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Nuclear and space: Japan and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 56.2 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to United States and bought USD 133 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew 121 percent, from USD 85.9 million in 2019 to USD 189 million 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: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 49.7Low 47.1 / High 101.22025: 56.2

201949.7
2020101.2
202166.5
202287.1
202365.3
202447.1
202556.2

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: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 36.1Low 23.3 / High 189.92025: 133.3

201936.1
2020189.9
2021154.3
202224.3
202323.3
202493.9
2025133.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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