# Japan Import Opportunities

Explore Japan's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $691.8B
- Import CAGR: -1.8%
- Trade openness: 20.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $63.2B | +2.9% | 22 | 3537 |
| 2 | HS 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $25.0B | +5.6% | 11 | 5136 |
| 3 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $16.1B | +12.3% | 61 | 7259 |
| 4 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $36.3B | +6.0% | 21 | 2176 |
| 5 | HS 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $11.9B | +2.6% | 61 | 4300 |
| 6 | HS 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 | +4.2% | 62 | 9004 |
| 7 | HS 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $12.6B | +5.2% | 20 | 2358 |
| 8 | HS 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $7.0B | +4.8% | 13 | 5657 |
| 9 | HS 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $8.3B | +4.9% | 16 | 4122 |
| 10 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $14.0B | +3.9% | 39 | 1894 |
| 11 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $11.8B | +8.2% | 68 | 1478 |
| 12 | HS 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $8.7B | +10.4% | 36 | 1893 |
| 13 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $4.9B | +3.7% | 66 | 4719 |
| 14 | HS 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 | +11.2% | 74 | 2261 |
| 15 | HS 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 | +2.2% | 88 | 1998 |
| 16 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $2.8B | +16.8% | 49 | 5997 |
| 17 | HS 711299 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: waste and scrap of precious metals including metal clad with precious metals, other than that of gold and platinum and excluding ash which contains precious metal or precious metal compounds | $2.4B | +19.2% | 41 | 5516 |
| 18 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $3.5B | +1.8% | 24 | 6742 |
| 19 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $4.3B | +3.0% | 20 | 4678 |
| 20 | HS 854430 | Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | $5.2B | +10.8% | 68 | 2498 |
| 21 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $3.6B | +7.3% | 45 | 3335 |
| 22 | HS 290919 | Ethers: acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | $1.4B | +19.0% | 21 | 8768 |
| 23 | HS 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 | +3.9% | 90 | 6286 |
| 24 | HS 240391 | Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted | $2.7B | +26.9% | 20 | 2741 |
| 25 | HS 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 | +2.1% | 63 | 2041 |
| 26 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $2.6B | +10.2% | 11 | 3437 |
| 27 | HS 160232 | Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $2.2B | +8.9% | 18 | 5248 |
| 28 | HS 950450 | Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | $1.6B | +8.1% | 49 | 7450 |
| 29 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $2.5B | +5.1% | 81 | 3714 |
| 30 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $2.2B | +3.5% | 59 | 5268 |
| 31 | HS 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $2.6B | +14.3% | 64 | 2461 |
| 32 | HS 611030 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $2.2B | +3.0% | 84 | 5161 |
| 33 | HS 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, window or wall types, self-contained or split-system | $1.3B | +11.3% | 34 | 8044 |
| 34 | HS 910221 | Wrist-watches: whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding | $1.3B | +6.5% | 49 | 9075 |
| 35 | HS 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $2.4B | +5.3% | 95 | 2850 |
| 36 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $1.5B | +7.7% | 61 | 5885 |
| 37 | HS 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $2.9B | +0.7% | 46 | 3017 |
| 38 | HS 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $1.5B | +9.6% | 62 | 5350 |
| 39 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $1.4B | +23.2% | 24 | 3554 |
| 40 | HS 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $3.0B | +5.1% | 74 | 1763 |
| 41 | HS 848690 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $2.1B | +21.5% | 54 | 1920 |
| 42 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $2.5B | -2.7% | 49 | 3421 |
| 43 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $1.6B | +9.4% | 28 | 3735 |
| 44 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $1.7B | +6.7% | 52 | 3632 |
| 45 | HS 848620 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | $2.8B | +15.2% | 31 | 2128 |
| 46 | HS 710691 | Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | $1.3B | +8.9% | 20 | 5669 |
| 47 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $1.6B | +2.5% | 40 | 5287 |
| 48 | HS 711041 | Metals: iridium, osmium, ruthenium, unwrought or in powder form | $770.1M | +24.1% | 12 | 6139 |
| 49 | HS 630790 | Textiles: made up articles (including dress patterns), n.e.c. in chapter 63, n.e.c. in heading no. 6307 | $1.1B | +6.9% | 84 | 6517 |
| 50 | HS 750110 | Nickel: nickel mattes | $1.2B | +3.7% | 4 | 7338 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.