Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: China and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 374 million of fertilisers to Japan and bought USD 14.5 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 374 million of fertilisers, against USD 14.5 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

China's exports to Japan: fertilisers

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

2019: 315Low 268.8 / High 436.12025: 374

2019315
2020282
2021404.6
2022436.1
2023289.7
2024268.8
2025374

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Japan: fertilisers

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

2019: 9.4Low 9.4 / High 14.52025: 14.5

20199.4
202010.9
202111
202210.1
20239.6
202411.6
202514.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026