Japan Edible Seaweed Exports and Imports

Reported edible seaweed trade for Japan through Jun 2026, not live or executable quotes.

Exports · last 12 months

$22.9M

+0.2%vs. previous 12 months

Imports · last 12 months

$412M

+34.3%vs. previous 12 months
Monthly trade history

Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.

Japan Edible Seaweed Trading Partners

Partner values describe edible seaweed shipments reported by Japan for Jul 2025–Jun 2026. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.

Edible Seaweed Export Destinations

United States leads this ranking at $8.3M.

PartnerReported value
United States
$8.3M
37% share
S19
$5.5M
24% share
Vietnam
$1.6M
6.9% share
HKG
$1M
4.4% share
SGP
$933K
4.1% share
Thailand
$865K
3.8% share
Mexico
$539K
2.4% share
France
$453K
2.0% share
United Kingdom
$441K
2.0% share
Netherlands
$429K
1.9% share
Saudi Arabia
$364K
1.6% share
Canada
$263K
1.2% share
Malaysia
$246K
1.1% share
Portugal
$235K
1.0% share
Germany
$209K
0.9% share
Italy
$198K
0.9% share
Australia
$189K
0.8% share
$162K
0.7% share
MAC
$158K
0.7% share
Brazil
$127K
0.6% share
$123K
0.5% share
ARE
$118K
0.5% share
Switzerland
$104K
0.5% share
Russia
$77.8K
0.3% share
Denmark
$51.3K
0.2% share

Edible Seaweed Imports by Country

South Korea leads this ranking at $202M.

PartnerReported value
$202M
49% share
$199M
48% share
Canada
$7.5M
1.8% share
Vietnam
$1.4M
0.3% share
Chile
$981K
0.2% share
Russia
$315K
0.1% share
S19
$124K
0.0% share
Brazil
$55.9K
0.0% share
United States
$20.3K
0.0% share
TON
$19.1K
0.0% share
LKA
$17K
0.0% share
France
$8.5K
0.0% share
Australia
$7.1K
0.0% share
Malaysia
$3.6K
0.0% share
Norway
$1.7K
0.0% share

Monthly Trade Values

Recent Japan edible seaweed filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.

MonthExportsImports
Jun 2026$1.4M$44.3M
May 2026$2.3M$32.7M
Apr 2026$1.7M$54.1M
Mar 2026$2.2M$24.7M
Feb 2026$1.6M$21.4M
Jan 2026$2.4M$37.2M
Dec 2025$2.7M$21.8M
Nov 2025$2.1M$24.7M
Oct 2025$1.1M$25.5M
Sep 2025$1.4M$36.3M
Aug 2025$2M$37M
Jul 2025$2.1M$52.3M

Japan Edible Seaweed Trade Questions

Where does Japan export edible seaweed?
United States is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $8.3M of edible seaweed exports from Japan.
Where does Japan import edible seaweed from?
South Korea is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $202M of edible seaweed imports into Japan.

See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.