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Germany-Japan Trade: In 2022, Germany exported $21.7B to Japan. The main products that Germany exported to Japan were Cars ($3.7B), Packaged Medicaments ($2.05B), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($1.5B). Over the past 5 years the exports of Germany to Japan have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.094%, from $21.8B in 2017 to $21.7B in 2022.

In 2020, Germany exported services to Japan worth $4.55B, with Other business services ($2.11B), Royalties and license fees ($1.06B), and Transportation ($892M) being the largest in terms of value.

Japan-Germany Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $20B to Germany. The main products that Japan exported to Germany were Cars ($1.81B), Chemical Analysis Instruments ($952M), and Video and Card Games ($777M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to Germany have increased at an annualized rate of 0.4%,  from $19.6B in 2017 to $20B in 2022.

In 2009, Japan exported services to Germany worth $18.9B, with Services not allocated ($9.43B), Other business services ($7.01B), and Transportation ($1.56B) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  Germany ranked 5 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.78), and 3 in total exports ($1.6T). That same year, Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07), and 4 in total exports ($728B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Germany exported $21.7B to Japan. The main products exported from Germany to Japan were Cars ($3.7B), Packaged Medicaments ($2.05B), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($1.5B). During the last 5 years the exports of Germany to Japan have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.094%, from $21.8B in 2017 to $21.7B in 2022.

In 2017, Japan exported $20B to Germany. The main products exported from Japan to Germany were Cars ($1.81B), Chemical Analysis Instruments ($952M), and Video and Card Games ($777M). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to Germany have increased at an annualized rate of 0.4%, from $19.6B in 2022 to $20B in 2017.

Exports from Germany (Flag) to Japan (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Japan (Flag) to Germany (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Germany
Top Destination
United States$153B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B

This map shows whether countries import more from Germany or Japan. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Germany and Japan or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Germany than Japan included France ($120B), Netherlands ($109B), and Italy ($90.7B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Japan than Germany included Chinese Taipei ($50.1B), South Korea ($50.8B), and China ($135B).

Difference in imports from Japan (Flag) and Germany (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Germany - Japan

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Germany and Japan by product, considering products traded by both, Germany and Japan.

During 2022, Germany had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Chemical Products ($6.38B), Transportation ($4.99B), and Machines ($4.85B).

During 2017, Japan had a large net trade with Germany in the exports of Machines ($8.36B), Transportation ($2.87B), and Instruments ($2.49B).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Germany Japan+$415MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Japan Germany+$1.18BCars

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Germany and Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Germany indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over Germany.

Product Space of Germany (Flag) and Japan (Flag) (2022)

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