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Qatar-Japan Trade: In 2022, Qatar exported $12B to Japan. The main products that Qatar exported to Japan were Crude Petroleum ($6.46B), Petroleum Gas ($2.78B), and Refined Petroleum ($2.49B). Over the past 5 years the exports of Qatar to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 1.44%, from $11.2B in 2017 to $12B in 2022.

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

Japan-Qatar Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $1.25B to Qatar. The main products that Japan exported to Qatar were Cars ($642M), Iron Pipes ($126M), and Buses ($44.7M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to Qatar have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.92%,  from $1.31B in 2017 to $1.25B in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  Qatar ranked 71 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.15), and 38 in total exports ($119B). 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, Qatar exported $12B to Japan. The main products exported from Qatar to Japan were Crude Petroleum ($6.46B), Petroleum Gas ($2.78B), and Refined Petroleum ($2.49B). During the last 5 years the exports of Qatar to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 1.44%, from $11.2B in 2017 to $12B in 2022.

In 2017, Japan exported $1.25B to Qatar. The main products exported from Japan to Qatar were Cars ($642M), Iron Pipes ($126M), and Buses ($44.7M). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to Qatar have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.92%, from $1.31B in 2022 to $1.25B in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

Trade between Qatar (Flag) and Japan (Flag)

Qatar Exports

Japan Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Qatar
Top Destination
China$21.1B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Qatar than Japan included India ($17.4B), Pakistan ($3.62B), and Oman ($1.93B).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Qatar - Japan

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Qatar had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Mineral Products ($11.8B), Metals ($131M), and Chemical Products ($78M).

During 2017, Japan had a large net trade with Qatar in the exports of Transportation ($781M), Machines ($191M), and Metals ($150M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Qatar Japan+$1.61BPetroleum Gas
Top Product Potential Japan Qatar+$40.5MCars

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

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

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