Note: This report includes forecasting data that is based on baseline historical data.
Executive summary
Japan is a net importer of agri-food and seafood products. In 2022, the Japan agri-food and seafood trade deficit was Can$97.9 billion with imports valued at Can$110.1 billion, and Can$12.2 billion in exports.
In 2022 Japan's top agri-food and seafood imports from the world were maize; fresh, chilled or frozen pork; fresh, chilled or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat; prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood; and frozen fish.
In 2022, Canada was ranked 15th largest supplier of maize to Japan with imports valued at Can$181.9 thousand in 2022. Top three suppliers were the United States (U.S.), Brazil and Argentina in 2022.
Canada was Japan's 2nd largest fresh, chilled or frozen pork (after the U.S) with imports valued at Can$1,242.1 million in 2022. Canada grew negatively at −2.4% from 2018 to 2022.
Canada was Japan's 34th largest supplier of fresh, chilled or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat with imports valued at Can$7.9 million in 2022. Imports from Canada decreased by a CAGR of −0.6% between 2018 and 2022 with a market share of 0.2% in 2018 to same 0.2% in 2022.
Canada was Japan's 5th largest supplier of prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood with imports valued at Can$44.0 million. Imports increased by a CAGR of 0.9% between 2018 and 2022 with a market share of 1.3% in 2018 down to 1.0% in 2022.
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 10th largest supplier of frozen fish with imports valued at Can$81.3 million. Japan's frozen fish imports from Canada decreased by a CAGR of −4.0% from 2018 to 2022.with a market share of 2.2% 2018 down to 1.9% in 2022.
Trade overview
Japan is a net importer of agri-food and seafood products. In 2022, the Japan agri-food and seafood trade deficit was Can$97.9 billion with imports valued at Can$110.1 billion, and Can$12.2 billion in exports. Japan's agri-food and seafood imports increased at a CAGR of 3.3% from 2018 to 2022. In 2022, Canada had an agri-food and seafood trade surplus of Can$5.2 billion with Japan (export to Japan at Can$5.446.8 million, import from Japan at Can$223.8 million).
Key supplying countries were the United States (U.S.), China, Australia, Thailand, and Canada. Canada ranked 5th among 191 supplying countries to Japan, and its market share increased from 5.5% in 2018 to 5.7% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 96,821.0 | 99,491.6 | 95,682.1 | 97,108.4 | 110,099.1 | 3.3 |
| United States | 20,111.2 | 19,071.1 | 18,738.8 | 20,299.9 | 22,817.7 | 3.2 |
| China | 12,320.8 | 12,208.6 | 11,503.4 | 11,328.0 | 12,354.7 | 0.1 |
| Australia | 5,859.1 | 5,773.4 | 5,230.8 | 5,587.5 | 7,429.8 | 6.1 |
| Thailand | 6,042.4 | 6,175.9 | 5,903.6 | 5,570.1 | 6,305.5 | 1.1 |
| Canada | 5,309.0 | 5,658.7 | 5,619.4 | 6,017.9 | 6,285.0 | 4.3 |
| Brazil | 3,114.3 | 4,536.8 | 4,579.9 | 3,967.6 | 6,011.9 | 17.9 |
| South Korea | 3,234.2 | 3,493.5 | 3,467.5 | 3,126.1 | 3,447.6 | 1.6 |
| Italy | 3,832.0 | 3,676.9 | 3,846.6 | 4,187.0 | 3,185.1 | −4.5 |
| Indonesia | 1,900.9 | 1,932.5 | 2,139.4 | 2,270.5 | 2,804.2 | 10.2 |
| France | 2,526.3 | 2,733.1 | 2,443.8 | 2,509.9 | 2,745.9 | 2.1 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 9,695.5 | 10,145.2 | 10,936.8 | 12,322.0 | 12,244.4 | 6.0 |
| China | 1,354.2 | 1,643.1 | 1,828.2 | 2,235.1 | 2,466.9 | 16.2 |
| Hong Kong | 2,113.2 | 2,101.0 | 2,516.5 | 2,315.3 | 1,832.9 | −3.5 |
| United States | 1,290.1 | 1,425.5 | 1,401.9 | 1,807.3 | 1,816.2 | 8.9 |
| Taiwan | 1,032.7 | 1,072.4 | 1,197.0 | 1,381.8 | 1,429.3 | 8.5 |
| Viet-Nam | 526.1 | 540.8 | 658.8 | 654.0 | 704.5 | 7.6 |
| South Korea | 699.7 | 566.1 | 470.5 | 545.0 | 612.4 | −3.3 |
| Singapore | 325.1 | 364.3 | 366.4 | 460.2 | 536.8 | 13.4 |
| Thailand | 498.8 | 467.3 | 491.0 | 485.8 | 484.4 | −0.7 |
| Australia | 188.4 | 210.5 | 204.7 | 260.2 | 286.8 | 11.1 |
| Malaysia | 99.3 | 126.8 | 151.1 | 197.1 | 227.9 | 23.1 |
| Canada 12th | 116.5 | 132.6 | 135.1 | 155.0 | 172.6 | 10.3 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate |
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In 2022, the top five agri-food and seafood suppliers to Japan accounted for 50% of the total imports. Canada has been a steady supplier of agri-food and seafood to Japan over the past five years at a CAGR of 1.0%.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 | CAGR[1] % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20.8 | 19.2 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 20.7 | −0.1 | −0.1 |
| China | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.2 | −0.5 | −3.1 |
| Thailand | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Australia | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 | −0.5 | −2.1 |
| Canada | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Brazil | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 14.1 |
| Italy | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | −0.2 | −1.6 |
| South Korea | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | −7.5 |
| Chile | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 6.7 |
| France | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | −0.1 | −1.1 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values 1: CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate |
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In 2022, Canada's import supply gap to Japan was Can$103.8 billion, which grew by a CAGR of 3.2% between 2018 and 2022.
