What Japan buys from Ireland.
Japan imported USD 5.3bn of manufactured and processed goods from Ireland in 2024, down 6 per cent on 2022. That is 1 per cent of everything Japan imported in these lines, and Ireland is its number 15 source. Below: the 50 largest lines, the fastest growing, where Ireland dominates, and where another country ships the same line for less a tonne.
Trade year 2024, compared with 2022. Unit values are customs values per tonne, declared at the border, not product prices.
The largest lines on the lane, by 2024 value.
Each line shows what Japan paid Ireland for it at the border, Ireland's share of everything Japan imported in that line, how it changed since 2022, and the customs unit value per tonne where the weight is recorded. Together they are 96 per cent of the lane.
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Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail...HS 300215
Share of Japan's imports20 per cent, 35 source countriesChangeup 44 per cent on 2022 (USD 1.2bn in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 1.8bnin 2024 -
2
Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail saleHS 300490
Share of Japan's imports8 per cent, 60 source countriesChangedown 45 per cent on 2022 (USD 1.7bn in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 950min 2024 -
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Lenses, contact: unmounted, of any material, excluding elements of glass not optically workedHS 900130
Share of Japan's imports32 per cent, 25 source countriesChangedown 19 per cent on 2022 (USD 535m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 190,534 a tonne, 2,275 tonnesUSD 433min 2024 -
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Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the likeHS 901839
Share of Japan's imports10 per cent, 50 source countriesChangedown 11 per cent on 2022 (USD 216m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 192min 2024 -
5
Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products: for human medicineHS 300241
Share of Japan's imports9 per cent, 21 source countriesChangeup 5 per cent on 2022 (USD 170m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 3.8m a tonne, 47 tonnesUSD 178min 2024 -
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Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or...HS 854231
Share of Japan's imports2 per cent, 58 source countriesChangedown 31 per cent on 2022 (USD 195m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 134min 2024 -
7
Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products: n.e.c. in item 3002.3HS 300249
Share of Japan's imports51 per cent, 35 source countriesChangeup 67 per cent on 2022 (USD 75m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 125min 2024 -
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Appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disabilityHS 902190
Share of Japan's imports30 per cent, 40 source countriesChangeup 99 per cent on 2022 (USD 59m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 1.3m a tonne, 90 tonnesUSD 118min 2024 -
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Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of...HS 382219
Share of Japan's imports7 per cent, 53 source countriesChangedown 13 per cent on 2022 (USD 124m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 118,344 a tonne, 913 tonnesUSD 108min 2024 -
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Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industriesHS 330210
Share of Japan's imports51 per cent, 40 source countriesChangedown 2 per cent on 2022 (USD 92m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 57,758 a tonne, 1,559 tonnesUSD 90min 2024 -
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Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018HS 901890
Share of Japan's imports3 per cent, 71 source countriesChangeup 87 per cent on 2022 (USD 45m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 167,490 a tonne, 501 tonnesUSD 84min 2024 -
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Pacemakers: for stimulating heart muscles (excluding parts and accessories)HS 902150
Share of Japan's imports25 per cent, 11 source countriesChangeup 20 per cent on 2022 (USD 68m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 2.3m a tonne, 36 tonnesUSD 82min 2024 -
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Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial jointsHS 902139
Share of Japan's imports11 per cent, 41 source countriesChangeup 220 per cent on 2022 (USD 25m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 2.6m a tonne, 32 tonnesUSD 81min 2024 -
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Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for...HS 300214
Share of Japan's imports15 per cent, 21 source countriesChangedown 9 per cent on 2022 (USD 89m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 10.4m a tonne, 7.8 tonnesUSD 81min 2024 -
15
Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological...HS 901819
Share of Japan's imports14 per cent, 53 source countriesChangedown 23 per cent on 2022 (USD 92m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 266,934 a tonne, 265 tonnesUSD 71min 2024 -
16
Heterocyclic compounds: containing a quinoline or isoquinoline ring-system (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, not further fused, other than levorphanol...HS 293349
