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Trade between Denmark and Japan

In 2024, Denmark exported $2.2 billion to Japan and imported $543 million. Denmark ran a surplus of $1.7 billion with Japan, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Japan was Denmark’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Denmark was Japan’s 47th (0.2%).

Summary

Denmark → Japan
$2.2billion
Japan → Denmark
$543million
Denmark’s balance
$1.7billion

Balance

Denmark’s trade balance with Japan

Trade between Denmark and Japan fell 11% since 1995

USD billions (current). Denmark’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2.2
  • Imports 0.5
  • Balance +1.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.9 billion$1.1 billion$792 million
1996$1.7 billion$971 million$707 million
1997$1.7 billion$803 million$891 million
1998$1.4 billion$873 million$549 million
1999$1.9 billion$864 million$991 million
2000$2.2 billion$694 million$1.5 billion
2001$2.1 billion$692 million$1.4 billion
2002$2.2 billion$658 million$1.5 billion
2003$2.4 billion$525 million$1.8 billion
2004$2.8 billion$648 million$2.2 billion
2005$2.4 billion$765 million$1.6 billion
2006$2.1 billion$787 million$1.3 billion
2007$2.1 billion$705 million$1.4 billion
2008$2.5 billion$656 million$1.8 billion
2009$2.2 billion$392 million$1.8 billion
2010$2.3 billion$380 million$1.9 billion
2011$2.3 billion$508 million$1.7 billion
2012$2.3 billion$387 million$2 billion
2013$2 billion$335 million$1.7 billion
2014$2.1 billion$380 million$1.7 billion
2015$1.9 billion$362 million$1.5 billion
2016$2.1 billion$393 million$1.7 billion
2017$2.1 billion$445 million$1.7 billion
2018$2.2 billion$533 million$1.6 billion
2019$2.3 billion$424 million$1.9 billion
2020$2.3 billion$403 million$1.9 billion
2021$2.4 billion$468 million$1.9 billion
2022$2.3 billion$533 million$1.8 billion
2023$2.1 billion$545 million$1.6 billion
2024$2.2 billion$543 million$1.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Denmark sells to Japan

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$565 million · 25.7%
    722 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Pork$256 million · 11.6%
    58 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  3. Generating sets$226 million · 10.3%
    13 thousand tonnes
  4. Vaccines, blood and antisera$175 million · 7.9%
    132 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  5. Cheese$83 million · 3.8%
    16 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  6. Prepared meat$53 million · 2.4%
    12 thousand tonnes
  7. Other plastic articles$50 million · 2.3%
    396 tonnes
  8. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$46 million · 2.1%
    94 tonnes
  9. Orthopedic and hearing devices$33 million · 1.5%
    37 tonnes
  10. Plant extracts, pectin and thickeners$28 million · 1.3%
    1 thousand tonnes

What Japan sells to Denmark

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$139 million · 25.6%
    8 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Medical and dental instruments$39 million · 7.2%
    567 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Cargo and cruise ships$20 million · 3.6%
    13 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  4. Enzymes$19 million · 3.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Other plastic sheets$16 million · 3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Nucleic acids and other heterocycles$15 million · 2.7%
  7. Bulldozers and excavators$14 million · 2.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Other inorganic acids and nonmetal oxides$13 million · 2.5%
    48 tonnes
  9. Printed circuit boards$11 million · 2.1%
    3 tonnes
  10. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$10 million · 1.9%
    1 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Aarhus to Yokohama.

The estimated sea route between Aarhus and Yokohama is 15,502 nautical miles (28,710 km) long: ≈ 36–46 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (15,502 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (12,048 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.3 billion · 47.2%
  2. Air$1.5 billion · 52.8%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Japan was Denmark’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Denmark was Japan’s 47th (0.2%).

Japan in Denmark’s trade
1.2%
Japan’s rank among Denmark’s partners
17th
Denmark in Japan’s trade
0.2%
Denmark’s rank among Japan’s partners
47th

Compare with

Other partners of Denmark

Other partners of Japan

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.