What Brazil sold to and bought from Japan in January–August 2026: exports, imports, trade balance and the most traded HS4 chapters.
Brazil ran a US$ 112.6 million trade surplus with Japan in January–July 2026, exporting US$ 3.52 billion against US$ 3.41 billion in imports. It is the most symmetric of Brazil's large partnerships: the two flows sit within 4% of each other.
The Brazilian basket is agri-food and mineral — poultry meat (US$ 722.8 million), iron ore, coffee, pork and aluminium. The Japanese side is industrial and concentrated: vehicle parts alone account for US$ 561.5 million of imports. Browse the SH4 chapters below to drill into a specific commodity.
In trade with Japan, Brazil closed January–August 2026 with a surplus of US$ 118.98M.
Brazil sold US$ 4.00B and bought US$ 3.88B, across 908 SH4 headings with data.
Brazil holds a US$ 112.6 million surplus: US$ 3.52 billion exported against US$ 3.41 billion imported. The gap is just 1.6% of total bilateral trade — effectively a tie, which makes this the most balanced of Brazil's large relationships.
Poultry meat leads at US$ 722.8 million, followed by iron ores (US$ 593.0 million), coffee (US$ 400.6 million) and pork (US$ 369.1 million). Unwrought aluminium completes the top five at US$ 323.0 million — a basket of foods and base metals.
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See what Pro includesVehicle parts and accessories lead at US$ 561.5 million, well ahead of blood products (US$ 146.3 million), integrated circuits (US$ 141.4 million) and piston engines (US$ 139.0 million). Imports are industrial, tied to the automotive and electronics chains.
894 SH4 chapters record movement in the window. No single line dominates: the largest export, poultry meat, is about 21% of the total, and the largest import, vehicle parts, about 16%.