Share of Japan's imports49 per cent, 23 source countriesChangeup 438 per cent on 2022 (USD 11m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 59min 2024 -
17
Artificial parts of the bodyHS 902131
Share of Japan's imports13 per cent, 24 source countriesChangedown 59 per cent on 2022 (USD 128m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 670,257 a tonne, 79 tonnesUSD 53min 2024 -
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Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS 854239
Share of Japan's imports1 per cent, 58 source countriesChangefrom USD 38k in 2022Unit valueUSD 1.5m a tonne, 35 tonnesUSD 52min 2024 -
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Oral or dental hygiene preparations: other than dentifricesHS 330690
Share of Japan's imports37 per cent, 33 source countriesChangeup 12 per cent on 2022 (USD 34m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 31,242 a tonne, 1,215 tonnesUSD 38min 2024 -
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Heterocyclic compounds: n.e.c. in headings no. 2933HS 293399
Share of Japan's imports9 per cent, 38 source countriesChangedown 29 per cent on 2022 (USD 54m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 38min 2024 -
21
Sulphonamides: n.e.c. in heading no. 2935HS 293590
Share of Japan's imports14 per cent, 27 source countriesChangedown 33 per cent on 2022 (USD 49m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 33min 2024 -
22
Medicaments: containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail saleHS 300450
Share of Japan's imports48 per cent, 24 source countriesChangeup 102 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 165,676 a tonne, 163 tonnesUSD 27min 2024 -
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Oral or dental hygiene preparations: dentifricesHS 330610
Share of Japan's imports43 per cent, 39 source countriesChangedown 30 per cent on 2022 (USD 33m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 7,678 a tonne, 3,059 tonnesUSD 23min 2024 -
24
Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading number 2934HS 293499
Share of Japan's imports2 per cent, 43 source countriesChangeup 4 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 20min 2024 -
25
Meat preparations: of swine, shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved (excluding homogenised preparations)HS 160242
Share of Japan's imports7 per cent, 16 source countriesChangeup 33 per cent on 2022 (USD 15m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 3,708 a tonne, 5,208 tonnesUSD 19min 2024 -
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Units of automatic data processing machines: storage unitsHS 847170
Share of Japan's imports1 per cent, 57 source countriesChangedown 47 per cent on 2022 (USD 31m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 442,556 a tonne, 37 tonnesUSD 16min 2024 -
27
Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: tubular metal needles and needles for suturesHS 901832
Share of Japan's imports14 per cent, 36 source countriesChangedown 48 per cent on 2022 (USD 31m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 41,784 a tonne, 383 tonnesUSD 16min 2024 -
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WhiskiesHS 220830
Share of Japan's imports3 per cent, 42 source countriesChangeup 137 per cent on 2022 (USD 7m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 8,293 a tonne, 1,873 tonnesUSD 16min 2024 -
29
Pharmaceutical goods: appliances identifiable for ostomy useHS 300691
Share of Japan's imports23 per cent, 16 source countriesChangedown 2 per cent on 2022 (USD 16m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 74,382 a tonne, 205 tonnesUSD 15min 2024 -
30
Antibiotics: n.e.c. in heading no. 2941HS 294190
Share of Japan's imports8 per cent, 24 source countriesChangeup 141 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 2.5m a tonne, 5.9 tonnesUSD 15min 2024 -
31
Instruments and apparatus: for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or...HS 902781
Share of Japan's imports7 per cent, 29 source countriesChangeup 101 per cent on 2022 (USD 7m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 783,140 a tonne, 18 tonnesUSD 14min 2024 -
32
Pharmaceutical goods: sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical...HS 300610
Share of Japan's imports4 per cent, 29 source countriesChangedown 25 per cent on 2022 (USD 18m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 621,809 a tonne, 21 tonnesUSD 13min 2024 -
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Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other...HS 851762
Share of Japan's importsunder 1 per cent, 71 source countriesChangedown 37 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 389,941 a tonne, 32 tonnesUSD 12min 2024 -
34
Washing and cleaning preparations: powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail...HS 340250
Share of Japan's imports5 per cent, 41 source countriesChangelevel with 2022 (USD 12m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 8,703 a tonne, 1,414 tonnesUSD 12min 2024 -
35
Instruments, appliances and machines: parts and accessories for those measuring or checking devices of heading no. 9031HS 903190
Share of Japan's imports2 per cent, 70 source countriesChangedown 49 per cent on 2022 (USD 24m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 857,334 a tonne, 14 tonnesUSD 12min 2024 -
36
Pharmaceutical goods: placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured dosesHS 300693
