Reporter

Product

domain

Returns ordinal version of a number with "th", "nd" or "st".

ordinal

Given a date, returns you the date in words
Year --> 2023= 2023
Quarter --> 20231 = 2023-Q1
Month --> 202301 == Jan 2023

time

Converts a country code to small flag icon.

flag

link

Abbreviates a number into a smaller more human-readible number.

abbreviate

incompleteYearName

Change month id to name (202405 --> May 2025)

longMonth

initMonthQuarterIncomplete

prevMonthQuarterIncomplete

icon

monthName

increaseOrDecreasePresent

Rounds to nearest whole number and adds commas.

commas

increaseOrDecreasePast

Return period in month when you have data in quarters

incompleteYearQuarter

timeFull

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational countries list.

hasSubnat

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational complexity countries list.

hasComplexitySubnat

hasCountryLatestTrends

apostrophe

Returns boolean if the subnational cube has HS classification

hasSubnatHS

Checks if the cube should have complexity values at subnational profile

subnationalComplexityAvailability

lowerCaseFirst

ordinalSuperscript

If n < 20 returns the number name, else returns the number

numbersWord

countryPotentialExportsAvailability

Adds abbreviate with subnational data currency support

abbreviateSubnat

symmetricRange

hasSubnatMap

dollar

Joins an array of strings together, adding commas and 'and' when necessary.

list

Calculates the growth percentage between two numbers provided the following object format: {curr, prev}. Also supports calculating the growth between two margin of errors using this format: {curr, currMoe, prev, prevMoe}.

growth

growthPct

shortMonthName

Bilateral Product

Section

Other Metals

Japan

According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), it was the 526th most complex product out of 1044, with a PCI value of 0.12.

Icon123

IconTrendingUp

tabler

transparent

Latest Trends

IconCalendarMonth

Historical Data

IconPackageExport

Growth Potential

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Trade Balance

, primarily to <a href="/en/profile/reporter/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($19.2M), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($16.7M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/chn">China</a> ($8.21M).

, mainly from <a href="/en/profile/reporter/chn">China</a> ($46.5M), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/bra">Brazil</a> ($32M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($28.5M).

Partner

Trade Flow

Unit

Time

Subnat Geography

Port of Entry

Trade Value

Quantity

Unit Value

trade_s_jpn_m_hs

HS4 81.12 (Harmonized System 1992 for 4-digits)

Market Growth and Net Trade

Subnational Monthly Trade

Click on any date on the time series, any subnational region on the first treemap, or any destination or origin on the second treemap to explore.

In February 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> mostly to <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥228M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥174M), <a href="/en/profile/country/ind">India</a> (¥91.1M), <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥63.4M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> (¥42.6M). During the same month, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> imported <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> mostly from <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥768M), <a href="/en/profile/country/bra">Brazil</a> (¥261M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥241M), <a href="/en/profile/country/deu">Germany</a> (¥236M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/fra">France</a> (¥202M).

In February 2025, the year-on-year exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> decreased by 10.9%. This was explained primarily by a decrease in exports to United States (-¥297M or -63.1%), South Korea (-¥40M or -38.7%), and China (-¥7.36M or -17.8%). During the same month, year-on-year imports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> to <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> increased by 21.6%. This was explained primarily by an increase in imports from China (+¥224M or 41.2%), Brazil (+¥181M or 228%), and Germany (+¥165M or 233%).

In February 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported ¥762M and imported ¥2.13B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a>, resulting in a negative trade balance of $1.37B. Between January 2025 and February 2025, the exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> increased by ¥255M (50.4%), from ¥507M to ¥762M. During the same period, imports decreased by ¥1.21B (-36.2%), from ¥3.34B to ¥2.13B.

The following map shows the market growth of <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> exports from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between the selected years.

<a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> are part of <a href="/en/profile/hs/cermet-articles">Cermet articles</a> and include: <a href="/en/profile/hs/rare-earthsmetals-nes-unwroughtwaste-or-scrap">Rare earths/metals nes, unwrought/waste or scrap</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/chromium-articles-thereof-waste-or-scrappowders">Chromium, articles thereof, waste or scrap/powders</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/articles-of-rare-earthsmetals-nes">Articles of rare earths/metals nes</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/beryllium-articles-thereof-nes">Beryllium, articles thereof, nes</a>, and <a href="/en/profile/hs/germanium-articles-thereof-waste-or-scrappowders">Germanium, articles thereof, waste or scrap/powders</a>, among others.

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported ¥9.08B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a>, being the 478th most exported product (out of 1,177) in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a>. In 2024, the main destinations of Japan's <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> exports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥2.52B), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥2.39B), <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥1.04B), <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥1.02B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/ind">India</a> (¥991M).

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> imported ¥29.2B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a>, being the 385th most imported product (out of 1,215) in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a>. In 2024, the main origins of Japan's <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> imports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥8.95B), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥4.97B), <a href="/en/profile/country/fra">France</a> (¥2.91B), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥2.58B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/bra">Brazil</a> (¥2.28B).

The fastest growing origins for <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> imports in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥2.43B), <a href="/en/profile/country/fra">France</a> (¥1.44B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥1.12B).

The fastest growing markets for <a href="/en/profile/hs/other-metals">Other Metals</a> exports in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥264M), <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥169M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/mex">Mexico</a> (¥76.6M).

Find the latest exports, imports and tariffs for Other Metals trade in Japan.