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Trade between Indonesia and Japan

In 2024, Indonesia exported $22.4 billion to Japan and imported $14.2 billion. Indonesia ran a surplus of $8.2 billion with Japan, compared with a surplus of $3.2 billion in 2019. Japan was Indonesia’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Indonesia was Japan’s 12th (2%).

Summary

Indonesia → Japan
$22.4billion
Japan → Indonesia
$14.2billion
Indonesia’s balance
$8.2billion

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with Japan

Trade between Indonesia and Japan grew 55% since 1995

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

  • Exports 22.4
  • Imports 14.2
  • Balance +8.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$13.9 billion$9.7 billion$4.3 billion
1996$14.6 billion$9.3 billion$5.3 billion
1997$14.3 billion$9 billion$5.2 billion
1998$10.7 billion$4.5 billion$6.2 billion
1999$12.6 billion$3.3 billion$9.3 billion
2000$16.2 billion$5.9 billion$10.3 billion
2001$14.4 billion$5.3 billion$9.1 billion
2002$14.4 billion$5 billion$9.5 billion
2003$16.8 billion$5 billion$11.8 billion
2004$18.6 billion$6.7 billion$11.9 billion
2005$21 billion$7.4 billion$13.6 billion
2006$23.7 billion$6.1 billion$17.6 billion
2007$27.4 billion$7.3 billion$20.1 billion
2008$34.8 billion$15.4 billion$19.4 billion
2009$22.9 billion$10.1 billion$12.8 billion
2010$29.4 billion$15.5 billion$13.9 billion
2011$35.4 billion$17.4 billion$18 billion
2012$31.9 billion$20.4 billion$11.5 billion
2013$28.6 billion$17.8 billion$10.7 billion
2014$25.4 billion$15.9 billion$9.5 billion
2015$19.3 billion$12.8 billion$6.5 billion
2016$18.2 billion$12.5 billion$5.7 billion
2017$19.7 billion$14.5 billion$5.2 billion
2018$21.3 billion$17.1 billion$4.2 billion
2019$17.8 billion$14.6 billion$3.2 billion
2020$15.3 billion$10.2 billion$5.1 billion
2021$19.5 billion$13.9 billion$5.6 billion
2022$28.3 billion$16.1 billion$12.2 billion
2023$23.7 billion$15.5 billion$8.3 billion
2024$22.4 billion$14.2 billion$8.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to Japan

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

  1. Coal$4.2 billion · 18.9%
    28.9 million tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  2. Copper ore$2.3 billion · 10.2%
    672 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  3. Precious metal scrap$1.9 billion · 8.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Natural gas and LPG$1.8 billion · 8.2%
    3.1 million tonnes
  5. Nickel matte$1 billion · 4.7%
    99 thousand tonnes
  6. Cables and wire$910 million · 4.1%
    50 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  7. Natural rubber$622 million · 2.8%
    364 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  8. Cigarettes and cigars$440 million · 2%
    12 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  9. Plywood$433 million · 1.9%
    302 thousand tonnes
  10. 3 million tonnes

What Japan sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Auto parts$1.2 billion · 8.4%
    96 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Cars$753 million · 5.3%
    39 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Hot-rolled flat steel$561 million · 3.9%
    740 thousand tonnes
  4. Alloy steel sheet$494 million · 3.5%
    568 thousand tonnes
  5. Gold$455 million · 3.2%
    6 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  6. Refined copper$420 million · 3%
    46 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  7. New tires$409 million · 2.9%
    68 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Bulldozers and excavators$290 million · 2%
    40 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  9. 45 thousand tonnes
  10. Engine parts$234 million · 1.7%
    19 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Yokohama.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Yokohama is 3,309 nautical miles (6,128 km) long: ≈ 7.5–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$31.2 billion · 85.1%
  2. Air$5.5 billion · 14.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Japan was Indonesia’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Indonesia was Japan’s 12th (2%).

Japan in Indonesia’s trade
6.9%
Japan’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
3rd
Indonesia in Japan’s trade
2.5%
Indonesia’s rank among Japan’s partners
12th

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Sources and methodology

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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.