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

Photo Lab Equipment

Japan

According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), it was the 6th most complex product out of 1044, with a PCI value of 1.9.

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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/chn">China</a> ($114M), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> ($61.9M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/phl">Philippines</a> ($29.6M).

, mainly from <a href="/en/profile/reporter/usa">United States</a> ($9.93M), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/chn">China</a> ($7.27M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/aut">Austria</a> ($1.26M).

Partner

Trade Flow

Unit

Time

Subnat Geography

Port of Entry

Trade Value

Quantity

Unit Value

trade_s_jpn_m_hs

HS4 90.10 (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/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> mostly to <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥691M), <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥492M), <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> (¥133M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥40.6M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/ind">India</a> (¥12.1M). During the same month, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> imported <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> mostly from <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥188M), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥9.72M), <a href="/en/profile/country/deu">Germany</a> (¥7.32M), <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥7.19M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/aut">Austria</a> (¥3.68M).

In February 2025, the year-on-year exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> decreased by 47.4%. This was explained primarily by a decrease in exports to China (-¥1.62B or -76.7%), South Korea (-¥456M or -100%), and Panama (-¥12.3M or -100%). During the same month, year-on-year imports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> to <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> increased by 2.42%. This was explained primarily by an increase in imports from China (+¥37.6M or 25%), Canada (+¥3.1M or 835%), and Italy (+¥1.17M or 63.2%).

In February 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported ¥1.39B and imported ¥225M of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a>, resulting in a positive trade balance of $1.16B. Between January 2025 and February 2025, the exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> increased by ¥1.11B (401%), from ¥278M to ¥1.39B. During the same period, imports decreased by ¥23.4M (-9.42%), from ¥248M to ¥225M.

The following map shows the market growth of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> exports from <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between the selected years.

<a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> are part of <a href="/en/profile/hs/optical-photo-and-film-equipment-medical-instruments">Optical, photo, & film equipment; medical instruments</a> and include: <a href="/en/profile/hs/photographic-laboratory-equipment-nes">Photographic Laboratory Equipment (n.e.s.)</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/parts-and-accessories-for-photo-laboratory-equipment">Parts and accessories for photo laboratory equipment</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/equipment-for-automatic-development-of-photo-film">Equipment for automatic development of photo film</a>, and <a href="/en/profile/hs/projection-screens">Projection screens</a>.

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> exported ¥13B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a>, being the 421st 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/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> exports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥7.19B), <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥2.44B), <a href="/en/profile/country/twn">Chinese Taipei</a> (¥1.78B), <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> (¥639M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/aut">Austria</a> (¥312M).

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> imported ¥3.1B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a>, being the 861st 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/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> imports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> (¥1.99B), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥300M), <a href="/en/profile/country/aut">Austria</a> (¥237M), <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥145M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/can">Canada</a> (¥134M).

The fastest growing origins for <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> imports in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> (¥142M), <a href="/en/profile/country/can">Canada</a> (¥76.1M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥70.6M).

The fastest growing markets for <a href="/en/profile/hs/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</a> exports in <a href="/en/profile/country/jpn">Japan</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> (¥138M), <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> (¥40.2M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/pan">Panama</a> (¥24.8M).

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/photo-lab-equipment">Photo Lab Equipment</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.

Find the latest exports, imports and tariffs for Photo Lab Equipment trade in Japan.