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Trade between Japan and Mexico

In 2024, Japan exported $16.1 billion to Mexico and imported $5.5 billion. Japan ran a surplus of $10.6 billion with Mexico, compared with a surplus of $9.7 billion in 2019. Mexico was Japan’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Japan was Mexico’s 7th (2%).

Summary

Japan → Mexico
$16.1billion
Mexico → Japan
$5.5billion
Japan’s balance
$10.6billion

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with Mexico

Trade between Japan and Mexico grew 4.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 16.1
  • Imports 5.5
  • Balance +10.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3.4 billion$1.6 billion$1.9 billion
1996$3.7 billion$1.8 billion$1.9 billion
1997$4.1 billion$1.5 billion$2.6 billion
1998$4.3 billion$1.2 billion$3.1 billion
1999$5 billion$1.6 billion$3.3 billion
2000$6.4 billion$2.3 billion$4.2 billion
2001$7.7 billion$1.9 billion$5.7 billion
2002$8.2 billion$1.8 billion$6.5 billion
2003$7 billion$1.7 billion$5.2 billion
2004$8.6 billion$2.1 billion$6.5 billion
2005$12.1 billion$2.5 billion$9.6 billion
2006$14.6 billion$2.7 billion$11.9 billion
2007$14 billion$3.1 billion$10.9 billion
2008$15.4 billion$3.7 billion$11.6 billion
2009$10.3 billion$2.6 billion$7.7 billion
2010$14.2 billion$3.4 billion$10.8 billion
2011$15.4 billion$3.8 billion$11.5 billion
2012$16.5 billion$4.2 billion$12.3 billion
2013$15.9 billion$4.1 billion$11.8 billion
2014$15.1 billion$4.1 billion$10.9 billion
2015$15.7 billion$4.5 billion$11.2 billion
2016$15.7 billion$5.6 billion$10.1 billion
2017$16.7 billion$5.8 billion$10.9 billion
2018$16.7 billion$6.2 billion$10.5 billion
2019$15.7 billion$6 billion$9.7 billion
2020$12.4 billion$5.4 billion$7 billion
2021$14.3 billion$5.5 billion$8.7 billion
2022$14.6 billion$6.1 billion$8.5 billion
2023$17.9 billion$4.6 billion$13.2 billion
2024$16.1 billion$5.5 billion$10.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to Mexico

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

  1. Auto parts$1.9 billion · 11.5%
    132 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Cars$1.3 billion · 8.3%
    79 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Alloy steel sheet$625 million · 3.9%
    502 thousand tonnes
  4. Capacitors$556 million · 3.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Microchips$500 million · 3.1%
    95 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  6. Low-voltage switches and connectors$452 million · 2.8%
    19 thousand tonnes
  7. Batteries$383 million · 2.4%
    6 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Coated flat steel$381 million · 2.4%
    351 thousand tonnes
  9. Cameras and broadcast equipment$368 million · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Hot-rolled flat steel$347 million · 2.2%
    454 thousand tonnes

What Mexico sells to Japan

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

  1. Medical and dental instruments$639 million · 11.6%
    3 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  2. Pork$493 million · 8.9%
    114 thousand tonnes · Japan’s sources
  3. Cars$417 million · 7.6%
    26 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  4. Silver$346 million · 6.3%
    403 tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  5. Cameras and broadcast equipment$316 million · 5.7%
    850 tonnes
  6. Computers$226 million · 4.1%
    767 tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  7. Auto parts$189 million · 3.4%
    11 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  8. Computer and office machine parts$183 million · 3.3%
    451 tonnes
  9. Zinc ore$150 million · 2.7%
    134 thousand tonnes
  10. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$108 million · 2%
    37 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Manzanillo.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Manzanillo is 6,343 nautical miles (11,746 km) long: ≈ 14.5–19 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$13.8 billion · 63.7%
  2. Air$7.9 billion · 36.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Mexico was Japan’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Japan was Mexico’s 7th (2%).

Mexico in Japan’s trade
1.5%
Mexico’s rank among Japan’s partners
17th
Japan in Mexico’s trade
1.8%
Japan’s rank among Mexico’s partners
7th

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

Other partners of Mexico

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.