Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: China and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 315 million of pharmaceutical products to Japan and bought USD 2.05 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Japan sold USD 2.05 billion of pharmaceutical products, against USD 315 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: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 250.7Low 250.7 / High 318.12025: 314.9

2019250.7
2020298.3
2021318.1
2022290
2023284.6
2024285
2025314.9

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: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 1.33Low 1.31 / High 2.062025: 2.05

20191.33
20201.31
20211.73
20221.52
20231.63
20242.06
20252.05

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026