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About

France-Japan Trade: In 2022, France exported $6.94B to Japan. The main products that France exported to Japan were Wine ($789M), Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($552M), and Packaged Medicaments ($401M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Japan have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.22%, from $7.76B in 2017 to $6.94B in 2022.

In 2020, France exported services to Japan worth $2.24B, with Other business services ($706M), Royalties and license fees ($507M), and Transportation ($416M) being the largest in terms of value.

Japan-France Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $6.23B to France. The main products that Japan exported to France were Cars ($554M), Motorcycles and cycles ($377M), and Combustion Engines ($222M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 4.02%,  from $7.64B in 2017 to $6.23B in 2022.

In 2009, Japan exported services to France worth $3.94B, with Services not allocated ($1.96B), Other business services ($857M), and Royalties and license fees ($496M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B). 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, France exported $6.94B to Japan. The main products exported from France to Japan were Wine ($789M), Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($552M), and Packaged Medicaments ($401M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Japan have decreased at an annualized rate of 2.22%, from $7.76B in 2017 to $6.94B in 2022.

In 2017, Japan exported $6.23B to France. The main products exported from Japan to France were Cars ($554M), Motorcycles and cycles ($377M), and Combustion Engines ($222M). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 4.02%, from $7.64B in 2022 to $6.23B in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Japan (Flag)

France Exports

Japan Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from France than Japan included Germany ($78.3B), Italy ($56.4B), and Spain ($46.4B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Japan than France included China ($135B), United States ($137B), and Chinese Taipei ($50.1B).

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

Comparative Advantage France - Japan

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, France had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Chemical Products ($1.69B), Foodstuffs ($1.22B), and Transportation ($900M).

During 2017, Japan had a large net trade with France in the exports of Machines ($2.43B), Transportation ($1.46B), and Chemical Products ($961M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential France Japan+$267MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Japan France+$298MCars

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 France and Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

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

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