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Where does Japan get its wheat? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $1.7 billion of wheat (5.2 million tonnes), 2.9% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (39%), Canada (39%) and Australia (22%). Japan was the world’s 10th-largest importer of wheat.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
5.2million tonnes
Share of world total
2.9%
World rank
10th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 16 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States649Tonnes: 2,119,457USD per tonne: $30639%Sea
Canada646Tonnes: 2,026,038USD per tonne: $31938.8%Sea
Australia367Tonnes: 1,090,758USD per tonne: $33622%Sea
France2.8Tonnes: 4,622USD per tonne: $6110.17%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.28Tonnes: 200USD per tonne: $1,4080.02%Sea
New Zealand0.05Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $4,9480%Sea
Germany0.04Tonnes: 48USD per tonne: $8950%Sea
Italy0.03Tonnes: 13USD per tonne: $2,2900%Sea
India0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $8470%Sea
Austria0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $1,1980%Sea
Peru< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $1,4020%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 12USD per tonne: $3220%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $14,0510%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $2440%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,1670%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $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 0.65
  • Canada 0.65
  • Australia 0.37
  • France < 0.01
  • Netherlands < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.690.65
Canada0.350.65
Australia0.250.37
France0< 0.01
Netherlands0< 0.01

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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