| Category | 2018 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | CAGR* % 2015-2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 96,821.0 | 99,491.6 | 95,682.1 | 97,108.4 | 110,099.1 | 3.3 |
| Imports from Canada | 5,309.0 | 5,658.7 | 5,619.4 | 6,017.9 | 6,285.0 | 4.3 |
| Supply gap | 91,512.00 | 93,832.90 | 90,062.70 | 91,090.50 | 103,814.10 | 3.2 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate |
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In 2022 Japan's top agri-food and seafood imports from the world were maize; fresh, chilled or frozen pork; fresh, chilled or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat; prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood; and frozen fish.
| HS code | Commodity | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World total | 96,822.6 | 99,491.2 | 95,682.3 | 97,108.6 | 110,099.5 | 3.3 | |
| 1005 | maize or corn | 4,369.4 | 4,675.2 | 4,419.5 | 5,922.2 | 7,544.3 | 14.6 |
| 0203 | meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen | 5,715.1 | 6,147.2 | 5,980.0 | 5,568.6 | 5,490.4 | −1.0 |
| 0304 | fish fillets and other fish meat, whether or not minced, fresh, chilled or frozen | 4,347.4 | 4,643.0 | 4,158.3 | 4,262.6 | 4,826.8 | 2.6 |
| 1602 | prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 4,171.1 | 4,200.5 | 4,097.4 | 3,872.0 | 4,317.2 | 0.9 |
| 0303 | frozen fish (excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304) | 4,427.4 | 4,060.6 | 3,630.4 | 3,892.5 | 4,222.8 | −1.2 |
| 1201 | soya beans, whether or not broken | 1,999.1 | 2,036.7 | 2,006.5 | 2,589.7 | 3,323.8 | 13.6 |
| 1001 | wheat and meslin | 2,124.6 | 1,953.0 | 2,048.0 | 2,233.4 | 3,268.0 | 11.4 |
| 0306 | crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, including crustaceans in shell cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 3,035.5 | 3,052.8 | 2,637.6 | 2,829.9 | 2,940.0 | −0.8 |
| 1205 | rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | 1,459.7 | 1,369.1 | 1,297.1 | 2,004.5 | 2,546.6 | 14.9 |
| 0202 | meat of bovine animals, frozen | 1,779.3 | 1,860.5 | 1,856.7 | 1,885.0 | 2,444.4 | 8.3 |
| 2204 | wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must, partly fermented and of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol or grape must with added alcohol of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol | 2,188.1 | 2,402.6 | 2,099.6 | 2,133.4 | 2,421.2 | 2.6 |
| 0201 | meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled | 2,731.1 | 2,819.5 | 2,634.2 | 2,755.2 | 2,406.7 | −3.1 |
| 0901 | coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion | 1,635.6 | 1,654.9 | 1,579.4 | 1,651.2 | 2,314.6 | 9.1 |
| 1604 | prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs | 2,202.4 | 2,360.4 | 2,104.6 | 2,048.2 | 2,215.2 | 0.1 |
| 2402 | cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes | 3,186.3 | 3,148.3 | 3,005.3 | 2,432.1 | 2,112.5 | −9.8 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate |
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Top 15 agri-food and seafood imports
1. Maize (HS1005)
In 2022, Canada was ranked 15th largest supplier of maize to Japan with imports valued at Can$181.9 thousand in 2022. Top three suppliers were the U.S, Brazil and Argentina in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 4,369,427.0 | 4,675,219.7 | 4,419,545.6 | 5,922,170.9 | 7,544,264.8 | 14.6 |
| United States | 4,023,557.0 | 3,235,906.5 | 2,844,180.9 | 4,309,273.0 | 4,897,461.7 | 5.0 |
| Brazil | 195,583.3 | 1,319,127.3 | 1,492,125.5 | 847,009.7 | 1,696,223.8 | 71.6 |
| Argentina | 12,985.6 | 65,702.3 | 2,732.5 | 468,987.5 | 509,957.0 | 150.3 |
| South Africa | 93,468.4 | 1,356.8 | 38,894.2 | 271,120.5 | 368,621.4 | 40.9 |
| Ukraine | 246.6 | 18.6 | 356.7 | 45,714.4 | NC | |
| France | 9,251.6 | 7,991.4 | 9,718.0 | 10,227.2 | 13,141.2 | 9.2 |
| Peru | 3,649.6 | 4,738.6 | 3,067.0 | 2,464.1 | 3,433.6 | −1.5 |
| India | 2,899.2 | 3,746.1 | 3,022.7 | 2,583.1 | 3,391.8 | 4.0 |
| Germany | 802.9 | 1,045.6 | 661.7 | 723.4 | 1,261.7 | 12.0 |
| Chile | 465.1 | 1,118.9 | 1,664.7 | 2,145.9 | 1,228.1 | 27.5 |
| Canada 15th | 667.4 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 360.7 | 181.9 | −27.7 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate NC: Not calculable |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 92.1 | 69.2 | 64.4 | 72.8 | 64.9 | −27.2 |
| Brazil | 4.5 | 28.2 | 33.8 | 14.3 | 22.5 | 18.0 |
| Argentina | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| South Africa | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 2.7 |
| Ukraine | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| France | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.04 |
| Peru | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.05 | −0.04 |
| India | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.04 | −0.02 |
| Germany | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Chile | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Canada 15th | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a big gap (Can$7,544,082.9 thousand in 2022) with the world in terms of the maize imports to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 4,369,427.0 | 4,675,219.7 | 4,419,545.6 | 5,922,170.9 | 7,544,264.8 | 14.6 |
| Imports from Canada | 667.4 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 360.7 | 181.9 | −27.7 |
| Supply gap | 4,368,759.6 | 4,675,219.7 | 4,419,536.1 | 5,921,810.2 | 7,544,082.9 | 14.6 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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2. Fresh, chilled or frozen pork (HS0203)
