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Trade between Japan and Liberia

In 2024, Japan exported $1.7 billion to Liberia and imported $737 thousand. Japan ran a surplus of $1.7 billion with Liberia, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Liberia was Japan’s 55th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Japan was Liberia’s 3rd (7%).

Summary

Japan → Liberia
$1.7billion
Liberia → Japan
$737thousand
Japan’s balance
$1.7billion

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with Liberia

Trade between Japan and Liberia is about the same as in 1995

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

  • Exports 1.7
  • Imports 0
  • Balance +1.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.8 billion$75 thousand$1.8 billion
1996$809 million$50 million$758 million
1997$466 million$287 thousand$466 million
1998$907 million$29 thousand$907 million
1999$802 million$236 thousand$802 million
2000$730 million$86 thousand$730 million
2001$606 million$123 thousand$606 million
2002$897 million$59 thousand$897 million
2003$633 million$22 thousand$633 million
2004$925 million$82 thousand$925 million
2005$1.1 billion$230 thousand$1.1 billion
2006$870 million$3 million$868 million
2007$1.2 billion$139 thousand$1.2 billion
2008$1.2 billion$46 million$1.2 billion
2009$1.5 billion$899 thousand$1.5 billion
2010$2 billion$482 thousand$2 billion
2011$3.3 billion$197 thousand$3.3 billion
2012$2.3 billion$6 thousand$2.3 billion
2013$1.7 billion$787 thousand$1.7 billion
2014$1 billion$540 thousand$1 billion
2015$862 million$11 thousand$862 million
2016$1.1 billion$175 thousand$1.1 billion
2017$829 million$2 million$828 million
2018$1.2 billion$59 million$1.1 billion
2019$2 billion$137 million$1.9 billion
2020$2.2 billion$243 thousand$2.2 billion
2021$2.4 billion$3 million$2.4 billion
2022$2.6 billion$477 thousand$2.6 billion
2023$2.8 billion$22 thousand$2.8 billion
2024$1.7 billion$737 thousand$1.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to Liberia

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

  1. Cargo and cruise ships$1.6 billion · 95.9%
    35 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Engine parts$22 million · 1.3%
    256 tonnes
  3. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$7 million · 0.42%
    52 tonnes
  4. Liquid pumps$5 million · 0.33%
    43 tonnes
  5. 3D printers$4 million · 0.21%
    9 tonnes
  6. Valves and taps$3 million · 0.19%
    22 tonnes
  7. Air pumps, compressors and fans$3 million · 0.18%
    25 tonnes
  8. Other rubber articles$2 million · 0.15%
    17 tonnes
  9. New tires$2 million · 0.13%
    331 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  10. Centrifuges and filters$2 million · 0.13%
    12 tonnes

What Liberia sells to Japan

The top 1 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Copper scrap$737 thousand · 100%
    83 tonnes

How it travels

Japan and Liberia traded $1.7 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 96% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$72 million · 4.3%
  2. Air$1.6 billion · 95.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

Liberia was Japan’s 55th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Japan was Liberia’s 3rd (7%).

Liberia in Japan’s trade
0.1%
Liberia’s rank among Japan’s partners
55th
Japan in Liberia’s trade
6.5%
Japan’s rank among Liberia’s partners
3rd

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

Other partners of Liberia

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.