IMPORTS to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services. to bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another: foreign bodies imported into the blood; foodstuffs imported from the farm.
EXPORTS Exports are the goods and services that a country produces domestically, or within the borders of its own country, and sells to buyers in a foreign country. The opposite of exports are imports, which are goods and services that buyers in a country purchase from sellers in a foreign country.
In 2020, the total value of commodities exported from Japan amounted to around 68.4 trillion Japanese yen, a 11.1 percent decrease from the previous year. Machinery and transportation equipment are the main commodities exported from Japan.
In 2019 imports to Japan dropped 5 percent from the previous year's record high amid global trade tensions. Main imports were: mineral fuels (22 percent of total imports), with petroleum accounting for 10 percent and LNG for 6 percent; electrical machinery (15 percent) on the back of telephony, telegraphy and semiconductors; chemicals (10 percent) due to medical products and organic chemicals; machinery (10 percent) in particular computers and units; foodstuff (9 percent) such as fish and fish preparations and meat and meat preparations; manufactured goods (9 percent) on nonferrous metals; and raw materials (6 percent) mainly ore of nonferrous and iron ore and concentrates. Japan's main import partners were China (23 percent), the EU (12 percent) in particular Germany (3 percent), the US (11 percent), Australia (6 percent), South Korea (4 percent), Saudi Arabia (4 percent), Taiwan (4 percent), the UAE (4 percent) and Thailand (4 percent).