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Trade between Japan and Turkey

In 2024, Japan exported $4.5 billion to Turkey and imported $904 million. Japan ran a surplus of $3.6 billion with Turkey, compared with a surplus of $2.8 billion in 2019. Turkey was Japan’s 35th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Japan was Turkey’s 28th (0.9%).

Summary

Japan → Turkey
$4.5billion
Turkey → Japan
$904million
Japan’s balance
$3.6billion

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with Turkey

Trade between Japan and Turkey grew 3.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4.5
  • Imports 0.9
  • Balance +3.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.4 billion$237 million$1.2 billion
1996$1.4 billion$245 million$1.2 billion
1997$2 billion$183 million$1.9 billion
1998$2 billion$142 million$1.9 billion
1999$1.4 billion$171 million$1.2 billion
2000$1.7 billion$183 million$1.5 billion
2001$1.3 billion$156 million$1.2 billion
2002$1.5 billion$169 million$1.3 billion
2003$1.9 billion$212 million$1.7 billion
2004$2.7 billion$268 million$2.4 billion
2005$3.2 billion$275 million$2.9 billion
2006$3.2 billion$343 million$2.9 billion
2007$3.7 billion$396 million$3.3 billion
2008$4 billion$384 million$3.6 billion
2009$2.7 billion$381 million$2.4 billion
2010$3.2 billion$374 million$2.9 billion
2011$3.9 billion$486 million$3.4 billion
2012$3.5 billion$521 million$3 billion
2013$3.7 billion$571 million$3.1 billion
2014$3.4 billion$582 million$2.8 billion
2015$3.2 billion$552 million$2.6 billion
2016$3.9 billion$532 million$3.4 billion
2017$4.4 billion$587 million$3.8 billion
2018$4.4 billion$689 million$3.7 billion
2019$3.5 billion$719 million$2.8 billion
2020$3.7 billion$639 million$3.1 billion
2021$4.2 billion$801 million$3.4 billion
2022$4.5 billion$1 billion$3.5 billion
2023$5.3 billion$1 billion$4.3 billion
2024$4.5 billion$904 million$3.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to Turkey

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

  1. Cars$464 million · 10.3%
    31 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$380 million · 8.4%
    24 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Bulldozers and excavators$349 million · 7.7%
    67 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  4. Batteries$247 million · 5.5%
    5 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  5. Transformers and power supplies$136 million · 3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Alloy steel sheet$131 million · 2.9%
    53 thousand tonnes
  7. Machining centers$98 million · 2.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Diesel engines$72 million · 1.6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Motorcycles$66 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  10. Control instruments$62 million · 1.4%
    486 tonnes

What Turkey sells to Japan

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

  1. Fish fillets$88 million · 9.8%
    6 thousand tonnes
  2. Pasta$67 million · 7.4%
    70 thousand tonnes
  3. Ferroalloys$37 million · 4%
    17 thousand tonnes · Japan’s sources
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$34 million · 3.8%
    3 tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  5. Olive oil$31 million · 3.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Grapes$26 million · 2.8%
    9 thousand tonnes
  7. Liquid pumps$24 million · 2.7%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Sweaters and pullovers$23 million · 2.5%
    335 tonnes
  9. Tomato preserves$21 million · 2.3%
    11 thousand tonnes
  10. Auto parts$20 million · 2.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Istanbul.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Istanbul is 15,677 nautical miles (29,034 km) long: ≈ 36.5–46.5 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 Gibraltar and the Dardanelles (15,677 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal and the Dardanelles (8,881 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$3.7 billion · 68.3%
  2. Air$1.7 billion · 31.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

Turkey was Japan’s 35th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Japan was Turkey’s 28th (0.9%).

Turkey in Japan’s trade
0.4%
Turkey’s rank among Japan’s partners
35th
Japan in Turkey’s trade
0.9%
Japan’s rank among Turkey’s partners
28th

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

Other partners of Turkey

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.