Canada was Japan's 2nd largest fresh, chilled or frozen pork (after the U.S) with imports valued at Can$1,242.1 million in 2022. Imports from the world decreased at a CAGR of −1.0% between 2018 and 2022. All top ten suppliers grew, ranging from a CAGR of 0.0% to 95.3% except US, Canada and Denmark. Canada grew negatively at −2.4% from 2018 to 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 5,715.1 | 6,147.2 | 5,979.9 | 5,568.6 | 5,490.4 | −1.0 |
| United States | 1,618.6 | 1,590.8 | 1,676.7 | 1,511.6 | 1,348.8 | −4.5 |
| Canada | 1,370.3 | 1,483.7 | 1,559.7 | 1,431.7 | 1,242.1 | −2.4 |
| Spain | 692.8 | 789.0 | 710.1 | 744.2 | 997.4 | 9.5 |
| Mexico | 552.2 | 652.6 | 690.1 | 689.0 | 733.6 | 7.4 |
| Denmark | 661.9 | 713.8 | 508.1 | 497.7 | 471.1 | −8.1 |
| Netherlands | 181.0 | 215.7 | 213.6 | 197.5 | 182.4 | 0.2 |
| Chile | 159.5 | 177.1 | 159.7 | 164.7 | 159.5 | 0.0 |
| Brazil | 8.6 | 27.3 | 71.3 | 72.5 | 125.0 | 95.3 |
| France | 87.4 | 102.9 | 89.4 | 88.7 | 98.2 | 3.0 |
| Ireland | 48.2 | 55.1 | 50.3 | 72.0 | 65.6 | 8.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28.3 | 25.9 | 28.0 | 27.1 | 24.6 | −3.8 |
| Canada | 24.0 | 24.1 | 26.1 | 25.7 | 22.6 | −1.4 |
| Spain | 12.1 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 18.2 | 6.0 |
| Mexico | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 3.7 |
| Denmark | 11.6 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.6 | −3.0 |
| Netherlands | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| Chile | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| Brazil | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| France | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| Ireland | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$4,248.3 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the fresh, chilled or frozen pork imports to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 5,715.1 | 6,147.2 | 5,979.9 | 5,568.6 | 5,490.4 | −1.0 |
| Imports from Canada | 1,370.3 | 1,483.7 | 1,559.7 | 1,431.7 | 1,242.1 | −2.4 |
| Supply gap | 4,344.8 | 4,663.5 | 4,420.2 | 4,136.9 | 4,248.3 | −2.3 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate |
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3. Fresh, chilled or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat (HS0304)
Canada was Japan's 34th largest supplier of fresh, chilled or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat with imports valued at Can$7.9 million in 2022. Imports from Canada decreased by a CAGR of −0.6% between 2018 and 2022 with a market share of 0.2% in 2018 to same 0.2% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 4,347.2 | 4,642.7 | 4,158.0 | 4,262.5 | 4,826.5 | 2.6 |
| Norway | 738.1 | 803.4 | 762.3 | 792.8 | 884.7 | 4.6 |
| Chile | 639.9 | 697.2 | 751.8 | 626.3 | 723.7 | 3.1 |
| United States | 729.9 | 764.3 | 600.0 | 616.7 | 648.7 | −2.9 |
| China | 317.6 | 327.3 | 258.7 | 316.4 | 359.1 | 3.1 |
| Malta | 189.1 | 249.5 | 205.9 | 177.7 | 221.2 | 4.0 |
| South Korea | 245.7 | 228.1 | 235.9 | 229.6 | 218.0 | −2.9 |
| Turkey | 85.0 | 107.7 | 115.7 | 122.3 | 189.7 | 22.2 |
| Russia | 122.3 | 114.8 | 80.6 | 87.7 | 150.7 | 5.4 |
| Viet-Nam | 135.2 | 138.2 | 111.0 | 112.3 | 149.9 | 2.6 |
| India | 107.7 | 115.2 | 82.4 | 108.0 | 143.9 | 7.5 |
| Canada 34th | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | −0.6 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 17.0 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 1.4 |
| Chile | 14.7 | 15.0 | 18.1 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 0.3 |
| United States | 16.8 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 13.4 | −3.3 |
| China | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Malta | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| South Korea | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.5 | −1.1 |
| Turkey | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.0 |
| Russia | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| Viet-Nam | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| India | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| Canada 34th | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$4,818.6 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the fresh, chilled or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat imports to Japan
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 4,347.2 | 4,642.7 | 4,158.0 | 4,262.5 | 4,826.5 | 2.6 |
| Imports from Canada | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | −0.6 |
| Supply gap | 4,339.1 | 4,634.0 | 4,148.8 | 4,255.0 | 4,818.6 | 2.7 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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4. Prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood (HS1602)
Canada was Japan's 5th largest supplier of prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood with imports valued at Can$44.0 million. Imports form Canada decreased by a CAGR of −4.8% between 2018 and 2022 with a market share of 1.3% in 2018 down to 1.0% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 4,171.2 | 4,200.3 | 4,097.2 | 3,871.8 | 4,317.0 | 0.9 |
| Thailand | 2,013.2 | 2,150.7 | 2,096.7 | 1,862.3 | 2,100.2 | 1.1 |
| China | 1,342.9 | 1,303.3 | 1,089.1 | 1,102.6 | 1,262.9 | −1.5 |
| United States | 514.5 | 420.3 | 619.6 | 615.8 | 602.1 | 4.0 |
| Denmark | 20.7 | 29.7 | 39.2 | 51.9 | 80.5 | 40.4 |
| Canada | 53.6 | 50.9 | 31.4 | 36.6 | 44.0 | −4.8 |
| Mexico | 31.0 | 40.9 | 42.4 | 32.6 | 41.1 | 7.3 |
| Netherlands | 32.5 | 25.3 | 35.0 | 40.9 | 38.2 | 4.1 |
| Australia | 32.7 | 27.7 | 30.0 | 29.6 | 30.8 | −1.5 |
| Chile | 15.6 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 22.6 | 28.4 | 16.2 |
