What Brazil buys from Japan.
Brazil imported USD 5.2bn of manufactured and processed goods from Japan in 2024, level with 2022. That is 2 per cent of everything Brazil imported in these lines, and Japan is its number 9 source. Below: the 50 largest lines, the fastest growing, where Japan 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 Brazil paid Japan for it at the border, Japan's share of everything Brazil imported in that line, how it changed since 2022, and the customs unit value per tonne where the weight is recorded. Together they are 55 per cent of the lane.
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Vehicle parts: gear boxes and parts thereofHS 870840
Share of Brazil's imports30 per cent, 60 source countriesChangeup 6 per cent on 2022 (USD 736m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 12,501 a tonne, 62,529 tonnesUSD 782min 2024 -
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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 Brazil's imports4 per cent, 36 source countriesChangeup 170 per cent on 2022 (USD 54m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 146min 2024 -
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Engines: parts, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (for other than aircraft)HS 840991
Share of Brazil's imports13 per cent, 65 source countriesChangedown 23 per cent on 2022 (USD 135m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 19,633 a tonne, 5,317 tonnesUSD 104min 2024 -
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Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumaticHS 903289
Share of Brazil's imports9 per cent, 81 source countriesChangeup 10 per cent on 2022 (USD 92m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 174,733 a tonne, 579 tonnesUSD 101min 2024 -
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Heterocyclic compounds: with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only, containing an unfused pyrazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, other than henazone...HS 293319
Share of Brazil's imports11 per cent, 16 source countriesChangeup 47 per cent on 2022 (USD 67m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 331,163 a tonne, 298 tonnesUSD 99min 2024 -
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Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of...HS 870340
Share of Brazil's imports12 per cent, 16 source countriesChangeup 91 per cent on 2022 (USD 44m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 14,062 a tonne, 6,033 tonnesUSD 85min 2024 -
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Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessoriesHS 871410
Share of Brazil's imports9 per cent, 53 source countriesChangedown 22 per cent on 2022 (USD 99m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 24,461 a tonne, 3,143 tonnesUSD 77min 2024 -
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Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square)...HS 720712
Share of Brazil's imports14 per cent, 7 source countriesChangenew since 2022Unit valueUSD 511 a tonne, 144,918 tonnesUSD 74min 2024 -
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Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91HS 844399
Share of Brazil's imports14 per cent, 72 source countriesChangedown 7 per cent on 2022 (USD 78m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 41,143 a tonne, 1,756 tonnesUSD 72min 2024 -
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Engines: reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000ccHS 840734
Share of Brazil's imports16 per cent, 25 source countriesChangeup 12 per cent on 2022 (USD 58m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 11,505 a tonne, 5,688 tonnesUSD 65min 2024 -
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Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat beltsHS 870829
Share of Brazil's imports5 per cent, 75 source countriesChangeup 23 per cent on 2022 (USD 50m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 8,401 a tonne, 7,302 tonnesUSD 61min 2024 -
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Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material: railsHS 730210
Share of Brazil's imports43 per cent, 24 source countriesChangedown 35 per cent on 2022 (USD 95m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 1,244 a tonne, 49,227 tonnesUSD 61min 2024 -
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Iron or steel: threaded screws and bolts n.e.c. in item no. 7318.1, whether or not with their nuts or washersHS 731815
Share of Brazil's imports10 per cent, 108 source countriesChangedown 12 per cent on 2022 (USD 56m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 6,669 a tonne, 7,457 tonnesUSD 50min 2024 -
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Electric motors and generators: DC, of an output not exceeding 750WHS 850131
Share of Brazil's imports15 per cent, 57 source countriesChangedown 5 per cent on 2022 (USD 46m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 46,346 a tonne, 954 tonnesUSD 44min 2024 -
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Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structureHS 842952
Share of Brazil's imports11 per cent, 16 source countriesChangeup 2 per cent on 2022 (USD 43m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 5,563 a tonne, 7,922 tonnesUSD 44min 2024 -
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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 Brazil's imports1 per cent, 59 source countriesChangeup 68 per cent on 2022 (USD 26m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 383,911 a tonne, 113 tonnesUSD 43min 2024 -
