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Trade between Ireland and Japan

In 2024, Ireland exported $6.4 billion to Japan and imported $2.4 billion. Ireland ran a surplus of $4 billion with Japan, compared with a surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019. Japan was Ireland’s 9th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Ireland was Japan’s 29th (0.6%).

Summary

Ireland → Japan
$6.4billion
Japan → Ireland
$2.4billion
Ireland’s balance
$4billion

Balance

Ireland’s trade balance with Japan

Trade between Ireland and Japan grew 2.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 6.4
  • Imports 2.4
  • Balance +4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.1 billion$1.8 billion$239 million
1996$2.1 billion$2 billion$151 million
1997$2.2 billion$2.7 billion-$440 million
1998$2.3 billion$2.9 billion-$644 million
1999$2.7 billion$2.6 billion$59 million
2000$3.7 billion$2.2 billion$1.5 billion
2001$3.4 billion$1.5 billion$1.9 billion
2002$3.4 billion$1.5 billion$1.9 billion
2003$3.5 billion$2.1 billion$1.4 billion
2004$3.8 billion$2.2 billion$1.7 billion
2005$3.7 billion$2.1 billion$1.6 billion
2006$3.5 billion$2 billion$1.5 billion
2007$4.1 billion$2.1 billion$2 billion
2008$4.2 billion$1.6 billion$2.6 billion
2009$4.2 billion$879 million$3.3 billion
2010$4.3 billion$993 million$3.3 billion
2011$4.1 billion$1.1 billion$3 billion
2012$4.3 billion$965 million$3.3 billion
2013$3.3 billion$1.3 billion$1.9 billion
2014$2.9 billion$2.2 billion$635 million
2015$7.2 billion$1.9 billion$5.4 billion
2016$6 billion$1.2 billion$4.7 billion
2017$4.4 billion$1.2 billion$3.2 billion
2018$6.6 billion$1.6 billion$5 billion
2019$8.3 billion$1.2 billion$7.1 billion
2020$7 billion$1.5 billion$5.5 billion
2021$6.6 billion$1.7 billion$5 billion
2022$6.9 billion$3.1 billion$3.8 billion
2023$6.6 billion$2.7 billion$3.9 billion
2024$6.4 billion$2.4 billion$4 billion

What they sell each other

What Ireland sells to Japan

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

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$2.3 billion · 35.5%
    116 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.1 billion · 16.5%
    417 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  3. Airplanes and helicopters$600 million · 9.3%
    445 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  4. Optical fibers and lenses$433 million · 6.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Medical and dental instruments$381 million · 5.9%
    1 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  6. Orthopedic and hearing devices$284 million · 4.4%
    234 tonnes
  7. Microchips$214 million · 3.3%
    38 tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  8. Jewelry$160 million · 2.5%
    1 tonne · Japan’s sources
  9. Other plastic articles$126 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$110 million · 1.7%
    10 tonnes

What Japan sells to Ireland

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

  1. Cars$576 million · 24.1%
    41 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Other industrial machines$386 million · 16.1%
    1 thousand tonnes
  3. Other measuring instruments$175 million · 7.3%
    214 tonnes
  4. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$67 million · 2.8%
    419 tonnes
  5. Bulldozers and excavators$55 million · 2.3%
    7 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  6. Airplanes and helicopters$45 million · 1.9%
    65 tonnes · Ireland’s sources
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$43 million · 1.8%
    78 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Medical and dental instruments$43 million · 1.8%
    83 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  9. Other plastic articles$42 million · 1.8%
    519 tonnes
  10. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$41 million · 1.7%
    108 tonnes · Japan’s destinations

How it travels

Ireland and Japan traded $8.8 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 86% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.3 billion · 14.2%
  2. Air$7.6 billion · 85.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Japan was Ireland’s 9th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Ireland was Japan’s 29th (0.6%).

Japan in Ireland’s trade
2.2%
Japan’s rank among Ireland’s partners
9th
Ireland in Japan’s trade
0.6%
Ireland’s rank among Japan’s partners
29th

Compare with

Other partners of Ireland

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.