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Where does Japan get its auto parts? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $8.3 billion of auto parts (902 thousand tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. Its main sources were China (46%), Thailand (11%) and Vietnam (6%). Japan was the world’s 14th-largest importer of auto parts.

Summary

Value
$8.3billion
Tonnes
902thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
14th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China3.8Tonnes: 514,425USD per tonne: $7,46846.5%Sea
Thailand0.93Tonnes: 80,819USD per tonne: $11,48511.2%Sea
Vietnam0.52Tonnes: 37,919USD per tonne: $13,7036.3%Sea
Germany0.44Tonnes: 19,466USD per tonne: $22,5905.3%Sea
South Korea0.4Tonnes: 72,179USD per tonne: $5,5224.8%Sea
United States0.37Tonnes: 18,477USD per tonne: $19,7924.4%Sea
Indonesia0.32Tonnes: 54,523USD per tonne: $5,9333.9%Sea
Taiwan0.22Tonnes: 15,037USD per tonne: $14,3842.6%Sea
Mexico0.19Tonnes: 11,431USD per tonne: $16,5112.3%Sea
India0.17Tonnes: 21,039USD per tonne: $7,9082%Sea
Hungary0.13Tonnes: 7,124USD per tonne: $17,6421.5%Sea
Philippines0.11Tonnes: 8,753USD per tonne: $12,3621.3%Sea
Spain0.1Tonnes: 5,074USD per tonne: $20,0711.2%Sea
Italy0.08Tonnes: 3,334USD per tonne: $25,4611%Sea
Sweden0.08Tonnes: 7,906USD per tonne: $9,6840.93%Sea
United Kingdom0.05Tonnes: 1,932USD per tonne: $27,5080.64%Air
France0.05Tonnes: 3,288USD per tonne: $14,8500.59%Sea
Poland0.04Tonnes: 3,101USD per tonne: $12,2340.46%Sea
Malaysia0.03Tonnes: 3,624USD per tonne: $9,2210.4%Sea
Czechia0.03Tonnes: 918USD per tonne: $30,7630.34%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2002

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

  • China 3.8
  • Thailand 0.93
  • Vietnam 0.52
  • Germany 0.44
  • South Korea 0.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.063.8
Thailand0.020.93
Vietnam00.52
Germany0.210.44
South Korea0.070.4

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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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