What is the price of beer in Japan?

As of January 2025, beer in Japan is US$ 0.97 per kg (134 JPY), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

Beer Price in Japan - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Beer Prices in Japan

US$ 0.97 / kg

134 JPY / kg

MoM ▲ 5.8% YoY ▲ 5.8%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (JPY)	MoM	YoY	Source
—	Export (unit value)	0.97	134	▲ 5.8%	▲ 5.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the beer price in Japan available is US$ 0.97 per kg (134 JPY), up 5.8% year-on-year.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes — beer in Japan

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $139M (151.3 kt) of beer▲ 9.1% YoY. That ranks #17 worldwide (0.8% of global exports).

$139M

Export value

151.3 kt

Export volume

#17 / 124

World rank

0.8%

Global share

$0.92

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top beer exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Mexico $6.5B · 37.2%
#2 Netherlands $1.8B · 10.3%
#3 Belgium $1.74B · 10%
#4 Germany $1.34B · 7.7%
#5 United Kingdom (UK) $611.3M · 3.5%

Annual export data Japan · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$139M	151.3 kt	$0.92
2023	$127.5M	137.9 kt	$0.92
2022	$81.7M	76 kt	$1.07
2021	$67.1M	57.5 kt	$1.17
2020	$54.1M	48.3 kt	$1.12

Production FAOSTAT · 2023

Japan produced 2 Mt of beer in 2023▲ 0% YoY. It ranks #20 among producing countries (0.9% of world output).

2 Mt

mi_production

#20

World rank

Production by year (tonnes)

HS Code

beer is traded under Harmonized System code 2203.00. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS — UN Comtrade; production — FAOSTAT (FAO). Values are official reported figures.

Japan beer - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of beer shipped by Japan in 2020 was 155,733 tons. In 2019 Japan shipped 182,798 tonnes of beer. For 2019 alone, the demand for Japan beer (processed category) has shrunk, changing by -7.074 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beer's exports reduced by -4.54 pc earning Japan US$290.82m for the year 2019. Japan's beer exports are classified as:

Non-alcoholic beer <= 0.5% vol alc (HS code 220291)
Non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer) (HS code 220299)
Beer made from malt (HS code 220300)

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Japan beer export values

In 2019, Japan exported beer worth 290.82m USD, a reduction of -4.21% from 2018's total beer export of 303.61m USD. The yearly change in value of Japan beer between 2017 to 2018 was 18.233 percent.

The annual variation in the quantity of Japan's beer exports between 2017 and 2019 was -4.54 percent when compared to a variation of -7.074% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Japan's stake of the world's total beer's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Japan is ranked number 48 in world exports of beer.

Export markets for Japan beer ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Japan is a net exporter of beer. The annual growth of Japan beer in value between 2015 to 2019 was 57%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was %, per annum.

Japan procured 125,276 tonnes of beer in 2019.

Beer Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest beer prices in other Asia countries:

Sri Lanka$0.83/kg Pakistan$1.24/kg Myanmar$1.32/kg Lao (Laos)$1.01/kg India$0.86/kg Nepal$0.60/kg Indonesia$0.81/kg Azerbaijan$0.73/kg Mongolia$1.11/kg China$0.69/kg Kyrgyzstan$0.57/kg Malaysia$0.87/kg Cambodia$0.73/kg Philippines$1.18/kg Tajikistan$2.60/kg

Other Processed Prices in Japan

Latest prices for other processed in Japan:

Natural Honey$10.25/kg cottonseed oil$6.61/kg Cheese$11.74/kg Chocolate$6.64/kg Cocoa Beans$5.59/kg Castor Oil$3.29/kg Wine$19.27/kg Butter$13.89/kg Mineral water$0.39/kg Sausages$10.39/kg Coffee$20.05/kg Cotton$2.92/kg Tomato Juice$1.29/kg Whey$3.75/kg Yerba mate$65.83/kg

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