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Trade between Japan and Russia

In 2024, Japan exported $1.9 billion to Russia and imported $5.6 billion. Japan ran a deficit of $3.7 billion with Russia, compared with a deficit of $4.4 billion in 2019. Russia was Japan’s 32nd largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Japan was Russia’s 12th (1%).

Summary

Japan → Russia
$1.9billion
Russia → Japan
$5.6billion
Japan’s balance
-$3.7billion

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with Russia

Trade between Japan and Russia grew 29% since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.9
  • Imports 5.6
  • Balance -3.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.1 billion$4.7 billion-$3.6 billion
1996$1 billion$4 billion-$2.9 billion
1997$1 billion$3.6 billion-$2.6 billion
1998$896 million$3 billion-$2.1 billion
1999$509 million$3.2 billion-$2.7 billion
2000$623 million$4.1 billion-$3.4 billion
2001$874 million$3.3 billion-$2.4 billion
2002$1 billion$2.8 billion-$1.8 billion
2003$1.9 billion$3.5 billion-$1.6 billion
2004$3.9 billion$4.7 billion-$870 million
2005$5.7 billion$5.2 billion$511 million
2006$7.8 billion$5.8 billion$1.9 billion
2007$12.5 billion$9.3 billion$3.2 billion
2008$18.4 billion$11.7 billion$6.8 billion
2009$7 billion$8.6 billion-$1.6 billion
2010$10 billion$14.8 billion-$4.9 billion
2011$14.4 billion$16.9 billion-$2.5 billion
2012$15.1 billion$18.7 billion-$3.6 billion
2013$13.1 billion$22.2 billion-$9.1 billion
2014$10.7 billion$22.7 billion-$12 billion
2015$6.5 billion$15.2 billion-$8.7 billion
2016$7.3 billion$10.9 billion-$3.6 billion
2017$8.5 billion$12.7 billion-$4.2 billion
2018$8.7 billion$14.2 billion-$5.6 billion
2019$8.6 billion$13.1 billion-$4.4 billion
2020$6.7 billion$9.8 billion-$3.1 billion
2021$8.9 billion$12.4 billion-$3.5 billion
2022$4.3 billion$14.9 billion-$10.5 billion
2023$2.6 billion$7.4 billion-$4.8 billion
2024$1.9 billion$5.6 billion-$3.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to Russia

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

  1. Cars$1.4 billion · 73.1%
    96 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$66 million · 3.5%
    23 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$44 million · 2.3%
    59 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  4. Motorcycles$38 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  5. Medical and dental instruments$31 million · 1.6%
    89 tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  6. Toilet paper and tissues$28 million · 1.5%
    6 thousand tonnes
  7. Spark-ignition engines$27 million · 1.4%
    9 thousand tonnes
  8. Refined petroleum$25 million · 1.3%
    5 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  9. Fragrance mixtures$23 million · 1.2%
    704 tonnes
  10. New tires$21 million · 1.1%
    5 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations

What Russia sells to Japan

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$3.6 billion · 64.1%
    5.7 million tonnes
  2. Platinum$393 million · 7%
    12 tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  3. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$362 million · 6.4%
    19 thousand tonnes
  4. Frozen fish$289 million · 5.1%
    51 thousand tonnes
  5. Sawn wood$203 million · 3.6%
    346 thousand tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  6. Coal$192 million · 3.4%
    1.2 million tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  7. Unwrought aluminum$165 million · 2.9%
    69 thousand tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  8. Mollusks (squid, mussels, oysters)$121 million · 2.1%
    11 thousand tonnes
  9. Fish fillets$74 million · 1.3%
    26 thousand tonnes
  10. Halogenated hydrocarbons$51 million · 0.91%
    390 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Saint Petersburg.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Saint Petersburg is 16,252 nautical miles (30,098 km) long: ≈ 37.5–48.5 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 (16,252 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 (12,732 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$6.9 billion · 91.5%
  2. Air$643 million · 8.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Russia was Japan’s 32nd largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Japan was Russia’s 12th (1%).

Russia in Japan’s trade
0.5%
Russia’s rank among Japan’s partners
32nd
Japan in Russia’s trade
1.3%
Japan’s rank among Russia’s partners
12th

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

Other partners of Russia

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.