13.8% ($98 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 4.63% ($32 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
• 3.93% ($27 billion): 8542 - Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies
• 3.2% ($22 billion): 8486 - Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines & apparatus specified in note 11 (C) to this Chapter
• 1.93% ($13.6 billion): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
• 1.55% ($10.9 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 1.4% ($9.94 billion): 8429 - Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers
• 1.33% ($9.43 billion): 8443 - Printing machinery; used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof
• 1.24% ($8.75 billion): 8479 - Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter

Imports structure to Japan in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 21% (155 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 13.7% (98 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 9.78% (70 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 3.92% (28 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 3.78% (27 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 3.29% (23 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 3.06% (22 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 2.24% (16.1 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.23% (16.1 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
• 1.98% (14.3 billion US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

What did Japan import in 2019?

Japan's Top Imports in 2019:

• 10.1% ($73 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 6.21% ($44 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 3.36% ($24 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 3.21% ($23 billion): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
• 2.56% ($18.5 billion): 8542 - Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies
• 2.39% ($17.2 billion): 8471 - Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
• 2.31% ($16.7 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 1.82% ($13.1 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 1.68% ($12.1 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars