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

Receives a cube and returns its data source link

dataSource_

Add link to the source data page and add a description

dataSource

dollar

toUpperCase

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

Packaged Medicaments

Japan

According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), it was the 220th most complex product out of 1044, with a PCI value of 0.87.

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IconTrendingUp

tabler

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Latest Trends

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Historical Data

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Growth Potential

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Trade Balance

, primarily to <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($2.99B), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/chn">China</a> ($1.14B), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/che">Switzerland</a> ($477M).

, mainly from <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($3.64B), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/deu">Germany</a> ($1.96B), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/che">Switzerland</a> ($1.48B).

Partner

Trade Flow

Unit

Time

Subnat Geography

Port of Entry

Trade Value

Quantity

Unit Value

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HS4 30.04

HS4 30.04 (Harmonized System 1992 for 4-digits)

Market Growth and Net Trade

Market Concentration

Subnational Monthly Trade

In 2024, some companies involved in the trade of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> between <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> and <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> were: <a href="/en/profile/company/general-motors">General Motors</a> (1).

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 April 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> mostly to <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥22.4B), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥21.1B), <a href="/en/profile/country/gbr">United Kingdom</a> (¥3.22B), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥2.53B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥2.41B). During the same month, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> imported <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> mostly from <a href="/en/profile/country/deu">Germany</a> (¥24.4B), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥24B), <a href="/en/profile/country/irl">Ireland</a> (¥20.5B), Puerto Rico (¥12.4B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/ita">Italy</a> (¥12.1B).

In April 2025, the year-on-year exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> increased by 37.6%. This was explained primarily by an increase in exports to China (+¥12.6B or 128%), United States (+¥6.33B or 42.8%), and United Kingdom (+¥2.96B or 1.15k%). During the same month, year-on-year imports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> to <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> increased by 12%. This was explained primarily by an increase in imports from Ireland (+¥14.7B or 250%), Italy (+¥5.41B or 81.3%), and Sweden (+¥4.49B or 166%).

In April 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported ¥62.6B and imported ¥176B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a>, resulting in a negative trade balance of $114B. Between March 2025 and April 2025, the exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> increased by ¥4.79B (8.27%), from ¥57.8B to ¥62.6B. During the same period, imports decreased by ¥24.5B (-12.2%), from ¥201B to ¥176B.

The following map shows the market growth of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> exports from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between the selected years.

<a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> are part of <a href="/en/profile/hs/pharmaceutical-products">Pharmaceutical products</a> and include: <a href="/en/profile/hs/medicaments-in-dosage-nes">Medicaments in Dosage (n.e.s.)</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/hormones-excl-contraceptives-in-dosage">Hormones (Excl. Contraceptives) in Dosage</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/antibiotics-nes-in-dosage">Antibiotics nes, in dosage</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/insulin-in-dosage">Insulin, in dosage</a>, and <a href="/en/profile/hs/adrenal-cortical-hormones-in-dosage">Adrenal cortical hormones, in dosage</a>, among others.

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported ¥665B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a>, being the 31st 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/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> exports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥299B), <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥133B), <a href="/en/profile/country/che">Switzerland</a> (¥37.9B), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥31.3B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥28.9B).

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> imported ¥2.31T of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a>, being the 8th 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/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> imports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥402B), <a href="/en/profile/country/deu">Germany</a> (¥367B), <a href="/en/profile/country/che">Switzerland</a> (¥196B), <a href="/en/profile/country/irl">Ireland</a> (¥161B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/gbr">United Kingdom</a> (¥132B).

The fastest growing origins for <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> imports in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/deu">Germany</a> (¥59.9B), <a href="/en/profile/country/svn">Slovenia</a> (¥57B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/gbr">United Kingdom</a> (¥41.1B).

The fastest growing markets for <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> exports in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/che">Switzerland</a> (¥23B), <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥17.5B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥4.59B).

Importing Companies

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Bill of Lading

Click on any importing company on the treemap, or any destination state on the map to explore.

The chart visualizes the number of import shipments of <a href="/en/profile/hs/packaged-medicaments">Packaged Medicaments</a> made by companies in the <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> during the selected time period, colored by the region of destination. The map shows a breakdown of the shipments by their destination state.

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Find the latest exports, imports and tariffs for Packaged Medicaments trade in Japan.