Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Canada and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 281 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Japan and bought USD 10.8 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Japan sold USD 10.8 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 281 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Canada's exports to Japan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 298.4Low 250.5 / High 317.82025: 280.9

2019298.4
2020291
2021317.8
2022273.6
2023271.5
2024250.5
2025280.9

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from Japan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 7.76Low 6.39 / High 10.782025: 10.78

20197.76
20206.39
20217.97
20228.16
202310.31
202410.7
202510.78

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026