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Engines: outboard motors for marine propulsion, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston enginesHS 840721
Share of Brazil's imports43 per cent, 12 source countriesChangeup 75 per cent on 2022 (USD 24m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 27,698 a tonne, 1,491 tonnesUSD 41min 2024 -
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Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens: of liquid crystals, with drivers or control circuitsHS 852491
Share of Brazil's imports2 per cent, 40 source countriesChangeup 18 per cent on 2022 (USD 34m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 39,048 a tonne, 1,035 tonnesUSD 40min 2024 -
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Electric accumulators: nickel-metal hydride, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)HS 850750
Share of Brazil's imports86 per cent, 36 source countriesChangeup 1 per cent on 2022 (USD 38m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 24,357 a tonne, 1,575 tonnesUSD 38min 2024 -
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Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brakes and parts thereofHS 870830
Share of Brazil's imports8 per cent, 66 source countriesChangedown 4 per cent on 2022 (USD 40m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 17,577 a tonne, 2,181 tonnesUSD 38min 2024 -
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Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machinesHS 401180
Share of Brazil's imports16 per cent, 31 source countriesChangedown 34 per cent on 2022 (USD 56m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 5,945 a tonne, 6,173 tonnesUSD 37min 2024 -
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Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapterHS 847989
Share of Brazil's imports4 per cent, 76 source countriesChangedown 15 per cent on 2022 (USD 43m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 65,552 a tonne, 553 tonnesUSD 36min 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 Brazil's imports1 per cent, 70 source countriesChangeup 159 per cent on 2022 (USD 14m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 948,849 a tonne, 38 tonnesUSD 36min 2024 -
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Steel, stainless: seamless, casing and tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gasHS 730424
Share of Brazil's imports37 per cent, 21 source countriesChangeup 73 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 21,369 a tonne, 1,612 tonnesUSD 34min 2024 -
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Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranksHS 848310
Share of Brazil's imports5 per cent, 64 source countriesChangeup 11 per cent on 2022 (USD 29m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 5,797 a tonne, 5,620 tonnesUSD 33min 2024 -
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Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft n.e.c. in heading no. 8807HS 880730
Share of Brazil's imports3 per cent, 58 source countriesChangeup 9 per cent on 2022 (USD 28m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 700,259 a tonne, 43 tonnesUSD 30min 2024 -
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Compressors: of a kind used in refrigerating equipmentHS 841430
Share of Brazil's imports5 per cent, 45 source countriesChangedown 2 per cent on 2022 (USD 29m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 21,393 a tonne, 1,356 tonnesUSD 29min 2024 -
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Instruments, appliances and machines: for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90HS 903180
Share of Brazil's imports7 per cent, 82 source countriesChangeup 41 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 89,040 a tonne, 321 tonnesUSD 29min 2024 -
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Machines: for making cartons, boxes, cases, tubes, drums or similar containers (other than by moulding), of paper pulp, paper or paperboardHS 844130
Share of Brazil's imports41 per cent, 21 source countriesChangeup 126 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 29,257 a tonne, 977 tonnesUSD 29min 2024 -
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Machining centres: for working metalHS 845710
Share of Brazil's imports19 per cent, 18 source countriesChangedown 5 per cent on 2022 (USD 30m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 19,509 a tonne, 1,462 tonnesUSD 29min 2024 -
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Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39HS 392690
Share of Brazil's imports4 per cent, 109 source countriesChangeup 52 per cent on 2022 (USD 19m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 25,884 a tonne, 1,100 tonnesUSD 28min 2024 -
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Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with tin, thickness of less than 0.5mmHS 721012
Share of Brazil's imports24 per cent, 15 source countriesChangeup 15 per cent on 2022 (USD 24m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 1,078 a tonne, 26,202 tonnesUSD 28min 2024 -
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Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for pressing, stamping or punchingHS 820730
Share of Brazil's imports21 per cent, 46 source countriesChangefrom USD 4m in 2022Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 28min 2024 -
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Electrical static convertersHS 850440
