More than 100 million people live here in Japan and the people are enjoying various kinds of food. But agriculture is not major industry here. We need to import agricultural products from other countries.
Figure shows how much value of products of agriculture, forestry and fishery does Japan import and which countries export them to Japan. The value of import is 9,668.8 billion yen in 2018.
(Unit: billion yen)
Next table shows what kind and how much value of products of agriculture, forestry and fishery the top 5 countries export to Japan.
(Unit: billion yen)
| 1 | US | Total 1,807.7 | Corn 342.1 | Beef 165.6 | Pork 137.9 | Soybean 117.5 | Fresh/Dried fruits 100.8 | Other 943.8 |
| 2 | China | Total 1,247.7 | Processed chicken 99.9 | Frozen vegetable 91.4 | Fresh vegetable 44.3 | Cooked eel 35.8 | Soybean oil cake 33.1 | Other 943.2 |
| 3 | Canada | Total 587.5 | Pork 116.7 | Canola (for oil) 113.4 | Lumber 85.3 | Wheat 60.2 | Log 25.7 | Other 186.2 |
| 4 | Thailand | Total 571.5 | Processed chicken 165.3 | Chicken 43.1 | Natural rubber 39.5 | Processed shrimp 32.6 | Pet food 31.5 | Other 259.5 |
| 5 | Australia | Total 570.3 | Beef 189.6 | Wood chips 57.8 | Natural cheese 39.1 | Sugar 31.9 | Wheat 30.2 | Other 221.7 |
Source https://www.maff.go.jp/j/tokei/kouhyou/kokusai/attach/pdf/houkoku_gaikyou-15.pdf
農林水産物輸出入統計：農林水産省
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