Japan Automotive Trade

$150B -$1.2B

2025 exports · Annual

Japan is one of the top three exporters of automotive among the countries covered here, ranked number 3 with $150B shipped in 2025. Exports were close to flat year over year, moving 0.8%. automotive accounts for 19% of Japan's total goods exports. United States is the largest trading partner in automotive, at 26% of two-way trade.

Japan automotive trade, 2015-2025
Japan automotive trade, monthly through July 2026

Top automotive products

#NameValue 2025ShareYoY
1
Passenger vehicles
$106B71.0%-0.8%
2
Vehicle parts and accessories
$24B16.1%-4.9%
3
Trucks and goods vehicles
$9.3B6.2%+2.5%
4
Motorcycles and Mopeds
$3.5B2.3%+12%
5
Buses
$2.6B1.7%+18%

Top automotive trading partners

#NameValue 2025ShareYoY
1$45.7B26.2%-10%
2$7B4.0%+3.5%
3$6.1B3.5%+0.6%
4$5.9B3.4%-1.3%
5$4.8B2.8%+0.2%

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Source & methodology

We use primary trade sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify this data.

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