| Viet-Nam | 7.8 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 21.2 | 28.4 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 48.3 | 51.2 | 51.2 | 48.1 | 48.6 | 0.4 |
| China | 32.2 | 31.0 | 26.6 | 28.5 | 29.3 | −2.9 |
| United States | 12.3 | 10.0 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 1.6 |
| Denmark | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| Canada | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | −0.3 |
| Mexico | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Netherlands | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Australia | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | −0.1 |
| Chile | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Viet-Nam | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$4,273.0 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the prepared or preserved meat, offal or blood to Japan
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 4,171.2 | 4,200.3 | 4,097.2 | 3,871.8 | 4,317.0 | 0.9 |
| Imports from Canada | 53.6 | 50.9 | 31.4 | 36.6 | 44.0 | −4.8 |
| Supply gap | 4,117.6 | 4,149.4 | 4,065.8 | 3,835.2 | 4,273.0 | 0.9 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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5. Frozen fish (HS0303)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 10th largest supplier of frozen fish with imports valued at Can$81.3 million. Japan's frozen fish imports from Canada decreased by a CAGR of −4.0% from 2018 to 2022.with a market share of 2.2% 2018 down to 1.9% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 4,427.5 | 4,060.3 | 3,630.6 | 3,892.5 | 4,222.6 | −1.2 |
| Chile | 863.7 | 1,003.5 | 803.8 | 851.1 | 936.3 | 2.0 |
| United States | 827.6 | 609.0 | 650.5 | 664.8 | 832.7 | 0.2 |
| Russia | 804.1 | 592.4 | 575.2 | 775.9 | 636.8 | −5.7 |
| Taiwan | 490.9 | 452.1 | 407.0 | 403.8 | 512.8 | 1.1 |
| Norway | 271.9 | 264.8 | 203.8 | 263.3 | 255.8 | −1.5 |
| China | 217.9 | 207.6 | 181.6 | 140.0 | 130.5 | −12.0 |
| South Korea | 106.3 | 103.0 | 102.6 | 101.3 | 117.2 | 2.5 |
| Australia | 129.2 | 140.7 | 104.7 | 98.1 | 110.4 | −3.9 |
| Seychelles | 77.1 | 91.8 | 110.2 | 98.4 | 97.3 | 6.0 |
| Canada | 95.6 | 99.8 | 112.2 | 103.3 | 81.3 | −4.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 19.5 | 24.7 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 22.2 | 2.7 |
| United States | 18.7 | 15.0 | 17.9 | 17.1 | 19.7 | 1.0 |
| Russia | 18.2 | 14.6 | 15.8 | 19.9 | 15.1 | −3.1 |
| Taiwan | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 1.1 |
| Norway | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.1 | −0.1 |
| China | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | −1.8 |
| South Korea | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| Australia | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | −0.3 |
| Seychelles | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
| Canada | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | −0.2 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$4,141.3 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the frozen fish to Japan
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 4,427.5 | 4,060.3 | 3,630.6 | 3,892.5 | 4,222.6 | −1.2 |
| Imports from Canada | 95.6 | 99.8 | 112.2 | 103.3 | 81.3 | −4.0 |
| Supply gap | 4,331.9 | 3,960.5 | 3,518.4 | 3,789.2 | 4,141.3 | −1.1 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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6. Soya beans, whether or not broken (HS1201)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 3rd largest supplier of soya beans with imports valued at Can$355.9 million. Japan's soya beans imports from Canada increased by a CAGR of 7.3% from 2018 to 2022.with a market share of 13.4% 2018 down to 10.7% in 2022, reduced by −2.7%.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 1,999,073.3 | 2,036,737.3 | 2,006,473.2 | 2,589,653.8 | 3,323,786.4 | 13.6 |
| United States | 1,381,776.0 | 1,436,943.9 | 1,460,429.2 | 1,941,249.8 | 2,387,496.6 | 14.7 |
| Brazil | 315,801.3 | 287,124.3 | 232,701.8 | 359,320.3 | 543,772.9 | 14.6 |
| Canada | 268,833.0 | 279,553.2 | 278,781.6 | 257,228.7 | 355,936.0 | 7.3 |
| China | 31,745.5 | 31,226.1 | 31,162.4 | 29,954.1 | 33,758.0 | 1.5 |
| Russian | 310.0 | 1,309.8 | 2,985.0 | 1,730.2 | 2,768.2 | 72.9 |
| Lao | 49.4 | 84.5 | 52.7 | 50.1 | 42.2 | −3.9 |
| Myanmar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | N/C |
| Viet-Nam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | N/C |
| Nepal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 2.4 | N/C |
| Ukraine | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/C |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate N/C: Not calculable |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 69.1 | 70.6 | 72.8 | 75.0 | 71.8 | 2.7 |
| Brazil | 15.8 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 16.4 | 0.6 |
| Canada | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 9.9 | 10.7 | −2.7 |
| China | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | −0.6 |
| Russian | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Lao | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Myanmar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Viet-Nam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nepal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ukraine | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,967.9 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the soya beans to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 1,999,073.3 | 2,036,737.3 | 2,006,473.2 | 2,589,653.8 | 3,323,786.4 | 13.6 |
