How much yams do Japan produce and export?

Japan is the nullth largest producer of yams: 165,669 tonnes in 2024, 0.2% of the world's 92.4 million tonnes (FAOSTAT). It is the 4th largest exporter by value: $20.6 million in 2024, 8.2% of world exports of yams (HS 071430) (CEPII BACI). Its biggest customer is Other Asia, nes, which takes 54% of its yams exports by value.

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Japan's yams production

Japan yams production, 2024
World rank	Production (tonnes)	Share of world	Ten-year growth	Year
	165,669 tonnes	0.2%	+0.1% a year	2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 0.7%, 1970s 1%, 1980s 1.2%, 1990s 0.6%, 2000s 0.4%, 2010s 0.3%, 2020s 0.2%. See the concentration-over-time report.

Japan's yams exports

Japan exports of Yams, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, 2024
World rank	Export value	Share of world exports	Quantity (tonnes)	Average value per tonne	Year
4	$20.6 million	8.2%	7,121 t	$2,899	2024

CEPII BACI international trade database (HS22, V202601), HS 071430 (Yams, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried).

Where Japan's yams goes

Largest destinations of Japan's yams exports, 2024
Destination	Value	Share of Japan's exports
Other Asia, nes	$11M	54%
United States	$7M	35%
Singapore	$2M	8.4%
Hong Kong	$226,491	1.1%
Malaysia	$89,095	0.4%

Largest five destinations of 726 exporter-importer pairs BACI reports for 2024. See trade flows.

Japan as a buyer of yams

Japan imported $7.8 million of yams (HS 071430) in 2024, 3.1% of world imports, ranked #6.

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