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Trade between Japan and Pakistan

In 2024, Japan exported $1.2 billion to Pakistan and imported $256 million. Japan ran a surplus of $981 million with Pakistan, compared with a surplus of $1.1 billion in 2019. Pakistan was Japan’s 58th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Japan was Pakistan’s 16th (2%).

Summary

Japan → Pakistan
$1.2billion
Pakistan → Japan
$256million
Japan’s balance
$981million

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with Pakistan

Trade between Japan and Pakistan fell 18% since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.2
  • Imports 0.3
  • Balance +1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.2 billion$594 million$633 million
1996$1.2 billion$575 million$579 million
1997$760 million$486 million$275 million
1998$653 million$310 million$343 million
1999$610 million$287 million$323 million
2000$603 million$251 million$352 million
2001$499 million$221 million$278 million
2002$713 million$151 million$562 million
2003$1 billion$163 million$855 million
2004$1.2 billion$185 million$1 billion
2005$1.8 billion$162 million$1.7 billion
2006$2.2 billion$232 million$1.9 billion
2007$1.9 billion$262 million$1.7 billion
2008$1.9 billion$475 million$1.4 billion
2009$1.5 billion$248 million$1.2 billion
2010$1.7 billion$365 million$1.3 billion
2011$2.1 billion$477 million$1.6 billion
2012$1.9 billion$445 million$1.5 billion
2013$2.1 billion$487 million$1.6 billion
2014$1.9 billion$354 million$1.5 billion
2015$1.9 billion$283 million$1.6 billion
2016$2.2 billion$280 million$1.9 billion
2017$2.6 billion$467 million$2.1 billion
2018$2.4 billion$372 million$2 billion
2019$1.5 billion$323 million$1.1 billion
2020$1.2 billion$239 million$933 million
2021$2.2 billion$281 million$1.9 billion
2022$1.7 billion$329 million$1.4 billion
2023$1 billion$263 million$770 million
2024$1.2 billion$256 million$981 million

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to Pakistan

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

  1. Cars$472 million · 38.2%
    34 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Hot-rolled flat steel$143 million · 11.5%
    306 thousand tonnes
  3. Ships for scrap$38 million · 3.1%
  4. Trucks$36 million · 2.9%
    3 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  5. Auto parts$34 million · 2.8%
    5 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  6. Medical and dental instruments$28 million · 2.3%
    595 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  7. Tractors$22 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Seamless steel pipes$21 million · 1.7%
    9 thousand tonnes
  9. Buses$19 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. X-ray and radiation equipment$16 million · 1.3%
    131 tonnes

What Pakistan sells to Japan

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

  1. Cotton yarn$27 million · 10.4%
    9 thousand tonnes
  2. Chromium ore$16 million · 6.3%
    32 thousand tonnes
  3. Sweaters and pullovers$14 million · 5.4%
    618 tonnes
  4. Lightweight cotton fabric$13 million · 5.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  5. Ethyl alcohol (ethanol)$13 million · 5.1%
    17 thousand tonnes
  6. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$12 million · 4.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Heavy cotton fabric$10 million · 3.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Men's suits and trousers$10 million · 3.8%
    551 tonnes
  9. Medical and dental instruments$9 million · 3.5%
    152 tonnes · Japan’s sources
  10. Men's knitted suits and trousers$8 million · 3.1%
    233 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Karachi.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Karachi is 5,956 nautical miles (11,030 km) long: ≈ 14–17.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.

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$1.4 billion · 92.4%
  2. Air$114 million · 7.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

Pakistan was Japan’s 58th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Japan was Pakistan’s 16th (2%).

Pakistan in Japan’s trade
0.1%
Pakistan’s rank among Japan’s partners
58th
Japan in Pakistan’s trade
1.5%
Japan’s rank among Pakistan’s partners
16th

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

Other partners of Pakistan

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.