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Where does Japan get its soybeans? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $1.8 billion of soybeans (3.2 million tonnes), 2.3% of the world total. The United States sold 66% of the total, followed by Brazil (18%) and Canada (14%). Japan was the world’s 6th-largest importer of soybeans.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
3.2million tonnes
Share of world total
2.3%
World rank
6th
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 States1.2Tonnes: 2,076,912USD per tonne: $58966.4%Sea
Brazil0.34Tonnes: 742,255USD per tonne: $45518.3%Sea
Canada0.26Tonnes: 337,412USD per tonne: $77514.2%Sea
China0.02Tonnes: 16,667USD per tonne: $1,1331%Sea
Nigeria< 0.01Tonnes: 76USD per tonne: $1,0250%Sea
Paraguay< 0.01Tonnes: 96USD per tonne: $6710%Sea
Laos< 0.01Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $2,5380%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $4,8720%Sea
Ukraine< 0.01Tonnes: 20USD per tonne: $9530%Sea
Vietnam< 0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $3,2030%Sea
Australia< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $1,0310%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $1,0760%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $6430%Sea
Nepal< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $5990%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $4530%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,3750%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4560%Sea
Cambodia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $8,2500%Sea
Indonesia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $6250%Sea
Sri Lanka< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $10,2500%Sea

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 1.2
  • Brazil 0.34
  • Canada 0.26
  • China 0.02
  • Nigeria < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States1.11.2
Brazil0.080.34
Canada0.020.26
China0.070.02
Nigeria0< 0.01

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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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