I am going to describe the amount of import and export in Japan in 2022. Overall, Japan imported more than exported, and the largest part of trades was made with Asian countries.
The total amount of export of Japan was 9,820 billion yen, which increased by 18.2% from the previous year. About 55% of the export went to the Asia, including China, South Korea and Taiwan. Japan exported mainly electronics to these countries. The second biggest region to which Japan exported was North America, whose percentage was about one-fifth. The main products to the US and Canada were automobiles and parts of automobiles.
Focusing on the import next, the sum of purchase showed 39.6% increase from 2021 to 11,850 billion yen. Almost the half of import came from Asian countries with electronics, iron, coal and chemical products. Japan imported oil and oil products from Middle East countries, which accounted for nearly 15% of the total. North America, Europe and Oceania followed with the similar amount of trade although their products varied from medicines to coal and gus.