| Imports from Canada | 268,833.0 | 279,553.2 | 278,781.6 | 257,228.7 | 355,936.0 | 7.3 |
| Supply gap | 1,730,240.3 | 1,757,184.1 | 1,727,691.6 | 2,332,425.1 | 2,967,850.4 | 14.4 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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7. Wheat and meslin (HS1001)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 2nd largest supplier of wheat and meslin with imports valued at Can$1,201.8 million. Japan's wheat and meslin imports from Canada increased by a CAGR of 14.2% from 2018 to 2022 with a market share of 32.2% in 2018 up to 36.8% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 2,124,607.4 | 1,952,976.4 | 2,047,975.7 | 2,233,432.2 | 3,267,981.1 | 11.4 |
| United States | 1,027,450.6 | 896,684.7 | 960,687.4 | 1,006,976.7 | 1,355,373.3 | 7.2 |
| Canada | 705,378.4 | 679,802.1 | 748,743.2 | 794,660.0 | 1,201,795.6 | 14.2 |
| Australia | 353,164.0 | 346,128.6 | 332,681.9 | 427,095.9 | 705,548.0 | 18.9 |
| France | 5,027.8 | 4,039.9 | 5,601.0 | 4,420.7 | 4,750.0 | −1.4 |
| Netherlands | 41.7 | 60.7 | 169.2 | 335.4 | N/C | |
| Germany | 61.5 | 164.5 | 158.3 | 56.7 | 102.7 | 13.7 |
| Italy | 40.9 | 29.1 | 16.2 | 34.3 | 55.9 | 8.1 |
| India | 7.3 | 11.0 | 13.3 | 8.8 | 12.6 | 14.6 |
| Peru | 5.0 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 2.4 |
| Poland | 2.1 | N/C | ||||
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate N/C: Not calculable |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48.4 | 45.9 | 46.9 | 45.1 | 41.5 | −6.9 |
| Canada | 33.2 | 34.8 | 36.6 | 35.6 | 36.8 | 3.6 |
| Australia | 16.6 | 17.7 | 16.2 | 19.1 | 21.6 | 5.0 |
| France | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | −0.1 |
| Netherlands | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.0 |
| Germany | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Italy | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| India | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Peru | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Poland | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,066.2 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the wheat and meslin to Japan
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 2,124,607.4 | 1,952,976.4 | 2,047,975.7 | 2,233,432.2 | 3,267,981.1 | 11.4 |
| Imports from Canada | 705,378.4 | 679,802.1 | 748,743.2 | 794,660.0 | 1,201,795.6 | 14.2 |
| Supply gap | 1,419,229.0 | 1,273,174.3 | 1,299,232.5 | 1,438,772.2 | 2,066,185.5 | 9.8 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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8. Crustaceans, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked (HS0306)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 5th largest supplier of crustaceans with imports valued at Can$254.6 million. Japan's crustaceans import from Canada decreased by a CAGR of −1.6% from 2018 to 2022 with a market share of 8.9% 2018 down to 8.7% in 2022. Russia was the largest supplier while Ecuador had the highest growth at a CAGR of 44.2% from 2018 to 2022 among the top ten suppliers.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 3,035.4 | 3,052.5 | 2,637.8 | 2,829.7 | 2,939.8 | −0.8 |
| Russia | 550.9 | 555.8 | 441.9 | 492.2 | 542.5 | −0.4 |
| Viet-Nam | 478.2 | 461.4 | 435.6 | 397.8 | 441.2 | −2.0 |
| India | 412.9 | 431.0 | 407.1 | 453.8 | 424.7 | 0.7 |
| Indonesia | 367.1 | 350.3 | 335.5 | 335.0 | 372.2 | 0.3 |
| Canada | 271.3 | 316.6 | 195.3 | 253.1 | 254.6 | −1.6 |
| Argentina | 194.5 | 206.0 | 197.5 | 213.1 | 221.8 | 3.3 |
| Thailand | 170.6 | 143.2 | 109.1 | 113.3 | 127.3 | −7.1 |
| China | 112.7 | 96.2 | 85.7 | 93.4 | 98.5 | −3.3 |
| Ecuador | 16.2 | 20.5 | 28.1 | 40.0 | 70.0 | 44.2 |
| Myanmar | 53.1 | 62.2 | 42.1 | 46.7 | 53.2 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 18.1 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 0.3 |
| Viet-Nam | 15.8 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 15.0 | −0.7 |
| India | 13.6 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 0.8 |
| Indonesia | 12.1 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 0.6 |
| Canada | 8.9 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | −0.3 |
| Argentina | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| Thailand | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | −1.3 |
| China | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | −0.4 |
| Ecuador | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Myanmar | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,685.2 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the crustaceans to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 3,035.4 | 3,052.5 | 2,637.8 | 2,829.7 | 2,939.8 | −0.8 |
| Imports from Canada | 271.3 | 316.6 | 195.3 | 253.1 | 254.6 | −1.6 |
| Supply gap | 2,764.1 | 2,735.9 | 2,442.5 | 2,576.6 | 2,685.2 | −0.7 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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9. Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken (HS1205)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's largest supplier of rape or colza seeds with imports valued at Can$1.077.1 million. Japan's rape or colza seeds imports from Canada increased by a CAGR of 1.8% from 2018 to 2022 with a market share of 91.3% in 2018 down to 57.6% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 1,100,778.7 | 1,025,582.4 | 905,390.5 | 1,464,182.3 | 1,871,299.6 | 14.2 |
| Canada | 1,004,686.4 | 968,999.5 | 876,570.5 | 1,302,281.4 | 1,077,060.5 | 1.8 |
| Australia | 95,923.5 | 56,407.5 | 28,643.9 | 161,255.4 | 793,864.7 | 69.6 |
| China | 92.1 | 82.1 | 85.8 | 167.1 | 282.7 | 32.4 |
