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Where does Japan get its pork? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $4.1 billion of pork (995 thousand tonnes), 11.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Canada (25%), the United States (24%) and Spain (17%). Japan was the world’s largest importer of pork.

Summary

Value
$4.1billion
Tonnes
995thousand tonnes
Share of world total
11.3%
World rank
1st
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
Canada1Tonnes: 247,914USD per tonne: $4,12424.7%Sea
United States1Tonnes: 229,482USD per tonne: $4,35324.1%Sea
Spain0.69Tonnes: 172,030USD per tonne: $4,03716.8%Sea
Mexico0.49Tonnes: 113,628USD per tonne: $4,33611.9%Sea
Brazil0.29Tonnes: 84,896USD per tonne: $3,4327%Sea
Denmark0.26Tonnes: 57,595USD per tonne: $4,4376.2%Sea
Chile0.17Tonnes: 41,543USD per tonne: $4,1094.1%Sea
France0.09Tonnes: 19,338USD per tonne: $4,5232.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.08Tonnes: 16,137USD per tonne: $4,7011.8%Sea
Ireland0.03Tonnes: 6,356USD per tonne: $4,4110.68%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 1,493USD per tonne: $4,2990.16%Sea
Austria0.01Tonnes: 2,516USD per tonne: $2,4240.15%Sea
Finland0.01Tonnes: 1,793USD per tonne: $3,3740.15%Sea
Portugal< 0.01Tonnes: 514USD per tonne: $4,2220.05%Sea
Australia< 0.01Tonnes: 162USD per tonne: $5,9740.02%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 47USD per tonne: $4,6150.01%Sea
Panama< 0.01Tonnes: 26USD per tonne: $5,0580%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $4,3790%Sea
Ukraine< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $8,6990%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $270,0000%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Canada 1
  • United States 1
  • Spain 0.69
  • Mexico 0.49
  • Brazil 0.29

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.191
United States0.591
Spain00.69
Mexico0.040.49
Brazil< 0.010.29

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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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