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Trade between Japan and Poland

In 2024, Japan exported $5.2 billion to Poland and imported $1.2 billion. Japan ran a surplus of $4 billion with Poland, compared with a surplus of $3.5 billion in 2019. Poland was Japan’s 33rd largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Japan was Poland’s 24th (0.9%).

Summary

Japan → Poland
$5.2billion
Poland → Japan
$1.2billion
Japan’s balance
$4billion

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with Poland

Trade between Japan and Poland grew 11.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 5.2
  • Imports 1.2
  • Balance +4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$462 million$83 million$380 million
1996$574 million$92 million$482 million
1997$728 million$101 million$627 million
1998$857 million$75 million$782 million
1999$885 million$81 million$804 million
2000$1 billion$86 million$946 million
2001$954 million$98 million$856 million
2002$1 billion$103 million$910 million
2003$1.2 billion$133 million$1.1 billion
2004$1.7 billion$218 million$1.5 billion
2005$2 billion$224 million$1.7 billion
2006$2 billion$258 million$1.8 billion
2007$3.1 billion$375 million$2.7 billion
2008$4.3 billion$468 million$3.8 billion
2009$2.8 billion$383 million$2.4 billion
2010$3.5 billion$581 million$2.9 billion
2011$3.6 billion$778 million$2.8 billion
2012$2.7 billion$925 million$1.8 billion
2013$2.7 billion$1 billion$1.7 billion
2014$3 billion$1.1 billion$1.8 billion
2015$2.5 billion$1.1 billion$1.4 billion
2016$2.8 billion$1.1 billion$1.7 billion
2017$3.6 billion$1.1 billion$2.5 billion
2018$4 billion$920 million$3.1 billion
2019$4.5 billion$1 billion$3.5 billion
2020$4.7 billion$895 million$3.8 billion
2021$5.2 billion$1.1 billion$4.1 billion
2022$5.4 billion$1.3 billion$4.2 billion
2023$6.1 billion$1.1 billion$5 billion
2024$5.2 billion$1.2 billion$4 billion

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to Poland

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

  1. Cars$1.6 billion · 30.7%
    91 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Chromates, permanganates and other metal salts$321 million · 6.1%
    9 thousand tonnes
  3. Auto parts$235 million · 4.5%
    14 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  4. Video game consoles and games$170 million · 3.2%
    290 tonnes
  5. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$153 million · 2.9%
    588 tonnes
  6. Other plastic articles$139 million · 2.7%
    599 tonnes
  7. Printers and printing machines$108 million · 2.1%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Air pumps, compressors and fans$106 million · 2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  9. Engine parts$98 million · 1.9%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Motor and generator parts$83 million · 1.6%
    6 thousand tonnes

What Poland sells to Japan

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

  1. Cars$106 million · 8.9%
    7 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  2. Turbojets and gas turbines$100 million · 8.4%
    24 tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  3. Other processed tobacco$39 million · 3.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Auto parts$38 million · 3.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  5. Engine parts$38 million · 3.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$35 million · 2.9%
    28 tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  7. Technical ceramics$34 million · 2.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Cameras and broadcast equipment$33 million · 2.8%
    87 tonnes
  9. Medical and dental instruments$33 million · 2.7%
    100 tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  10. Liquid pumps$29 million · 2.4%
    284 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Gdańsk.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Gdańsk is 15,783 nautical miles (29,230 km) long: ≈ 36.5–47 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, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (15,783 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Dover and the Øresund (12,263 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$4.3 billion · 66.7%
  2. Air$2.1 billion · 33.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Poland was Japan’s 33rd largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Japan was Poland’s 24th (0.9%).

Poland in Japan’s trade
0.4%
Poland’s rank among Japan’s partners
33rd
Japan in Poland’s trade
0.9%
Japan’s rank among Poland’s partners
24th

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

Other partners of Poland

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.