Countries

Japan: trade by HS code

  • US$730.8bnExports 2024
  • US$714.4bnImports 2024
  • 5,388HS6 · Exports

Japan exported goods worth US$730.8bn and imported US$714.4bn in 2024, in 5,388 and 5,444 different six-digit products.

Its largest customer was the United States and its largest supplier China.

Top exports

  1. 8703.23Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cm3 but not exceeding 3000 cm3US$36.1bn
  2. 8703.40Other vehicles, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric powerUS$32.2bn
  3. 8486.20Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuitsUS$19.6bn
  4. 7108.12Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary, other unwrought formsUS$16.3bn
  5. 8703.24Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3000 cm3US$15.7bn
  6. 8542.32Electronic integrated circuits, electronic integrated circuits, memoriesUS$14.7bn
  7. 8542.39Electronic integrated circuits, electronic integrated circuits, otherUS$13.3bn
  8. 8708.40Gear boxes and parts thereofUS$11.8bn
  9. 8443.99Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates: parts and accessories, otherUS$10.3bn
  10. 8703.22Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000 cm3 but not exceeding 1500 cm3US$10.1bn
  11. 8429.52Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructureUS$8.5bn
  12. 8542.31Processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuitsUS$7.5bn
  13. 8703.60Other vehicles, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric powerUS$7.4bn
  14. 8901.90Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goodsUS$7.3bn
  15. 3002.15Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail saleUS$7.2bn
  16. 8703.80Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsionUS$7.1bn
  17. 7403.11Cathodes and sections of cathodesUS$6.6bn
  18. 8486.90Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally: parts and accessoriesUS$5.9bn
  19. 8532.24Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable: other fixed capacitors, ceramic dielectric, multilayerUS$5.9bn
  20. 3004.90Medicaments: otherUS$5.2bn

Top imports

  1. 2709.00Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crudeUS$73.1bn
  2. 2711.11Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gasUS$40.2bn
  3. 2701.12Coal, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated: bituminous coalUS$24.7bn
  4. 8517.13Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones: smartphonesUS$16.9bn
  5. 2603.00Copper ores and concentratesUS$13.5bn
  6. 3004.90Medicaments: otherUS$12.5bn
  7. 8542.39Electronic integrated circuits, electronic integrated circuits, otherUS$10.5bn
  8. 3002.15Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail saleUS$8.9bn
  9. 8471.30Portable automatic data-processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a displayUS$8.5bn
  10. 8542.31Processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuitsUS$8bn
  11. 2601.11Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites: non-agglomeratedUS$7.8bn
  12. 8517.62Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatusUS$6.5bn
  13. 8471.50Processing units other than those of subheading 847141 or 847149, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output unitsUS$6.2bn
  14. 2711.12Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propaneUS$6bn
  15. 8544.30Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or shipsUS$5.4bn
  16. 8802.40Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 15000 kgUS$4bn
  17. 8411.91Of turbojets or turbopropellersUS$3.9bn
  18. 8411.12Of a thrust exceeding 25 kNUS$3.6bn
  19. 1005.90Maize (corn), otherUS$3.6bn
  20. 7113.19Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metalUS$3.1bn

Main buyers from Japan

  1. United States US$140.2bn
  2. China US$122.8bn
  3. Taiwan US$44.4bn
  4. South Korea US$38.2bn
  5. Hong Kong SAR China US$34.8bn
  6. Thailand US$26.6bn
  7. Germany US$19.2bn
  8. Singapore US$18.7bn
  9. India US$18.4bn
  10. Vietnam US$15.4bn

Main suppliers of Japan

  1. China US$160.4bn
  2. United States US$78bn
  3. Australia US$49.6bn
  4. United Arab Emirates US$33.3bn
  5. Saudi Arabia US$29.5bn
  6. Taiwan US$27.3bn
  7. Vietnam US$26.2bn
  8. Thailand US$23.5bn
  9. South Korea US$23.1bn
  10. Indonesia US$21.9bn

Questions and answers

What does Japan export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cm3 but not exceeding 3000 cm3 (HS 8703.23), worth US$36.1bn.