Share of Brazil's imports2 per cent, 93 source countriesChangedown 16 per cent on 2022 (USD 33m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 37,891 a tonne, 738 tonnesUSD 28min 2024 -
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Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708HS 870899
Share of Brazil's imports2 per cent, 82 source countriesChangedown 28 per cent on 2022 (USD 37m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 13,216 a tonne, 2,015 tonnesUSD 27min 2024 -
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Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of...HS 840890
Share of Brazil's imports6 per cent, 28 source countriesChangeup 128 per cent on 2022 (USD 12m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 13,036 a tonne, 2,013 tonnesUSD 26min 2024 -
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Engines: hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting (cylinders)HS 841221
Share of Brazil's imports9 per cent, 57 source countriesChangedown 57 per cent on 2022 (USD 61m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 7,001 a tonne, 3,740 tonnesUSD 26min 2024 -
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Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 voltsHS 853690
Share of Brazil's imports5 per cent, 98 source countriesChangedown 9 per cent on 2022 (USD 29m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 40,590 a tonne, 644 tonnesUSD 26min 2024 -
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Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018HS 901890
Share of Brazil's imports3 per cent, 63 source countriesChangeup 17 per cent on 2022 (USD 22m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 91,105 a tonne, 286 tonnesUSD 26min 2024 -
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Organo-sulphur compounds: n.e.c. in heading no. 2930HS 293090
Share of Brazil's imports4 per cent, 38 source countriesChangedown 19 per cent on 2022 (USD 32m in 2022)Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of rangeUSD 26min 2024 -
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Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431HS 843149
Share of Brazil's imports3 per cent, 72 source countriesChangedown 51 per cent on 2022 (USD 52m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 3,796 a tonne, 6,694 tonnesUSD 25min 2024 -
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Ball bearingsHS 848210
Share of Brazil's imports8 per cent, 74 source countriesChangedown 23 per cent on 2022 (USD 33m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 14,003 a tonne, 1,806 tonnesUSD 25min 2024 -
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Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS 854239
Share of Brazil's imports2 per cent, 75 source countriesChangeup 72 per cent on 2022 (USD 14m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 1.4m a tonne, 17 tonnesUSD 24min 2024 -
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Bearings: parts, (other than balls, needles and rollers)HS 848299
Share of Brazil's imports18 per cent, 53 source countriesChangedown 14 per cent on 2022 (USD 28m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 6,003 a tonne, 3,948 tonnesUSD 24min 2024 -
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Lighting or visual signalling equipment: electrical, of a kind used on motor vehicles (excluding articles of heading no. 8539)HS 851220
Share of Brazil's imports4 per cent, 67 source countriesChangeup 4 per cent on 2022 (USD 21m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 38,453 a tonne, 579 tonnesUSD 22min 2024 -
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Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition)HS 840999
Share of Brazil's imports3 per cent, 75 source countriesChangeup 2 per cent on 2022 (USD 22m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 25,401 a tonne, 870 tonnesUSD 22min 2024 -
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Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellersHS 841191
Share of Brazil's imports1 per cent, 46 source countriesChangedown 26 per cent on 2022 (USD 29m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 18.7m a tonne, 1.2 tonnesUSD 22min 2024 -
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Lathes: for removing metal, horizontal, numerically controlledHS 845811
Share of Brazil's imports25 per cent, 19 source countriesChangeup 5 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 24,680 a tonne, 850 tonnesUSD 21min 2024 -
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Electrical capacitors: fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayerHS 853224
Share of Brazil's imports13 per cent, 58 source countriesChangedown 15 per cent on 2022 (USD 25m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 261,456 a tonne, 80 tonnesUSD 21min 2024 -
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Seats: parts, (of other than wood) for use in the assembly of motor vehicles as determined by the ministerHS 940199
Share of Brazil's imports6 per cent, 62 source countriesChangeup 25 per cent on 2022 (USD 16m in 2022)Unit valueUSD 7,231 a tonne, 2,840 tonnesUSD 21min 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.
- 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 146m in 2024, up 170 per cent on 2022 (USD 54m in 2022). Japan supplies 4 per cent of the line.
- Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or...HS 854231USD 36m in 2024, up 159 per cent on 2022 (USD 14m in 2022). Japan supplies 1 per cent of the line.
- Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of...HS 840890USD 26m in 2024, up 128 per cent on 2022 (USD 12m in 2022). Japan supplies 6 per cent of the line.
- Machines: for making cartons, boxes, cases, tubes, drums or similar containers (other than by moulding), of paper pulp, paper or paperboardHS 844130USD 29m in 2024, up 126 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022). Japan supplies 41 per cent of the line.
- Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326HS 732690USD 17m in 2024, up 110 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022). Japan supplies 3 per cent of the line.
- 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 382219USD 11m in 2024, up 109 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022). Japan supplies 2 per cent of the line.
- Steel, alloy: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-orientedHS 722511USD 17m in 2024, up 95 per cent on 2022 (USD 9m in 2022). Japan supplies 12 per cent of the line.
- Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of...HS 870340USD 85m in 2024, up 91 per cent on 2022 (USD 44m in 2022). Japan supplies 12 per cent of the line.
- Instruments and apparatus: using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR), (other than spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs)HS 902750USD 20m in 2024, up 88 per cent on 2022 (USD 11m in 2022). Japan supplies 13 per cent of the line.
- Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500ccHS 870322USD 17m in 2024, up 82 per cent on 2022 (USD 10m in 2022). Japan supplies 1 per cent of the line.
- Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000ccHS 870323USD 10m in 2024, up 81 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022). Japan supplies 1 per cent of the line.
- Electronic integrated circuits: amplifiersHS 854233USD 10m in 2024, up 79 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022). Japan supplies 7 per cent of the line.
- Engines: outboard motors for marine propulsion, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston enginesHS 840721USD 41m in 2024, up 75 per cent on 2022 (USD 24m in 2022). Japan supplies 43 per cent of the line.
- Steel, stainless: seamless, casing and tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gasHS 730424USD 34m in 2024, up 73 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022). Japan supplies 37 per cent of the line.
- Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS 854239USD 24m in 2024, up 72 per cent on 2022 (USD 14m in 2022). Japan supplies 2 per cent of the line.
- Television cameras: n.e.c. in item no 8525.8HS 852589USD 14m in 2024, up 69 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022). Japan supplies 6 per cent of the line.
- Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail saleHS 300490USD 43m in 2024, up 68 per cent on 2022 (USD 26m in 2022). Japan supplies 1 per cent of the line.
- Machinery and mechanical appliances: industrial robots, n.e.c. or includedHS 847950USD 19m in 2024, up 61 per cent on 2022 (USD 12m in 2022). Japan supplies 23 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 902789USD 14m in 2024, up 58 per cent on 2022 (USD 9m in 2022). Japan supplies 7 per cent of the line.
- Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39HS 392690USD 28m in 2024, up 52 per cent on 2022 (USD 19m in 2022). Japan supplies 4 per cent of the line.
Lines where Japan supplies 60 per cent or more.
The largest lines worth USD 1m or more where Japan ships at least 60 per cent of what Brazil imports. This is supply concentration: how much of the line depends on one source country.
- Electric accumulators: nickel-metal hydride, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)HS 85075086 per cent of Brazil's imports of the line, USD 38m; 36 source countries in all.
- Dental instruments and appliances: dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipmentHS 90184160 per cent of Brazil's imports of the line, USD 6m; 10 source countries in all.
- Watches: complete movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets)HS 91101177 per cent of Brazil's imports of the line, USD 3m; 8 source countries in all.
- Photographic plates and film: instant print film, in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, whether or not in packsHS 37012096 per cent of Brazil's imports of the line, USD 2m; 9 source countries in all.
- Textile machinery: drawing or roving machines for preparing textile fibresHS 84451361 per cent of Brazil's imports of the line, USD 1m; 3 source countries in all.
Where another country ships the same line for at least 20 per cent less a tonne.
Lines worth USD 5m or more where Japan's unit value is recorded and another country also ships at least USD 5m of the same line to Brazil 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.
- Vehicle parts: gear boxes and parts thereofHS 870840Japan: USD 782m at USD 12,501 a tonne. India: USD 17m (1 per cent of the line) at USD 7,575 a tonne, 39 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 16,065 a tonne.
