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Who buys Japan’s electric cables? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $2.3 billion of electric cables (105 thousand tonnes), 1.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (18%), China (15%) and the Philippines (7%). Japan was the world’s 20th-largest exporter of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$2.3billion
Tonnes
105thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.4%
World rank
20th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States400Tonnes: 11,495USD per tonne: $34,79617.5%Air
China348Tonnes: 13,489USD per tonne: $25,77315.2%Sea
Philippines158Tonnes: 10,349USD per tonne: $15,2936.9%Sea
Vietnam146Tonnes: 8,197USD per tonne: $17,8696.4%Sea
United Arab Emirates123Tonnes: 15,873USD per tonne: $7,7475.4%Sea
Thailand105Tonnes: 6,161USD per tonne: $16,9834.6%Sea
Mexico104Tonnes: 5,692USD per tonne: $18,3134.6%Sea
Morocco81.7Tonnes: 3,199USD per tonne: $25,5403.6%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports74.4Tonnes: 2,351USD per tonne: $31,6593.3%Sea
South Korea71.1Tonnes: 1,087USD per tonne: $65,4163.1%Air
Indonesia64.6Tonnes: 3,061USD per tonne: $21,0982.8%Sea
Taiwan55.3Tonnes: 1,676USD per tonne: $32,9912.4%Air
India50.8Tonnes: 2,859USD per tonne: $17,7622.2%Sea
Malaysia49.9Tonnes: 1,821USD per tonne: $27,4302.2%Sea
Germany43.3Tonnes: 528USD per tonne: $82,0531.9%Air
Turkey43.3Tonnes: 1,415USD per tonne: $30,5891.9%Air
Canada41.9Tonnes: 1,981USD per tonne: $21,1561.8%Sea
United Kingdom38.3Tonnes: 1,298USD per tonne: $29,5321.7%Air
Brazil28.1Tonnes: 795USD per tonne: $35,3261.2%Air
Netherlands re-exports27.9Tonnes: 204USD per tonne: $136,6711.2%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • United States 400
  • China 348
  • Philippines 158
  • Vietnam 146
  • United Arab Emirates 123

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States259400
China188348
Philippines72.6158
Vietnam11.4146
United Arab Emirates9.1123

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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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