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Where does Japan get its refined petroleum products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $17.8 billion of refined petroleum products (24.7 million tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. Its main sources were South Korea (34%), the United Arab Emirates (19%) and Kuwait (13%). Japan was the world’s 14th-largest importer of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$17.8billion
Tonnes
24.7million tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
14th
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
South Korea6Tonnes: 8,191,938USD per tonne: $73533.8%Sea
United Arab Emirates3.5Tonnes: 4,941,454USD per tonne: $70119.4%Sea
Kuwait2.3Tonnes: 3,336,791USD per tonne: $68812.9%Sea
Qatar2Tonnes: 2,800,005USD per tonne: $71511.2%Sea
China0.85Tonnes: 1,163,765USD per tonne: $7284.8%Sea
United States0.71Tonnes: 963,449USD per tonne: $7424%Sea
Peru0.65Tonnes: 1,026,209USD per tonne: $6323.6%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.34Tonnes: 344,887USD per tonne: $1,0001.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.33Tonnes: 486,825USD per tonne: $6801.9%Sea
Bahrain0.22Tonnes: 333,459USD per tonne: $6671.3%Sea
Australia0.16Tonnes: 222,425USD per tonne: $7070.88%Sea
India0.15Tonnes: 218,156USD per tonne: $6960.85%Sea
Malaysia0.14Tonnes: 154,149USD per tonne: $9260.8%Sea
Taiwan0.12Tonnes: 109,253USD per tonne: $1,0670.65%Sea
Oman0.09Tonnes: 122,997USD per tonne: $6920.48%Sea
Thailand0.07Tonnes: 100,069USD per tonne: $7480.42%Sea
Algeria0.06Tonnes: 90,856USD per tonne: $7000.36%Sea
France0.03Tonnes: 12,543USD per tonne: $2,2070.16%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 9,844USD per tonne: $1,7660.1%Sea
Iraq0.02Tonnes: 22,848USD per tonne: $7390.09%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

South Korea has been its main source since 1996

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

  • South Korea 6
  • United Arab Emirates 3.5
  • Kuwait 2.3
  • Qatar 2
  • China 0.85

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea0.776
United Arab Emirates0.463.5
Kuwait0.862.3
Qatar0.082
China0.040.85

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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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