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Where does Japan get its solar panels and cells? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $1.8 billion of solar panels and cells (366 thousand tonnes), 2.3% of the world total. China sold 61% of the total, followed by the Philippines (11%) and Taiwan (7%). Japan was the world’s 11th-largest importer of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
366thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.3%
World rank
11th
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
China1.1Tonnes: 304,805USD per tonne: $3,64960.8%Sea
Philippines0.2Tonnes: 47,571USD per tonne: $4,11910.7%Sea
Taiwan0.13Tonnes: 7,798USD per tonne: $17,2397.4%Sea
Malaysia0.1Tonnes: 443USD per tonne: $230,2375.6%Air
Thailand0.06Tonnes: 29USD per tonne: $1,958,1453.1%Air
Italy0.06Tonnes: 51USD per tonne: $1,091,5993.1%Air
Vietnam0.05Tonnes: 139USD per tonne: $354,3282.7%Air
United States0.02Tonnes: 1,349USD per tonne: $17,2471.3%Sea
South Korea0.02Tonnes: 420USD per tonne: $54,9351.3%Air
Germany0.02Tonnes: 1,597USD per tonne: $13,7151.2%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 55USD per tonne: $351,6231.1%Air
Indonesia0.01Tonnes: 142USD per tonne: $91,0920.71%Air
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 228USD per tonne: $15,7310.2%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 810USD per tonne: $3,6310.16%Sea
Israel< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $978,6200.13%Air
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $2,745,1110.11%Air
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $145,7930.09%Air
Russia< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.08%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $447,5380.07%Air
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 70USD per tonne: $17,9490.07%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2004

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

  • China 1.1
  • Philippines 0.2
  • Taiwan 0.13
  • Malaysia 0.1
  • Thailand 0.06

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.1
Philippines< 0.010.2
Taiwan0.030.13
Malaysia0.020.1
Thailand0.020.06

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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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