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About

China-Japan Trade: In 2022, China exported $178B to Japan. The main products that China exported to Japan were Broadcasting Equipment ($15B), Computers ($10.4B), and Office Machine Parts ($3.78B). Over the past 5 years the exports of China to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 4.26%, from $144B in 2017 to $178B in 2022.

In 2022, China did not export any services to Japan.

Japan-China Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $135B to China. The main products that Japan exported to China were Machinery Having Individual Functions ($13.1B), Integrated Circuits ($8.33B), and Cars ($7.71B). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to China have increased at an annualized rate of 1.08%,  from $128B in 2017 to $135B in 2022.

In 2009, Japan exported services to China worth $16.3B, with Services not allocated ($8.13B), Transportation ($3.44B), and Travel ($2.61B) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  China ranked 22 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.12), and 1 in total exports ($3.73T). That same year, Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07), and 4 in total exports ($728B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, China exported $178B to Japan. The main products exported from China to Japan were Broadcasting Equipment ($15B), Computers ($10.4B), and Office Machine Parts ($3.78B). During the last 5 years the exports of China to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 4.26%, from $144B in 2017 to $178B in 2022.

In 2017, Japan exported $135B to China. The main products exported from Japan to China were Machinery Having Individual Functions ($13.1B), Integrated Circuits ($8.33B), and Cars ($7.71B). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to China have increased at an annualized rate of 1.08%, from $128B in 2022 to $135B in 2017.

Exports from China (Flag) to Japan (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Japan (Flag) to China (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
China
Top Destination
United States$551B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B

This map shows whether countries import more from China or Japan. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from China and Japan or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from China than Japan included United States ($551B), Hong Kong ($276B), and Germany ($152B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Japan than China included Guam ($147M), Gibraltar ($119M), and Northern Mariana Islands ($31.1M).

Difference in imports from Japan (Flag) and China (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage China - Japan

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between China and Japan by product, considering products traded by both, China and Japan.

During 2022, China had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Machines ($77.2B), Textiles ($19.6B), and Chemical Products ($13.2B).

During 2017, Japan had a large net trade with China in the exports of Machines ($59.2B), Chemical Products ($17.2B), and Metals ($14B).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential China Japan+$2.31BTelephones
Top Product Potential Japan China+$3BCars

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of China and Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of China indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over China.

Product Space of China (Flag) and Japan (Flag) (2022)

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