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Japan: gallium, germanium, rare earths and magnets

How much of Japan's trade in each good is with China, which controls their export.

The lines: gallium and germanium, a country is inside the lines when at least 15% of its trade in the good is with China, Hong Kong and Macao, on a side with at least US$10m of trade; Medium from 25%, High from 40%; rare earths and magnets, a country is inside the lines when at least 15% of its trade in the good is with China, Hong Kong and Macao, on a side with at least US$50m of trade; Medium from 25%, High from 40%.

Gallium and germanium unwrought gallium and germanium, their powders and germanium articles

High (low confidence)

Share of germanium (gallium not separated) imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, by value

49.1% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao (of US$37.7m), 2025

A large part of Japan's gallium and germanium imports comes from China, Hong Kong and Macao, so China's export controls on these goods can reach this trade.

Source: Ministry of Finance Japan, Trade Statistics via e-Stat, 2025 Commodity by Country (Import Jan-Dec: Revised), Sections VI, XV, XVI (English). Confidence: low

Rare earths and magnets rare-earth compounds, rare-earth metals and permanent magnets of metal (HS 2846, 280530, 850511)

Medium

Share of rare-earth compounds, rare-earth metals and permanent magnets of metal (HS 2846, 280530, 850511) imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao, by value

32.9% imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao (of US$1.10bn), 2025

A significant part of Japan's rare-earth and magnet imports comes from China, Hong Kong and Macao, so China's export controls on these goods can reach this trade.

The other side

  • exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao: 8.1% (of US$709.3m), 2025

Source: Ministry of Finance Japan, Trade Statistics via e-Stat, 2025 Commodity by Country (Import Jan-Dec: Revised), Sections VI, XV, XVI (English). Confidence: high

6 counted control actions aimed at Japan in the tracker

A cell shows a figure only when it rests on an open official source. “Assessment pending open data” means the figure rests on a source we may not publish yet: it carries no number and no band, is hatched on the map and adds no points to the ranking, until an open national figure replaces it. “At least Medium” means only one side of the trade has an open figure: the band is a floor, not the full assessment.

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