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Defence and arms: Japan and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 414 million of arms and ammunition to United States and bought USD 796 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition grew about 7.0 times, from USD 172 million in 2019 to USD 1.21 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

Japan's exports to United States: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 99.7Low 99.7 / High 413.72025: 413.7

201999.7
2020116.3
2021177.3
2022366.8
2023328.9
2024400.4
2025413.7

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 States: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 0.07Low 0.04 / High 1.032025: 0.8

20190.07
20200.06
20210.04
20220.13
20230.19
20241.03
20250.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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