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Trade between Japan and Norway

In 2024, Japan exported $1.8 billion to Norway and imported $1.2 billion. Japan ran a surplus of $618 million with Norway, compared with a deficit of $229 million in 2019. Norway was Japan’s 44th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Japan was Norway’s 17th (1%).

Summary

Japan → Norway
$1.8billion
Norway → Japan
$1.2billion
Japan’s balance
$618million

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with Norway

Trade between Japan and Norway grew 35% since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.8
  • Imports 1.2
  • Balance +0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.2 billion$978 million$261 million
1996$1.3 billion$1 billion$300 million
1997$1.8 billion$1.2 billion$597 million
1998$1.9 billion$1.1 billion$782 million
1999$1.8 billion$1.3 billion$458 million
2000$1.8 billion$1.2 billion$587 million
2001$1.2 billion$1.1 billion$58 million
2002$1.1 billion$1.2 billion-$184 million
2003$1.4 billion$1.3 billion$156 million
2004$1.7 billion$1.2 billion$455 million
2005$1.8 billion$1.1 billion$698 million
2006$2.1 billion$1.4 billion$718 million
2007$1.8 billion$1.7 billion$82 million
2008$2.1 billion$2.1 billion-$23 million
2009$1.8 billion$1.6 billion$192 million
2010$1.7 billion$2 billion-$317 million
2011$1.9 billion$2.4 billion-$429 million
2012$2 billion$2.2 billion-$187 million
2013$2 billion$1.9 billion$22 million
2014$2.1 billion$2.2 billion-$104 million
2015$1.6 billion$1.7 billion-$127 million
2016$1.7 billion$1.8 billion-$87 million
2017$1.7 billion$1.8 billion-$91 million
2018$1.6 billion$1.9 billion-$315 million
2019$1.6 billion$1.8 billion-$229 million
2020$1.7 billion$1.5 billion$231 million
2021$1.7 billion$1.7 billion$7 million
2022$1.6 billion$1.6 billion$3 million
2023$1.7 billion$1.4 billion$256 million
2024$1.8 billion$1.2 billion$618 million

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to Norway

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

  1. Cars$723 million · 40.1%
    40 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Seamless steel pipes$338 million · 18.7%
    92 thousand tonnes
  3. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine$65 million · 3.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Nickel matte$48 million · 2.6%
    5 thousand tonnes
  5. Printers and printing machines$40 million · 2.2%
    502 tonnes
  6. Bulldozers and excavators$35 million · 1.9%
    4 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  7. Medical and dental instruments$27 million · 1.5%
    82 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Spark-ignition engines$23 million · 1.3%
    709 tonnes
  9. New tires$21 million · 1.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  10. Auto parts$21 million · 1.2%
    897 tonnes · Japan’s destinations

What Norway sells to Japan

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

  1. Fish fillets$489 million · 41.3%
    52 thousand tonnes
  2. Frozen fish$191 million · 16.1%
    65 thousand tonnes
  3. Fresh fish$79 million · 6.7%
    8 thousand tonnes
  4. Unwrought nickel$60 million · 5.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Industrial fatty acids and oils$31 million · 2.6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Hydrogen and rare gases$29 million · 2.4%
    11 thousand tonnes
  7. Liquid pumps$29 million · 2.4%
    530 tonnes
  8. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$18 million · 1.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Dissolving wood pulp$17 million · 1.5%
    10 thousand tonnes
  10. Platinum$14 million · 1.2%
    Japan’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Oslo.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Oslo is 15,458 nautical miles (28,628 km) long: ≈ 36–46 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (15,458 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (12,003 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$2.4 billion · 80%
  2. Air$597 million · 20%

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

How much each matters to the other

Norway was Japan’s 44th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Japan was Norway’s 17th (1%).

Norway in Japan’s trade
0.2%
Norway’s rank among Japan’s partners
44th
Japan in Norway’s trade
1.1%
Japan’s rank among Norway’s partners
17th

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

Other partners of Norway

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.