Share of Japan's imports13 per cent, 26 source countriesChangeup 78 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 4.5m a tonne, 2.1 tonnesUSD 10min 2024 -
37
Microtomes and parts and accessories thereofHS 902790
Share of Japan's imports2 per cent, 65 source countriesChangelevel with 2022 (USD 10m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 538,259 a tonne, 18 tonnesUSD 10min 2024 -
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Machinery: for filtering or purifying liquids, n.e.c. in item no. 8421.2HS 842129
Share of Japan's imports4 per cent, 51 source countriesChangedown 3 per cent on 2022 (USD 10m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 141,193 a tonne, 67 tonnesUSD 9min 2024 -
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Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471HS 847330
Share of Japan's importsunder 1 per cent, 67 source countriesChangeup 11 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 9min 2024 -
40
Wrist-watches: electrically operated, with or without a stop-watch, (other than those of heading no. 9101) with mechanical display onlyHS 910211
Share of Japan's imports3 per cent, 49 source countriesChangefrom USD 911k in 2022Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 9min 2024 -
41
Non-halogenated organo-phosphorous derivatives: other non-halogenated organo-phosphorous derivatives, n.e.c. in item no. 2931.4HS 293149
Share of Japan's imports10 per cent, 20 source countriesChangedown 45 per cent on 2022 (USD 16m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 9min 2024 -
42
Therapeutic respiration apparatus: ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy apparatus: artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatusHS 901920
Share of Japan's imports2 per cent, 45 source countriesChangedown 6 per cent on 2022 (USD 9m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 571,342 a tonne, 15 tonnesUSD 8min 2024 -
43
Liqueurs and cordialsHS 220870
Share of Japan's imports9 per cent, 49 source countriesChangeup 55 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 18,424 a tonne, 426 tonnesUSD 8min 2024 -
44
Medicaments: containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues (but not containing antibiotics), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses...HS 300432
Share of Japan's imports2 per cent, 21 source countriesChangeup 98 per cent on 2022 (USD 4m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 516,416 a tonne, 15 tonnesUSD 8min 2024 -
45
Disinfectants: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 in this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articlesHS 380894
Share of Japan's imports8 per cent, 32 source countriesChangedown 41 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 8,629 a tonne, 891 tonnesUSD 8min 2024 -
46
Electronic integrated circuits: amplifiersHS 854233
Share of Japan's imports3 per cent, 41 source countriesChangedown 41 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 1.8m a tonne, 4.2 tonnesUSD 7min 2024 -
47
Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractionsHS 300212
Share of Japan's imports1 per cent, 46 source countriesChangedown 18 per cent on 2022 (USD 9m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 2.3m a tonne, 3.0 tonnesUSD 7min 2024 -
48
Cyclic amides (including cyclic carbamates) and their derivatives: other than the derivatives and salts of ureines, 2-acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthancillic...HS 292429
Share of Japan's imports3 per cent, 28 source countriesChangeup 101 per cent on 2022 (USD 3m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 131,680 a tonne, 50 tonnesUSD 7min 2024 -
49
Wrist-watches: whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic windingHS 910221
Share of Japan's imports1 per cent, 46 source countriesChangefrom USD 953k in 2022Unit valueUSD 30.8m a tonne, 0.2 tonnesUSD 6min 2024 -
50
Orthopaedic or fracture appliancesHS 902110
Share of Japan's imports1 per cent, 44 source countriesChangeup 84 per cent on 2022 (USD 3m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 1.4m a tonne, 4.4 tonnesUSD 6min 2024
The lines that grew most since 2022.
Lines worth at least USD 5m in 2022, ranked by growth to 2024 in current dollars. A fast rise can be a new product, a shift away from another source, or a price change; the record does not say which.
- Heterocyclic compounds: containing a quinoline or isoquinoline ring-system (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, not further fused, other than levorphanol...HS 293349USD 59m in 2024, up 438 per cent on 2022 (USD 11m in 2022). Ireland supplies 49 per cent of the line.
- Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial jointsHS 902139USD 81m in 2024, up 220 per cent on 2022 (USD 25m in 2022). Ireland supplies 11 per cent of the line.
- Antibiotics: n.e.c. in heading no. 2941HS 294190USD 15m in 2024, up 141 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022). Ireland supplies 8 per cent of the line.
- WhiskiesHS 220830USD 16m in 2024, up 137 per cent on 2022 (USD 7m in 2022). Ireland supplies 3 per cent of the line.
- Medicaments: containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail saleHS 300450USD 27m in 2024, up 102 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022). Ireland supplies 48 per cent of the line.
- Instruments and apparatus: for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or...HS 902781USD 14m in 2024, up 101 per cent on 2022 (USD 7m in 2022). Ireland supplies 7 per cent of the line.
- Appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disabilityHS 902190USD 118m in 2024, up 99 per cent on 2022 (USD 59m in 2022). Ireland supplies 30 per cent of the line.
- Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018HS 901890USD 84m in 2024, up 87 per cent on 2022 (USD 45m in 2022). Ireland supplies 3 per cent of the line.
- Pharmaceutical goods: placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured dosesHS 300693USD 10m in 2024, up 78 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022). Ireland supplies 13 per cent of the line.
- Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products: n.e.c. in item 3002.3HS 300249USD 125m in 2024, up 67 per cent on 2022 (USD 75m in 2022). Ireland supplies 51 per cent of the line.
- Liqueurs and cordialsHS 220870USD 8m in 2024, up 55 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022). Ireland supplies 9 per cent of the line.
- Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail...HS 300215USD 1.8bn in 2024, up 44 per cent on 2022 (USD 1.2bn in 2022). Ireland supplies 20 per cent of the line.
- Meat preparations: of swine, shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved (excluding homogenised preparations)HS 160242USD 19m in 2024, up 33 per cent on 2022 (USD 15m in 2022). Ireland supplies 7 per cent of the line.
- Pacemakers: for stimulating heart muscles (excluding parts and accessories)HS 902150USD 82m in 2024, up 20 per cent on 2022 (USD 68m in 2022). Ireland supplies 25 per cent of the line.
- Oral or dental hygiene preparations: other than dentifricesHS 330690USD 38m in 2024, up 12 per cent on 2022 (USD 34m in 2022). Ireland supplies 37 per cent of the line.
- Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471HS 847330USD 9m in 2024, up 11 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022). Ireland supplies under 1 per cent of the line.
- Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail saleHS 300439USD 6m in 2024, up 8 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022). Ireland supplies under 1 per cent of the line.
- Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products: for human medicineHS 300241USD 178m in 2024, up 5 per cent on 2022 (USD 170m in 2022). Ireland supplies 9 per cent of the line.
- Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading number 2934HS 293499USD 20m in 2024, up 4 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022). Ireland supplies 2 per cent of the line.
- Washing and cleaning preparations: powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail...HS 340250USD 12m in 2024, level with 2022 (USD 12m in 2022). Ireland supplies 5 per cent of the line.
Lines where Ireland supplies 60 per cent or more.
The largest lines worth USD 1m or more where Ireland ships at least 60 per cent of what Japan imports. This is supply concentration: how much of the line depends on one source country.
No line worth USD 1m or more where Ireland supplies 60 per cent of Japan's imports.
Where another country ships the same line for at least 20 per cent less a tonne.
Lines worth USD 5m or more where Ireland's unit value is recorded and another country also ships at least USD 5m of the same line to Japan at a unit value at least 20 per cent lower. The largest such source is named. The same heading can hold different grades, so a lower figure is a question to ask, not a like-for-like price.
- Appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disabilityHS 902190Ireland: USD 118m at USD 1.3m a tonne. United States: USD 88m (22 per cent of the line) at USD 677,351 a tonne, 49 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 677,351 a tonne.
- Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industriesHS 330210Ireland: USD 90m at USD 57,758 a tonne. United States: USD 25m (14 per cent of the line) at USD 35,097 a tonne, 39 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 38,166 a tonne.
- Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018HS 901890Ireland: USD 84m at USD 167,490 a tonne. China: USD 210m (7 per cent of the line) at USD 41,488 a tonne, 75 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 128,482 a tonne.
- Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial jointsHS 902139Ireland: USD 81m at USD 2.6m a tonne. United States: USD 346m (46 per cent of the line) at USD 1.8m a tonne, 30 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 1.5m a tonne.
- Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological...HS 901819Ireland: USD 71m at USD 266,934 a tonne. South Korea: USD 11m (2 per cent of the line) at USD 159,965 a tonne, 40 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 438,207 a tonne.
- Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS 854239Ireland: USD 52m at USD 1.5m a tonne. South Korea: USD 239m (2 per cent of the line) at USD 966,411 a tonne, 35 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 1.6m a tonne.
- Medicaments: containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail saleHS 300450Ireland: USD 27m at USD 165,676 a tonne. Vietnam: USD 13m (24 per cent of the line) at USD 23,099 a tonne, 86 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 85,329 a tonne.
- Units of automatic data processing machines: storage unitsHS 847170Ireland: USD 16m at USD 442,556 a tonne. South Korea: USD 18m (1 per cent of the line) at USD 266,462 a tonne, 40 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 442,556 a tonne.
- Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: tubular metal needles and needles for suturesHS 901832Ireland: USD 16m at USD 41,784 a tonne. China: USD 12m (10 per cent of the line) at USD 23,634 a tonne, 43 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 114,166 a tonne.
- WhiskiesHS 220830Ireland: USD 16m at USD 8,293 a tonne. United States: USD 84m (18 per cent of the line) at USD 4,707 a tonne, 43 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 12,948 a tonne.
- Antibiotics: n.e.c. in heading no. 2941HS 294190Ireland: USD 15m at USD 2.5m a tonne. China: USD 78m (44 per cent of the line) at USD 237,862 a tonne, 91 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 764,215 a tonne.
- Instruments and apparatus: for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or...HS 902781Ireland: USD 14m at USD 783,140 a tonne. United Kingdom: USD 9m (5 per cent of the line) at USD 499,267 a tonne, 36 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 854,267 a tonne.
- Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other...HS 851762Ireland: USD 12m at USD 389,941 a tonne. Czech Republic: USD 173m (3 per cent of the line) at USD 301,610 a tonne, 23 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 344,503 a tonne.
- Washing and cleaning preparations: powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail...HS 340250Ireland: USD 12m at USD 8,703 a tonne. China: USD 81m (32 per cent of the line) at USD 1,972 a tonne, 77 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 3,107 a tonne.
- Instruments, appliances and machines: parts and accessories for those measuring or checking devices of heading no. 9031HS 903190Ireland: USD 12m at USD 857,334 a tonne. United States: USD 85m (14 per cent of the line) at USD 318,345 a tonne, 63 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 282,176 a tonne.
- Pharmaceutical goods: placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured dosesHS 300693Ireland: USD 10m at USD 4.5m a tonne. United States: USD 21m (28 per cent of the line) at USD 2.0m a tonne, 56 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 2.0m a tonne.
- Microtomes and parts and accessories thereofHS 902790Ireland: USD 10m at USD 538,259 a tonne. United States: USD 174m (32 per cent of the line) at USD 302,607 a tonne, 44 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 339,984 a tonne.
- Machinery: for filtering or purifying liquids, n.e.c. in item no. 8421.2HS 842129Ireland: USD 9m at USD 141,193 a tonne. China: USD 35m (15 per cent of the line) at USD 18,129 a tonne, 87 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 77,118 a tonne.
- Therapeutic respiration apparatus: ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy apparatus: artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatusHS 901920Ireland: USD 8m at USD 571,342 a tonne. Australia: USD 145m (32 per cent of the line) at USD 109,555 a tonne, 81 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 122,134 a tonne.
- Liqueurs and cordialsHS 220870Ireland: USD 8m at USD 18,424 a tonne. France: USD 21m (25 per cent of the line) at USD 7,687 a tonne, 58 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 7,687 a tonne.
What Japan buys from everyone, and what it is placed to make.
What crossed the border, what it was worth, and what it weighed.
Every figure on this page is from CEPII's BACI file, which reconciles what each pair of countries reports to the UN about the same shipment. Trade year 2024, compared with 2022. A line is one six-digit customs heading (HS 2022). Values are in US dollars at the border; growth is in current dollars, so part of any change is price, not volume.
Unit value. Unit values are customs values per tonne, declared at the border, not product prices. It is the value of a line divided by its declared weight, so it mixes grades, models and qualities under one heading. It is shown only where the weight is recorded, at least three source countries of USD 100k or more ship the line to Japan with a weight, and the figure sits within a factor of five of the middle of those sources. Outside that band it is treated as a recording problem and left out.
Share is Ireland's part of everything Japan imported in that line, from every source. Sources counts the countries that shipped any of it.
Scope. Manufactured and processed goods, customs chapters 16 to 96, without ores, fuels, precious metals, scrap, raw farm output and one-off capital and defence purchases: the same rule as the Made here pages.
A record of trade, not a shopping list.
What this record does not say: what sells at retail, what margin a trade leaves, how crowded the marketplaces are, or how much of a flow is re-exported through entrepots such as Hong Kong and Singapore.
A large line is not proof of an opening, and a lower unit value from another country is not proof the goods are the same. Tariffs, standards, freight, payment terms, lead times and the plain fact that a supplier is good at it are all invisible here. Nothing on this page is a forecast, a recommendation or a promise. No supplier company is named, because the record holds none.
Source: CEPII BACI, HS22, version 202601. Edition of 2026-11-03.
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