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Who buys Japan’s auto parts? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $27 billion of auto parts (2.3 million tonnes), 6.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (28%), China (11%) and Thailand (8%). Japan was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of auto parts.

Summary

Value
$27billion
Tonnes
2.3million tonnes
Share of world total
6.1%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States7.4Tonnes: 525,503USD per tonne: $14,16327.6%Sea
China3.1Tonnes: 217,003USD per tonne: $14,17411.4%Sea
Thailand2.1Tonnes: 194,463USD per tonne: $10,7487.7%Sea
Mexico1.9Tonnes: 131,552USD per tonne: $14,1646.9%Sea
Indonesia1.2Tonnes: 96,099USD per tonne: $12,3804.4%Sea
India1.1Tonnes: 115,032USD per tonne: $9,4424%Sea
Brazil1Tonnes: 81,601USD per tonne: $12,3133.7%Sea
Canada1Tonnes: 66,445USD per tonne: $14,9913.7%Sea
Malaysia0.66Tonnes: 80,372USD per tonne: $8,2392.5%Sea
Germany0.46Tonnes: 48,753USD per tonne: $9,4631.7%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.46Tonnes: 130,119USD per tonne: $3,5361.7%Sea
Taiwan0.46Tonnes: 37,454USD per tonne: $12,2731.7%Sea
United Kingdom0.46Tonnes: 31,409USD per tonne: $14,4971.7%Sea
Sweden0.39Tonnes: 28,188USD per tonne: $13,7901.4%Sea
Argentina0.39Tonnes: 26,222USD per tonne: $14,7281.4%Sea
Turkey0.38Tonnes: 23,880USD per tonne: $15,9231.4%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.32Tonnes: 14,033USD per tonne: $22,7581.2%Sea
Vietnam0.29Tonnes: 38,718USD per tonne: $7,4321.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.27Tonnes: 22,928USD per tonne: $11,9031%Sea
South Korea0.27Tonnes: 19,811USD per tonne: $13,6701%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2021

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 7.4
  • China 3.1
  • Thailand 2.1
  • Mexico 1.9
  • Indonesia 1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States7.57.4
China0.223.1
Thailand1.52.1
Mexico0.21.9
Indonesia1.61.2

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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