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Who buys Japan’s medical instruments? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $7.4 billion of medical instruments (84 thousand tonnes), 4.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (28%), China (13%) and Germany (9%). Japan was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$7.4billion
Tonnes
84thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.3%
World rank
7th
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 States2.1Tonnes: 28,327USD per tonne: $74,67628.5%Air
China0.94Tonnes: 3,967USD per tonne: $235,96812.6%Air
Germany0.67Tonnes: 3,037USD per tonne: $221,0029%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.3Tonnes: 1,510USD per tonne: $195,8314%Air
South Korea0.24Tonnes: 1,761USD per tonne: $138,4973.3%Air
France0.23Tonnes: 2,203USD per tonne: $104,4793.1%Air
Belgium re-exports0.23Tonnes: 1,451USD per tonne: $157,2773.1%Air
United Kingdom0.21Tonnes: 624USD per tonne: $329,0622.8%Air
Vietnam0.18Tonnes: 1,216USD per tonne: $149,3592.4%Air
India0.18Tonnes: 2,634USD per tonne: $68,0672.4%Air
Canada0.13Tonnes: 593USD per tonne: $220,7411.8%Air
Singapore re-exports0.12Tonnes: 16,288USD per tonne: $7,4771.6%Sea
Australia0.11Tonnes: 623USD per tonne: $183,8701.5%Air
Taiwan0.1Tonnes: 716USD per tonne: $146,4161.4%Air
Brazil0.1Tonnes: 951USD per tonne: $104,4161.3%Air
Mexico0.1Tonnes: 2,406USD per tonne: $40,0921.3%Air
Malaysia0.1Tonnes: 1,944USD per tonne: $49,3001.3%Air
Hong Kong re-exports0.08Tonnes: 206USD per tonne: $387,1361.1%Air
Czechia0.08Tonnes: 179USD per tonne: $433,8681%Air
Thailand0.08Tonnes: 751USD per tonne: $103,0101%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 2.1
  • China 0.94
  • Germany 0.67
  • Netherlands 0.3
  • South Korea 0.24

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.732.1
China0.070.94
Germany0.410.67
Netherlands0.050.3
South Korea0.110.24

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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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