| Poland | 0.0 | 24.3 | 25.8 | 45.4 | 49.7 | N/C |
| France | 27.0 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 19.2 | −8.2 |
| South Korea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 14.7 | N/C |
| Italy | 9.7 | 8.6 | 50.9 | 7.0 | 4.5 | −17.5 |
| Bulgaria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | N/C |
| United States | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 411.0 | 0.0 | N/C |
| Taiwan | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −100.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate N/C: Not calculable |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 91.3 | 94.5 | 96.8 | 88.9 | 57.6 | −33.7 |
| Australia | 8.7 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 11.0 | 42.4 | 33.7 |
| China | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Poland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| France | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| South Korea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Italy | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bulgaria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| United States | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Taiwan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$794.2 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the rape or colza seeds to Japan
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 1,100,778.7 | 1,025,582.4 | 905,390.5 | 1,464,182.3 | 1,871,299.6 | 14.2 |
| Imports from Canada | 1,004,686.4 | 968,999.5 | 876,570.5 | 1,302,281.4 | 1,077,060.5 | 1.8 |
| Supply gap | 96,092.30 | 56,582.90 | 28,820.00 | 161,900.90 | 794,239.10 | 69.6 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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10. Frozen beef cuts (HS0202)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 3rd largest supplier of frozen beef with imports valued at Can$258.1 million. Japan's frozen beef imports from Canada increased by a CAGR of 35.3% from 2018 to 2022 with a market share of 4.3% in 2018 up to 10.6% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 1,779.3 | 1,860.5 | 1,856.6 | 1,884.9 | 2,444.2 | 8.3 |
| Australia | 980.8 | 945.4 | 873.1 | 815.7 | 934.3 | −1.2 |
| United States | 606.7 | 591.0 | 645.4 | 557.6 | 802.1 | 7.2 |
| Canada | 77.1 | 163.9 | 140.0 | 196.4 | 258.1 | 35.3 |
| New Zealand | 57.5 | 78.5 | 96.3 | 138.8 | 195.0 | 35.7 |
| Mexico | 52.2 | 58.2 | 53.9 | 93.9 | 138.1 | 27.5 |
| Poland | 2.3 | 11.2 | 18.0 | 45.7 | 61.5 | 127.4 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 18.0 | N/C |
| Uruguay | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 9.7 | 12.9 | N/C |
| Ireland | 0.4 | 2.3 | 15.7 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 136.9 |
| Spain | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 7.1 | N/C |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate N/C: Not calculable |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 55.1 | 50.8 | 47.0 | 43.3 | 38.2 | −16.9 |
| United States | 34.1 | 31.8 | 34.8 | 29.6 | 32.8 | −1.3 |
| Canada | 4.3 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 6.2 |
| New Zealand | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 4.7 |
| Mexico | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 2.7 |
| Poland | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Uruguay | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Ireland | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spain | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,186.1 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the frozen beef to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 1,779.3 | 1,860.5 | 1,856.6 | 1,884.9 | 2,444.2 | 1,779.3 |
| Imports from Canada | 77.1 | 163.9 | 140.0 | 196.4 | 258.1 | 35.3 |
| Supply gap | 1,702.2 | 1,696.6 | 1,716.6 | 1,688.5 | 2,186.1 | 6.5 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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11. Wine of fresh grapes (HS2204)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 21st largest supplier of wine of fresh grapes with imports valued at Can$1.1 million. Japan's wine of fresh grapes imports from Canada decreased by a CAGR of −8.9% from 2018 to 2022 with a market share of 0.07% in 2018 down to 0.05% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 2,188.1 | 2,402.7 | 2,099.1 | 2,133.1 | 2,421.3 | 2.6 |
| France | 1,206.5 | 1,348.5 | 1,146.7 | 1,253.5 | 1,402.1 | 3.8 |
| Italy | 253.4 | 284.7 | 244.5 | 251.9 | 289.3 | 3.4 |
| Chile | 261.8 | 259.4 | 246.5 | 184.4 | 208.3 | −5.6 |
| United States | 167.8 | 183.9 | 167.3 | 143.2 | 200.5 | 4.6 |
| Spain | 128.4 | 155.1 | 146.2 | 153.6 | 157.1 | 5.2 |
| Australia | 64.3 | 62.3 | 53.4 | 51.3 | 59.8 | −1.8 |
| Germany | 21.1 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 4.7 |
| New Zealand | 15.6 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 17.0 | 2.2 |
| South Africa | 18.2 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 13.4 | −7.4 |
| Argentina | 18.8 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 12.7 | −9.3 |
| Canada 21st | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | −8.9 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 55.1 | 56.1 | 54.6 | 58.8 | 57.9 | 2.8 |
| Italy | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 0.4 |
| Chile | 12.0 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | −3.4 |
| United States | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| Spain | 5.9 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
| Australia | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | −0.5 |
