Japan Pharmaceutical Trade

Trade by Partner

Monthly customs values for one commodity, for the world and for any partners you pick. Trade is seasonal and lumpy month to month, so the second view sums a trailing twelve months; the third reads the same figures as each partner's share of the world total, and the fourth divides value by quantity to give an average value per kilogram shipped, for the lines the Ministry publishes with a quantity.

Partners

Source Mix Over Time

The same commodity, read as a mix rather than a level. Each band is a partner's share of the world total over a trailing twelve months, so a single strong month does not read as a change in the mix. Partners outside the five largest are bundled into one disclosed residual, never dropped, and the bands sum to 100% in every month.

Medicines, Vitamins, Antibiotics and Hormones

World totals for every line published in this direction, on trailing twelve-month sums. The medical-products group is the whole of the trade; the lines beneath it are the ingredient classes the Ministry breaks out. A published group and the lines beneath it are both shown and must not be added: the Ministry publishes lines inside the group that are not carried here, so the group is always larger than the lines listed under it.

Partner Detail

Every partner the Ministry publishes for this commodity and direction, on the latest month. Values and quantities are official customs figures; growth, the twelve-month total and the share are calculated from them. The Ministry's non-country entries — goods shipped to order, unknown destinations and bonded areas — are part of the world total and are listed with the rest, marked as not being places.

Latest values as text and table

Pharmaceutical trade — imports and exports by partner

Latest reading, Aug 2026: Ireland 87,446,689 ¥1,000; United States of America 72,739,128 ¥1,000; Germany 59,537,365 ¥1,000; Italy 27,966,469 ¥1,000; Switzerland 27,537,734 ¥1,000.

Imports of Medical products by partner, largest five in the latest month
PeriodIreland (¥1,000)United States of America (¥1,000)Germany (¥1,000)Italy (¥1,000)Switzerland (¥1,000)Ireland · YoY (%)
Aug 202687,446,68972,739,12859,537,36527,966,46927,537,734309.0
Jul 202638,370,550115,519,97949,094,10727,864,37143,389,051−37.1
Jun 202679,646,444115,578,57248,361,29112,647,73350,053,8591.3
May 202652,793,548129,786,95357,618,88019,072,61946,365,937−9.6
Apr 202641,074,321105,562,73553,688,80220,806,62447,162,601−19.3
Mar 202684,829,194107,312,98669,325,46815,776,64930,619,52429.0
Feb 202655,839,23980,623,53859,979,81017,395,13139,016,911−17.2
Jan 202637,704,30464,018,28649,587,37719,525,46932,425,253−22.7
Dec 202575,500,67657,873,20274,298,92223,316,52423,208,788113.4
Nov 202572,440,544116,536,28052,513,12413,964,41539,575,22045.0
Oct 202534,405,93691,723,44033,068,08619,824,37629,573,369−46.1
Sep 202577,748,058118,934,64760,236,95317,117,86538,192,440109.2
Aug 202521,378,81982,001,99766,354,11510,412,95645,919,796−52.2

YoY: (value[t] / value[t−12 months] − 1) × 100, from published values.

Source: Ministry of Finance, Japan — Trade Statistics of Japan. · Data through August 2026 · JSON · CSV · Markdown