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About

Japan-Somalia Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $2.48M to Somalia. The main products that Japan exported to Somalia were Delivery Trucks ($657k), X-Ray Equipment ($510k), and Buses ($473k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to Somalia have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.86%, from $3.73M in 2017 to $2.48M in 2022.

In 2022, Japan did not export any services to Somalia.

Somalia-Japan Trade: In 2022, Somalia exported $4.24M to Japan. The main products that Somalia exported to Japan were Molluscs ($2.81M), Fish Oil ($988k), and Other Oily Seeds ($272k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Somalia to Japan have decreased at an annualized rate of 17.3%,  from $10.9M in 2017 to $4.24M in 2022.

In 2022, Somalia did not export any services to Japan.

Comparison In 2022,  Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07),  and 4 in total exports ($728B). That same year, Somalia ranked 167 in total exports ($569M), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Japan exported $2.48M to Somalia. The main products exported from Japan to Somalia were Delivery Trucks ($657k), X-Ray Equipment ($510k), and Buses ($473k). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to Somalia have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.86%, from $3.73M in 2017 to $2.48M in 2022.

In 2017, Somalia exported $4.24M to Japan. The main products exported from Somalia to Japan were Molluscs ($2.81M), Fish Oil ($988k), and Other Oily Seeds ($272k). During the last 5 years the exports of Somalia to Japan have decreased at an annualized rate of 17.3%, from $10.9M in 2022 to $4.24M in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B
Somalia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$283M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Japan than Somalia included United States ($137B), China ($135B), and South Korea ($50.8B).

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Somalia than from Japan.

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

Comparative Advantage Japan - Somalia

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Japan had a large net trade with Somalia in the exports of Transportation ($1.58M), Instruments ($522k), and Machines ($202k).

During 2017, Somalia had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Animal Products ($2.83M), Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($988k), and Vegetable Products ($293k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Japan Somalia+$1.15MCars
Top Product Potential Somalia Japan+$1.24MMolluscs

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

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

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