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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 36.6 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Japan and bought USD 47.4 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: China sold USD 36.6 billion and Japan sold USD 47.4 billion in 2025.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 32.03Low 31.42 / High 36.632025: 36.63

201932.03
202031.42
202135.81
202235.89
202332.75
202433.57
202536.63

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 59.05Low 47.4 / High 66.092025: 47.4

201959.05
202057.83
202166.09
202258.01
202349.8
202449.2
202547.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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