What is the price of whisky in Japan?

As of January 2025, whisky in Japan is US$ 24.27 per kg (3,352 JPY), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Japan's world rank in whisky exports?

Japan ranks 8th among 111 whisky exporters.

How much whisky did Japan export in 2024?

Japan exported 11,305 tonnes of whisky in 2024.

What is the latest export price for Japanese whisky?

The latest export unit value is US$24.2693 per kg.

What was the year-on-year change in Japan's whisky export value?

Japan's whisky export value decreased by 19.1% year-on-year.

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

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Whisky Prices in Japan

US$ 24.27 / kg

3,352 JPY / kg

MoM ▼ 4.9% YoY ▼ 4.9%

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)	24.27	3,352	▼ 4.9%	▼ 4.9%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the whisky price in Japan available is US$ 24.27 per kg (3,352 JPY), down 4.9% year-on-year.

Japan exported US$288.4 million worth of whisky in 2024, totaling 11,305 tonnes and ranking 8th among 111 global exporters with a 2.0% share of world exports. Export value declined by 19.1% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for Japanese whisky is US$24.27 per kg. Japan is a net exporter of whisky.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - whisky in Japan

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $288.4M (11.3 kt) of whisky▼ 19.1% YoY. That ranks #8 worldwide (2% of global exports).

$288.4M

Export value

11.3 kt

Export volume

#8 / 111

World rank

Global share

$25.51

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top whisky exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 United Kingdom (UK) $7.02B · 49.3%
#2 US $1.53B · 10.8%
#3 Ireland $1.13B · 7.9%
#4 Singapore $997.2M · 7%
#5 France $447M · 3.1%

Annual export data Japan · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$288.4M	11.3 kt	$25.51
2023	$356.5M	12.7 kt	$28.01
2022	$426.5M	14.3 kt	$29.92
2021	$420.4M	12.5 kt	$33.51
2020	$254.2M	9.2 kt	$27.56

HS Code

whisky is traded under Harmonized System code 2208.30. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

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

The amount of whisky shipped by Japan in 2020 was 9,225 metric tonnes. In 2019 Japan shipped 7,870 tonnes of whisky. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Japan whisky (processed category) has improved, recording a change of 26.772 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, whisky's exports grew by 43.46 percent earning the nation US$178.47m for the year 2019. Japan's whisky exports are classified as:

Whiskies (HS code 220830)

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Japan whisky export values

In 2019, Japan supplied whisky costing 178.47m USD, a growth of 31.54% from 2018's total whisky export of 135.68m USD. The annual change in value of Japan whisky between 2017 to 2018 was 11.574 percent.

The annual/yearly variation in the amount of Japan's whisky exports between 2017 and 2019 was 43.46 pc in comparison to a variation of 26.772% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Japan's share of the world's total whisky's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds position 22 in world exports of whisky.

Export markets for Japan whisky ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Japan is a net importer of whisky. The annual growth of Japan whisky in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -11%, per annum.

Japan purchased 56,197 tonnes of whisky in 2019.

Whisky Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest whisky prices in other Asia countries:

Sri Lanka$17.94/kg Vietnam$12.94/kg Uzbekistan$12.69/kg China$8.61/kg Myanmar$1.51/kg Kazakhstan$4.67/kg Azerbaijan$2.20/kg Hong Kong$52.32/kg India$2.37/kg Indonesia$19.35/kg Lao (Laos)$18.38/kg South Korea$4.62/kg Armenia$2.93/kg Bhutan$1.59/kg Mongolia$16.11/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 Beer$0.97/kg Coffee$20.05/kg Cotton$2.92/kg Tomato Juice$1.29/kg Whey$3.75/kg

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