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Where does Japan get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $8.5 billion of electric cables (407 thousand tonnes), 5% of the world total. Its main sources were Vietnam (29%), China (25%) and the Philippines (17%). Japan was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$8.5billion
Tonnes
407thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5%
World rank
3rd
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
Vietnam2.5Tonnes: 113,492USD per tonne: $21,78429.2%Sea
China2.1Tonnes: 96,746USD per tonne: $21,68024.8%Sea
Philippines1.4Tonnes: 68,098USD per tonne: $21,10217%Sea
Indonesia0.91Tonnes: 49,543USD per tonne: $18,37810.8%Sea
Thailand0.5Tonnes: 29,285USD per tonne: $17,0995.9%Sea
Cambodia0.19Tonnes: 8,592USD per tonne: $21,9972.2%Sea
United States0.17Tonnes: 1,008USD per tonne: $170,3742%Air
South Korea0.15Tonnes: 15,614USD per tonne: $9,7511.8%Sea
Malaysia0.12Tonnes: 10,923USD per tonne: $11,0311.4%Sea
Taiwan0.11Tonnes: 7,169USD per tonne: $15,9271.4%Sea
Germany0.06Tonnes: 881USD per tonne: $62,5530.65%Air
India0.05Tonnes: 1,536USD per tonne: $29,8220.55%Sea
Mexico0.04Tonnes: 576USD per tonne: $73,8780.5%Air
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 224USD per tonne: $109,8170.29%Air
Laos0.02Tonnes: 1,184USD per tonne: $14,4370.2%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.02Tonnes: 389USD per tonne: $40,4360.19%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 89USD per tonne: $110,5510.12%Air
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: 168USD per tonne: $57,1080.11%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 307USD per tonne: $30,9330.11%Sea
Poland0.01Tonnes: 122USD per tonne: $77,6450.11%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Vietnam has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Vietnam 2.5
  • China 2.1
  • Philippines 1.4
  • Indonesia 0.91
  • Thailand 0.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Vietnam< 0.012.5
China0.212.1
Philippines0.211.4
Indonesia0.030.91
Thailand0.070.5

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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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