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Trade between Hungary and Japan

In 2024, Hungary exported $1.2 billion to Japan and imported $1.5 billion. Hungary ran a deficit of $323 million with Japan, compared with a deficit of $713 million in 2019. Japan was Hungary’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Hungary was Japan’s 48th (0.2%).

Summary

Hungary → Japan
$1.2billion
Japan → Hungary
$1.5billion
Hungary’s balance
-$323million

Balance

Hungary’s trade balance with Japan

Trade between Hungary and Japan grew 5.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.2
  • Imports 1.5
  • Balance -0.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$130 million$364 million-$235 million
1996$165 million$395 million-$230 million
1997$271 million$701 million-$430 million
1998$288 million$970 million-$682 million
1999$279 million$1.1 billion-$850 million
2000$417 million$1.6 billion-$1.2 billion
2001$409 million$1.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2002$408 million$1.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2003$462 million$2 billion-$1.5 billion
2004$524 million$1.8 billion-$1.3 billion
2005$535 million$2.2 billion-$1.7 billion
2006$568 million$2.1 billion-$1.5 billion
2007$609 million$2.6 billion-$2 billion
2008$706 million$2.5 billion-$1.8 billion
2009$640 million$2 billion-$1.3 billion
2010$801 million$1.9 billion-$1.1 billion
2011$832 million$1.5 billion-$710 million
2012$822 million$1.2 billion-$391 million
2013$704 million$1.2 billion-$529 million
2014$980 million$1.3 billion-$285 million
2015$1.2 billion$1.3 billion-$85 million
2016$1.2 billion$1.4 billion-$197 million
2017$1.1 billion$1.4 billion-$324 million
2018$1 billion$1.5 billion-$488 million
2019$882 million$1.6 billion-$713 million
2020$1 billion$1.3 billion-$295 million
2021$1.1 billion$1.6 billion-$518 million
2022$1.1 billion$1.5 billion-$322 million
2023$1.2 billion$1.8 billion-$643 million
2024$1.2 billion$1.5 billion-$323 million

What they sell each other

What Hungary sells to Japan

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

  1. Cars$265 million · 22.4%
    17 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  2. Computers$156 million · 13.2%
    473 tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  3. Auto parts$126 million · 10.6%
    7 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  4. Control instruments$29 million · 2.4%
    167 tonnes
  5. Transformers and power supplies$27 million · 2.3%
    415 tonnes
  6. Gauze, bandages and dressings$27 million · 2.3%
    456 tonnes
  7. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$27 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Engine parts$23 million · 1.9%
    639 tonnes
  9. Technical ceramics$22 million · 1.9%
    809 tonnes
  10. Trailers$22 million · 1.9%
    4 thousand tonnes

What Japan sells to Hungary

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

  1. Auto parts$216 million · 14.4%
    15 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Cars$145 million · 9.6%
    9 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Spark-ignition engines$144 million · 9.6%
    10 thousand tonnes
  4. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$99 million · 6.6%
    722 tonnes
  5. Transformers and power supplies$85 million · 5.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Batteries$66 million · 4.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  7. Spark plugs, starters and ignition equipment$35 million · 2.4%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$35 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Other industrial machines$33 million · 2.2%
    808 tonnes
  10. Valves and taps$30 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rijeka (Croatia) to Yokohama.

The estimated sea route between Rijeka (Croatia) and Yokohama is 15,511 nautical miles (28,726 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 Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (15,511 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (9,372 nautical miles).

Hungary is landlocked: it ships through Rijeka (Croatia).

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$1.6 billion · 59.5%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 40.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Japan was Hungary’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Hungary was Japan’s 48th (0.2%).

Japan in Hungary’s trade
0.9%
Japan’s rank among Hungary’s partners
22nd
Hungary in Japan’s trade
0.2%
Hungary’s rank among Japan’s partners
48th

Compare with

Other partners of Hungary

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.