| Germany | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| New Zealand | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| South Africa | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | −0.3 |
| Argentina | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | −0.3 |
| Canada 21st | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | −0.03 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,420.2 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the wine of fresh grapes to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 2,188.1 | 2,402.7 | 2,099.1 | 2,133.1 | 2,421.3 | 2.6 |
| Imports from Canada | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | −8.9 |
| Supply gap | 2,186.5 | 2,401.4 | 2,098.2 | 2,132.2 | 2,420.2 | 2.6 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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12. Fresh or chilled beef (HS0201)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 3rd largest supplier of fresh or chilled beef with imports valued at Can$99.3 million. Japan's fresh or chilled beef imports from Canada increased by a CAGR of 23.4% from 2018 to 2022 with a market share of 1.6% 2018 up to 4.1% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 2,731.1 | 2,819.5 | 2,634.2 | 2,755.1 | 2,406.5 | −3.1 |
| United States | 1,336.3 | 1,304.0 | 1,249.1 | 1,401.3 | 1,213.9 | −2.4 |
| Australia | 1,240.7 | 1,282.5 | 1,165.2 | 1,066.7 | 905.2 | −7.6 |
| Canada | 42.8 | 93.1 | 84.4 | 122.9 | 99.3 | 23.4 |
| New Zealand | 75.4 | 84.4 | 76.8 | 81.7 | 84.4 | 2.9 |
| Mexico | 33.6 | 38.8 | 32.3 | 41.1 | 58.0 | 14.6 |
| Uruguay | 0.0 | 14.5 | 25.4 | 40.2 | 43.9 | N/C |
| France | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | −14.3 |
| Italy | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | −12.0 |
| Ireland | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | N/C |
| Netherlands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | N/C |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate N/C: Not calculable |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48.9 | 46.2 | 47.4 | 50.9 | 50.4 | 1.5 |
| Australia | 45.4 | 45.5 | 44.2 | 38.7 | 37.6 | −7.8 |
| Canada | 1.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
| New Zealand | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Mexico | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| Uruguay | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| France | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Italy | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ireland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Netherlands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,307.2 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the fresh or chilled beef to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 2,731.1 | 2,819.5 | 2,634.2 | 2,755.1 | 2,406.5 | −3.1 |
| Imports from Canada | 42.8 | 93.1 | 84.4 | 122.9 | 99.3 | 23.4 |
| Supply gap | 2,688.3 | 2,726.4 | 2,549.8 | 2,632.2 | 2,307.2 | −3.7 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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13. Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins (HS0901)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 27th largest supplier of coffee with imports valued at Can$2.6 million. Japan's coffee imports from Canada increased by a CAGR of 16.7% from 2018 to 2022 with a market share of 0.1% in 2018 to 0.1% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 1,635.3 | 1,654.8 | 1,579.1 | 1,650.9 | 2,314.6 | 9.1 |
| Brazil | 425.1 | 527.7 | 409.3 | 510.1 | 568.6 | 7.5 |
| Colombia | 281.2 | 260.4 | 286.4 | 261.1 | 392.6 | 8.7 |
| Viet-Nam | 244.7 | 191.2 | 227.8 | 230.1 | 307.2 | 5.9 |
| Ethiopia | 108.6 | 132.1 | 102.2 | 89.9 | 179.0 | 13.3 |
| Guatemala | 114.5 | 129.6 | 134.9 | 114.3 | 172.0 | 10.7 |
| Tanzania (United Republic of) | 63.4 | 56.8 | 43.1 | 58.1 | 124.6 | 18.4 |
| Honduras | 26.7 | 31.8 | 33.8 | 44.4 | 119.3 | 45.4 |
| Indonesia | 115.1 | 99.3 | 81.1 | 82.0 | 84.6 | −7.4 |
| United States | 36.3 | 41.2 | 48.2 | 45.2 | 59.4 | 13.1 |
| Switzerland | 33.9 | 25.3 | 48.5 | 45.0 | 55.5 | 13.1 |
| Canada 27th | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 16.7 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 26.0 | 31.9 | 25.9 | 30.9 | 24.6 | −1.4 |
| Colombia | 17.2 | 15.7 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 17.0 | −0.2 |
| Viet-Nam | 15.0 | 11.6 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.3 | −1.7 |
| Ethiopia | 6.6 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 1.1 |
| Guatemala | 7.0 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| Tanzania (United Republic of) | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 1.5 |
| Honduras | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 3.5 |
| Indonesia | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 3.7 | −3.4 |
| United States | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
| Switzerland | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
| Canada 27th | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,312.0 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the coffee to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 1,635.3 | 1,654.8 | 1,579.1 | 1,650.9 | 2,314.6 | 9.1 |
| Imports from Canada | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 16.7 |
| Supply gap | 1,633.9 | 1,654.6 | 1,578.8 | 1,649.6 | 2,312.0 | 9.1 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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14. Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (HS1604)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 25th largest supplier of prepared or preserved fish, caviar with imports valued at Can$0.8 million. Japan's prepared or preserved fish, caviar imports from Canada decreased by a CAGR of −20.5% from 2018 to 2022.with a market share of 0.12% 2018 down to 0.05% in 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 1,662.5 | 1,767.4 | 1,470.5 | 1,495.0 | 1,627.1 | −0.5 |
