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Where does Japan get its medical instruments? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $6.8 billion of medical instruments (86 thousand tonnes), 3.9% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (31%), China (12%) and Mexico (9%). Japan was the world’s 5th-largest importer of medical instruments.

Summary

Value
$6.8billion
Tonnes
86thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.9%
World rank
5th
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
United States2.1Tonnes: 7,657USD per tonne: $270,94930.7%Air
China0.79Tonnes: 17,431USD per tonne: $45,05811.6%Sea
Mexico0.64Tonnes: 2,831USD per tonne: $225,5649.5%Air
Germany0.48Tonnes: 1,918USD per tonne: $248,9137.1%Air
Ireland0.38Tonnes: 1,336USD per tonne: $285,5445.6%Air
Costa Rica0.33Tonnes: 335USD per tonne: $977,2344.8%Air
South Korea0.28Tonnes: 1,611USD per tonne: $174,1704.2%Air
Thailand0.22Tonnes: 18,285USD per tonne: $11,7673.2%Sea
Vietnam0.2Tonnes: 9,502USD per tonne: $21,4603%Sea
Malaysia0.2Tonnes: 10,866USD per tonne: $18,0732.9%Sea
Israel0.15Tonnes: 228USD per tonne: $658,1162.2%Air
Switzerland0.11Tonnes: 266USD per tonne: $413,4881.6%Air
Singapore re-exports0.09Tonnes: 1,412USD per tonne: $67,2641.4%Air
Philippines0.09Tonnes: 3,101USD per tonne: $29,5201.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.09Tonnes: 242USD per tonne: $374,9901.4%Air
Taiwan0.08Tonnes: 2,913USD per tonne: $28,5311.2%Air
United Kingdom0.08Tonnes: 623USD per tonne: $126,6251.2%Air
Dominican Republic0.07Tonnes: 402USD per tonne: $178,9061.1%Air
France0.05Tonnes: 575USD per tonne: $87,8010.75%Air
Canada0.04Tonnes: 131USD per tonne: $343,0360.66%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United States 2.1
  • China 0.79
  • Mexico 0.64
  • Germany 0.48
  • Ireland 0.38

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States1.22.1
China0.020.79
Mexico< 0.010.64
Germany0.230.48
Ireland0.10.38

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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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