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Trade between Italy and Japan

In 2024, Italy exported $10.9 billion to Japan and imported $4.7 billion. Italy ran a surplus of $6.3 billion with Japan, compared with a surplus of $5.7 billion in 2019. Japan was Italy’s 15th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Italy was Japan’s 22nd (1%).

Summary

Italy → Japan
$10.9billion
Japan → Italy
$4.7billion
Italy’s balance
$6.3billion

Balance

Italy’s trade balance with Japan

Trade between Italy and Japan grew 53% since 1995

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

  • Exports 10.9
  • Imports 4.7
  • Balance +6.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$5.7 billion$4.5 billion$1.3 billion
1996$6 billion$3.9 billion$2.1 billion
1997$5.3 billion$4.1 billion$1.1 billion
1998$4.6 billion$4.7 billion-$121 million
1999$4.5 billion$5.5 billion-$983 million
2000$4.7 billion$6 billion-$1.3 billion
2001$4.9 billion$5.6 billion-$715 million
2002$4.8 billion$4.9 billion-$134 million
2003$5.5 billion$6 billion-$493 million
2004$6.3 billion$6.9 billion-$643 million
2005$6.1 billion$6.2 billion-$74 million
2006$6.5 billion$6.7 billion-$224 million
2007$6.6 billion$7.4 billion-$801 million
2008$7.3 billion$7.5 billion-$241 million
2009$5.9 billion$5.5 billion$423 million
2010$6.2 billion$5.6 billion$626 million
2011$8 billion$5.9 billion$2.2 billion
2012$8.7 billion$4.1 billion$4.6 billion
2013$8.8 billion$3.4 billion$5.4 billion
2014$8 billion$3.6 billion$4.4 billion
2015$6.9 billion$3.5 billion$3.4 billion
2016$8 billion$4.5 billion$3.5 billion
2017$8.5 billion$4.7 billion$3.8 billion
2018$10 billion$4.4 billion$5.6 billion
2019$10.4 billion$4.7 billion$5.7 billion
2020$9.6 billion$4.2 billion$5.4 billion
2021$10.6 billion$5.3 billion$5.3 billion
2022$11 billion$5.5 billion$5.5 billion
2023$11 billion$5.9 billion$5.1 billion
2024$10.9 billion$4.7 billion$6.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Italy sells to Japan

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

  1. Other processed tobacco$1.3 billion · 11.5%
    18 thousand tonnes
  2. Bags, suitcases and cases$1.1 billion · 10.2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Cars$755 million · 6.9%
    27 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  4. Jewelry$629 million · 5.8%
    19 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$468 million · 4.3%
    939 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  6. Leather footwear$305 million · 2.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$297 million · 2.7%
    40 tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  8. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$291 million · 2.7%
    331 tonnes
  9. Oxygen heterocyclic compounds$276 million · 2.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Wine$209 million · 1.9%
    44 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations

What Japan sells to Italy

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

  1. Cars$1 billion · 21.5%
    60 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Motorcycles$320 million · 6.9%
    9 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Hot-rolled flat steel$142 million · 3%
    225 thousand tonnes
  4. Eyeglasses and sunglasses$114 million · 2.5%
    155 tonnes
  5. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$97 million · 2.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Alloy steel sheet$94 million · 2%
    121 thousand tonnes
  7. Cold-rolled flat steel$92 million · 2%
    121 thousand tonnes
  8. Bulldozers and excavators$90 million · 1.9%
    12 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  9. Air pumps, compressors and fans$84 million · 1.8%
    3 thousand tonnes
  10. Nonwoven fabric$78 million · 1.7%
    3 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Genoa to Yokohama.

The estimated sea route between Genoa and Yokohama is 14,743 nautical miles (27,305 km) long: ≈ 34–44 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 (14,743 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (9,568 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$6.4 billion · 41.2%
  2. Air$9.2 billion · 58.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Japan was Italy’s 15th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Italy was Japan’s 22nd (1%).

Japan in Italy’s trade
1.3%
Japan’s rank among Italy’s partners
15th
Italy in Japan’s trade
1.1%
Italy’s rank among Japan’s partners
22nd

Compare with

Other partners of Italy

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.