Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Japan and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 5.76 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Kingdom and bought USD 3.58 billion from it.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

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

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

2019: 6.11Low 4.38 / High 6.482025: 5.76

20196.11
20204.38
20214.73
20225.03
20236.48
20245.83
20255.76

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 3.21Low 2.14 / High 3.582025: 3.58

20193.21
20202.14
20212.17
20222.45
20232.83
20243.15
20253.58

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026