- Engines: parts, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (for other than aircraft)HS 840991Japan: USD 104m at USD 19,633 a tonne. China: USD 181m (22 per cent of the line) at USD 10,354 a tonne, 47 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 26,589 a tonne.
- Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumaticHS 903289Japan: USD 101m at USD 174,733 a tonne. China: USD 171m (14 per cent of the line) at USD 51,232 a tonne, 71 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 146,134 a tonne.
- Heterocyclic compounds: with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only, containing an unfused pyrazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, other than henazone...HS 293319Japan: USD 99m at USD 331,163 a tonne. Germany: USD 296m (34 per cent of the line) at USD 46,913 a tonne, 86 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 93,740 a tonne.
- Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of...HS 870340Japan: USD 85m at USD 14,062 a tonne. China: USD 194m (26 per cent of the line) at USD 10,475 a tonne, 26 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 18,879 a tonne.
- Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessoriesHS 871410Japan: USD 77m at USD 24,461 a tonne. India: USD 135m (15 per cent of the line) at USD 8,227 a tonne, 66 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 25,233 a tonne.
- Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91HS 844399Japan: USD 72m at USD 41,143 a tonne. China: USD 206m (41 per cent of the line) at USD 13,767 a tonne, 67 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 68,249 a tonne.
- Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat beltsHS 870829Japan: USD 61m at USD 8,401 a tonne. China: USD 245m (19 per cent of the line) at USD 5,761 a tonne, 31 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 8,656 a tonne.
- Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material: railsHS 730210Japan: USD 61m at USD 1,244 a tonne. China: USD 66m (47 per cent of the line) at USD 984 a tonne, 21 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 1,714 a tonne.
- Iron or steel: threaded screws and bolts n.e.c. in item no. 7318.1, whether or not with their nuts or washersHS 731815Japan: USD 50m at USD 6,669 a tonne. China: USD 131m (27 per cent of the line) at USD 2,400 a tonne, 64 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 7,199 a tonne.
- Electric motors and generators: DC, of an output not exceeding 750WHS 850131Japan: USD 44m at USD 46,346 a tonne. China: USD 93m (32 per cent of the line) at USD 11,836 a tonne, 75 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 19,345 a tonne.
- Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structureHS 842952Japan: USD 44m at USD 5,563 a tonne. China: USD 263m (67 per cent of the line) at USD 4,394 a tonne, 21 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 5,563 a tonne.
- Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail saleHS 300490Japan: USD 43m at USD 383,911 a tonne. Germany: USD 598m (16 per cent of the line) at USD 139,687 a tonne, 64 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 90,309 a tonne.
- Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens: of liquid crystals, with drivers or control circuitsHS 852491Japan: USD 40m at USD 39,048 a tonne. China: USD 1.3bn (75 per cent of the line) at USD 26,544 a tonne, 32 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 43,993 a tonne.
- Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brakes and parts thereofHS 870830Japan: USD 38m at USD 17,577 a tonne. China: USD 122m (25 per cent of the line) at USD 3,971 a tonne, 77 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 8,898 a tonne.
- Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machinesHS 401180Japan: USD 37m at USD 5,945 a tonne. China: USD 53m (23 per cent of the line) at USD 2,385 a tonne, 60 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 5,145 a tonne.
- Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapterHS 847989Japan: USD 36m at USD 65,552 a tonne. United States: USD 147m (16 per cent of the line) at USD 27,317 a tonne, 58 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 41,171 a tonne.
- Steel, stainless: seamless, casing and tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gasHS 730424Japan: USD 34m at USD 21,369 a tonne. Spain: USD 19m (20 per cent of the line) at USD 15,714 a tonne, 27 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 21,919 a tonne.
- Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft n.e.c. in heading no. 8807HS 880730Japan: USD 30m at USD 700,259 a tonne. United States: USD 330m (28 per cent of the line) at USD 390,136 a tonne, 44 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 1.1m a tonne.
- Compressors: of a kind used in refrigerating equipmentHS 841430Japan: USD 29m at USD 21,393 a tonne. China: USD 448m (70 per cent of the line) at USD 4,808 a tonne, 78 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 14,627 a tonne.
What Brazil 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 Brazil 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 Japan's part of everything Brazil 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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