| China | 889.4 | 904.4 | 730.4 | 824.4 | 868.8 | −0.6 |
| Thailand | 362.5 | 411.1 | 338.7 | 316.0 | 354.8 | −0.5 |
| Viet-Nam | 137.5 | 187.1 | 186.4 | 150.8 | 178.1 | 6.7 |
| Indonesia | 103.9 | 101.5 | 82.5 | 59.7 | 78.2 | −6.9 |
| Philippines | 67.6 | 80.7 | 62.6 | 72.9 | 72.5 | 1.8 |
| South Korea | 27.5 | 21.9 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 18.3 | −9.7 |
| Italy | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| India | 3.3 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 18.9 |
| Norway | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 58.6 |
| Taiwan | 8.5 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | −14.2 |
| Canada 25th | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | −20.5 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 53.5 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 55.1 | 53.4 | −0.1 |
| Thailand | 21.8 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 21.1 | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| Viet-Nam | 8.3 | 10.6 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 2.7 |
| Indonesia | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | −1.4 |
| Philippines | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| South Korea | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | −0.5 |
| Italy | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| India | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Norway | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Taiwan | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | −0.2 |
| Canada 25th | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.05 | −0.07 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$1,626.3 million in 2022) with the world in terms of the prepared or preserved fish, caviar to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 1,662.5 | 1,767.4 | 1,470.5 | 1,495.0 | 1,627.1 | −0.5 |
| Imports from Canada | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | −20.5 |
| Supply gap | 1,660.5 | 1,765.7 | 1,469.5 | 1,493.5 | 1,626.3 | −0.5 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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15. Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes (HS2402)
In 2022, Canada was Japan's 47th largest supplier of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes with imports valued at Can$0.0 thousand. Japan's cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes imports from Canada remained same by a CAGR of 0.0% from 2018 to 2022.
| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 3,186,310.1 | 3,148,325.7 | 3,005,282.3 | 2,432,110.8 | 2,112,458.0 | −9.8 |
| Serbia | 431,928.4 | 421,256.2 | 778,899.3 | 888,795.9 | 678,315.0 | 11.9 |
| South Korea | 772,284.7 | 868,580.2 | 836,653.3 | 558,915.2 | 495,836.5 | −10.5 |
| Indonesia | 33,560.0 | 64,435.7 | 138,156.5 | 166,619.6 | 389,728.0 | 84.6 |
| Ukraine | 609,546.8 | 564,625.0 | 567,267.6 | 467,773.0 | 194,132.1 | −24.9 |
| Switzerland | 577,022.9 | 574,952.3 | 324,481.2 | 229,583.3 | 133,249.5 | −30.7 |
| Turkey | 16,835.9 | 2,876.5 | 5,689.7 | 8,396.9 | 55,910.5 | 35.0 |
| Czech Republic | 8,867.9 | 1,994.1 | 51,922.2 | 55.6 | ||
| Singapore | 9,459.6 | 64,440.2 | 46,419.2 | 47,542.9 | 41,970.1 | 45.1 |
| Lithuania | 597,094.5 | 486,795.1 | 223,958.6 | 3,820.8 | 24,724.6 | −54.9 |
| Taiwan | 13,383.9 | 31,287.2 | 32,605.8 | 31,756.4 | 18,276.3 | 8.1 |
| Canada 47th | 4.1 | 17.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −100.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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| Country | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Point* change 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 13.6 | 13.4 | 25.9 | 36.5 | 32.1 | 18.6 |
| South Korea | 24.2 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 23.0 | 23.5 | −0.8 |
| Indonesia | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 18.4 | 17.4 |
| Ukraine | 19.1 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 9.2 | −9.9 |
| Switzerland | 18.1 | 18.3 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 6.3 | −11.8 |
| Turkey | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Czech Republic | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Lithuania | 18.7 | 15.5 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | −17.6 |
| Taiwan | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Canada 47th | 0.0001 | 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *Percent Point change: difference between 2022 and 2018 values |
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Cananda has a gap (Can$2,112,458.0 thousand in 2022) with the world in terms of the cigars to Japan.
| Category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | CAGR* % 2018-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imports from the World | 3,186,310.1 | 3,148,325.7 | 3,005,282.3 | 2,432,110.8 | 2,112,458.0 | −9.8 |
| Imports from Canada | 4.1 | 17.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −100.0 |
| Supply gap | 3,186,306.0 | 3,148,308.0 | 3,005,282.3 | 2,432,110.8 | 2,112,458.0 | −9.8 |
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Source: Global Trade Tracker, 2023 *CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate. |
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