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Trade between Finland and Japan

In 2024, Finland exported $1.3 billion to Japan and imported $834 million. Finland ran a surplus of $461 million with Japan, compared with a surplus of $1.1 billion in 2019. Japan was Finland’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Finland was Japan’s 49th (0.1%).

Summary

Finland → Japan
$1.3billion
Japan → Finland
$834million
Finland’s balance
$461million

Balance

Finland’s trade balance with Japan

Trade between Finland and Japan fell 28% since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.3
  • Imports 0.8
  • Balance +0.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.1 billion$1.8 billion-$744 million
1996$1.1 billion$1.5 billion-$347 million
1997$883 million$1.6 billion-$681 million
1998$724 million$1.8 billion-$1.1 billion
1999$759 million$1.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2000$844 million$1.7 billion-$844 million
2001$882 million$1.4 billion-$516 million
2002$1 billion$1.4 billion-$432 million
2003$1.2 billion$1.7 billion-$480 million
2004$1.3 billion$1.8 billion-$516 million
2005$1.2 billion$1.9 billion-$699 million
2006$1.3 billion$2 billion-$636 million
2007$1.6 billion$2.2 billion-$568 million
2008$1.8 billion$1.8 billion-$31 million
2009$1.1 billion$1.2 billion-$52 million
2010$1.5 billion$1.2 billion$308 million
2011$1.6 billion$530 million$1.1 billion
2012$1.4 billion$922 million$485 million
2013$1.4 billion$862 million$538 million
2014$1.5 billion$845 million$669 million
2015$1.4 billion$707 million$668 million
2016$1.4 billion$705 million$658 million
2017$1.6 billion$759 million$866 million
2018$1.9 billion$842 million$1 billion
2019$1.9 billion$781 million$1.1 billion
2020$1.6 billion$760 million$815 million
2021$1.9 billion$886 million$1 billion
2022$2.1 billion$939 million$1.2 billion
2023$1.6 billion$855 million$749 million
2024$1.3 billion$834 million$461 million

What they sell each other

What Finland sells to Japan

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

  1. Sawn wood$196 million · 15.2%
    381 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  2. Wood joinery$123 million · 9.5%
    127 thousand tonnes
  3. Treated paper and cellulose wadding$97 million · 7.5%
    64 thousand tonnes
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$68 million · 5.2%
    37 tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  5. Cars$58 million · 4.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  6. Cobalt$58 million · 4.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  7. Nickel matte$53 million · 4.1%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Chemical wood pulp$51 million · 3.9%
    62 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  9. Sulfates and alums$37 million · 2.9%
    7 thousand tonnes
  10. Other measuring instruments$34 million · 2.7%
    47 tonnes

What Japan sells to Finland

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

  1. Cars$196 million · 23.5%
    11 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$88 million · 10.6%
    268 tonnes
  3. Printers and printing machines$24 million · 2.9%
    299 tonnes
  4. Other industrial machines$23 million · 2.8%
    239 tonnes
  5. Microchips$22 million · 2.6%
    11 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  6. New tires$20 million · 2.4%
    4 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  7. Bulldozers and excavators$19 million · 2.3%
    3 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Medical and dental instruments$19 million · 2.2%
    61 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  9. Trucks$18 million · 2.1%
    1 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  10. Auto parts$15 million · 1.8%
    456 tonnes · Japan’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Helsinki to Yokohama.

The estimated sea route between Helsinki and Yokohama is 16,107 nautical miles (29,830 km) long: ≈ 37.5–48 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Øresund, the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (16,107 nautical miles); and 15% via the Øresund, the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (12,583 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 · 60.9%
  2. Air$833 million · 39.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Japan was Finland’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Finland was Japan’s 49th (0.1%).

Japan in Finland’s trade
1.4%
Japan’s rank among Finland’s partners
16th
Finland in Japan’s trade
0.1%
Finland’s rank among Japan’s partners
49th

Compare with

Other partners of Finland

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.