# China exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from China to Japan, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CHN-JPN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, China reported $154.1B in goods exports to Japan. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $154.1B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 81.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 283 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1,466 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $16.1B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $7.5B | 28.5% | High attention |
| 3 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $5.9B | 25.3% | Watch |
| 4 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $2.8B | 4.1% | High attention |
| 5 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $2.6B | 9.9% | High attention |
| 6 | 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $6.2B | 27.8% | Watch |
| 7 | 611030 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $2.2B | 37.3% | High attention |
| 8 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $2.5B | 11.4% | High attention |
| 9 | 950450 | Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | $1.6B | 34.7% | High attention |
| 10 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $8.4B | 11.5% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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