Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Japan
Japan
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
5 048 690 40 255 3.3 6 898 17.1
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
5 4 10 7
Imports
4 4 7 5
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 641 319 635 460 2020 3.64
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 -2 -1
2019 -4 -4
2020 -9 -12 2020 3.56
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 1.6
Fuels and mining products: 4.4
Agricultural products: 11.5
Fuels and mining products: 28
Manufactures: 86.6
Other: 7.3
Manufactures: 58.8
Other: 1.7
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
China: 22 European Union: 9.2 Chinese Taipei: 6.9
United States of America: 18.5 Korea, Republic of: 7 Other: 36.3
China: 25.8 United States of America: 11.3 Chinese Taipei: 4.2
European Union: 11.4 Australia: 5.6 Other: 41.7
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2106 HS2103 HS2208 HS1905 HS2202
2020 . 1 207 450 376 341 320
Other food preparations Sauces and preparations therefor Alcohol of less than 80% volume Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Waters containing added sugar
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS0203 HS1005 HS1602 HS2403 HS2402
2020
Swine meat, fresh, chilled, frozen Maize (corn) Other prepared or preserved meat Other manufactured tobacco Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos
4 450 3 293 3 051 3 013 2 240
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS2106
HS0203
HS2103
HS1005
HS2208
HS1602
HS1905
HS2403
HS2202
HS2402
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 6 205 58 371
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 6 1
2019 5 1
2020 14 -3
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS8703 HS8542 HS8708 HS8479 HS9010
2020
Motor cars for transport of persons Electronic integrated circuits Parts for motor vehicles 8701-8075 Machines with individual functions Photographic laboratories apparatus
80 962 29 031 27 058 19 953 12 198
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2709 HS2711 HS8525 HS8471 HS8542
2020
Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum gases Radio-telephony transmission tools Automatic data-processing machines Electronic integrated circuits
43 495 34 088 25 007 22 483 18 875
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
186
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS8703
HS2709
HS8542
HS2711
HS8708
HS8525
HS8479
HS8471
HS9010
HS8542
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 594 014 566 131
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 -2 -1
2019 -5 -4
2020 -9 -13
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Japan TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
156 351 182 711 2020 3.18
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
7 1
-23 -11
2 1
2020 3.98
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 13.3 Other commercial services: 78.3
Travel: 6.8 Goods-related services: 1.6
Transport: 15.3 Other commercial services: 76
By main destination, % (2019)
Travel: 3 Goods-related services: 5.7
By main origin, % (2019)
United States of America: 21.6 China: 14.1 Hong Kong, China: 4.2
European Union (28): 18.9 Singapore: 6.5 Other: 34.6
United States of America: 30.5 Singapore: 6.8 Korea, Republic of: 3.5
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
European Union (28): 23.3 China: 5.8 Other: 30.1
Annual percentage change
2018 134 547 222 255
2010-2018 6 23
2017 -17 13
2018 43 9
Transport Japan
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 20 840 28 031
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
Value
Share (%)
16 755 3 902 182
80.4 18.7 0.9
2010-2020 -7 -5
Annual percentage change 2019 -10 -11
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020 -20 -18
Value
Share (%)
23 505 4 221 306
83.9 15.1 1.1
Travel Japan
400
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
300 200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 10 597 5 445
2010-2020 -2 -15
Annual percentage change 2019 9 5
2020 -77 -74
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 12.8 16.3
35.0
35.9
Other business services Intellectual property
Million US$
Value
2020
Other commercial services Exports 122 406 Imports 138 890
Financial services
Annual percentage change
5 6
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
2010-2020
2010-2020
2 507 10 346
15 2
2019
2020
10 5
-5 0
2019
2020
13 -1
23 -2
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
245 372
Non-residents
62 597
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
307 969
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
148 914
Non-residents
39 460
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
188 374
Residents
22 857
Non-residents
8 094
Total
30 951
187