Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. (03)
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. (statistical code 03): imports in September 2026 were JPY 130,528,334,000 (+2.9% year on year), quantity 105,816,570 KG, unit price JPY 1,234 per KG. Main origins: United States of America (16.1%), Russia (10.5%), People's Republic of China (9.7%), Chile (9.2%), Norway (6.7%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 25,063,154,000, a trade deficit of JPY 105,465,180,000. (imports: preliminary; exports: revised)
Export statistics for this code
Monthly statistics
| Month | Status | Import value | Quantity | Unit price | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | preliminary | JPY 130,528,334,000 | 105,816,570 | JPY 1,234 | +2.9% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 115,220,977,000 | 95,432,541 | JPY 1,207 | +5.4% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 118,478,306,000 | 105,338,083 | JPY 1,125 | +0.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 128,834,363,000 | 122,598,229 | JPY 1,051 | +13.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 116,170,604,000 | 109,101,366 | JPY 1,065 | -4.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 132,558,069,000 | 117,909,151 | JPY 1,124 | +1.9% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 102,285,637,000 | 88,900,525 | JPY 1,151 | +1.4% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 128,177,416,000 | 106,192,994 | JPY 1,207 | +31.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 139,475,962,000 | 112,039,204 | JPY 1,245 | -1.5% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 153,675,693,000 | 126,575,657 | JPY 1,214 | +9.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 145,441,902,000 | 127,931,379 | JPY 1,137 | +6.2% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 154,913,467,000 | 131,944,666 | JPY 1,174 | +20.5% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 126,881,713,000 | 116,091,262 | JPY 1,093 | +17.4% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 109,270,071,000 | 102,653,143 | JPY 1,064 | +4.0% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 118,319,666,000 | 113,868,645 | JPY 1,039 | -9.2% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 113,816,228,000 | 118,070,185 | JPY 964 | +2.3% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 121,816,035,000 | 128,037,259 | JPY 951 | -0.6% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 130,096,238,000 | 131,864,240 | JPY 987 | +7.1% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 100,896,185,000 | 104,416,863 | JPY 966 | +1.9% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 97,718,541,000 | 93,240,618 | JPY 1,048 | -12.7% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 141,538,531,000 | 132,343,554 | JPY 1,069 | +20.0% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 140,632,190,000 | 138,645,469 | JPY 1,014 | +0.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 136,928,126,000 | 135,848,505 | JPY 1,008 | -1.0% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 128,533,608,000 | 134,961,472 | JPY 952 | +10.8% |
Subcategories
- Live fish
- Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04
- Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04
- Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
- Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.
- Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine.
- Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.
- Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.
- Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption.
- 03XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 1,221,694,152,000; in 2025, JPY 1,514,384,270,000, about 1.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 1,111,729,668,000 | JPY 248,380,535,000 | deficit JPY 863,349,133,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,514,384,270,000 | JPY 290,689,659,000 | deficit JPY 1,223,694,611,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,433,788,333,000 | JPY 220,451,504,000 | deficit JPY 1,213,336,829,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 1,410,671,984,000 | JPY 231,269,496,000 | deficit JPY 1,179,402,488,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 1,529,805,009,000 | JPY 256,655,715,000 | deficit JPY 1,273,149,294,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 1,193,868,707,000 | JPY 202,750,210,000 | deficit JPY 991,118,497,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 1,061,535,783,000 | JPY 145,517,061,000 | deficit JPY 916,018,722,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 167,461,161,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | JPY 1,312,758,181,000 | JPY 176,224,620,000 | deficit JPY 1,136,533,561,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 1,314,639,140,000 | JPY 159,592,301,000 | deficit JPY 1,155,046,839,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 1,175,882,028,000 | JPY 152,095,788,000 | deficit JPY 1,023,786,240,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 1,239,525,454,000 | JPY 162,751,420,000 | deficit JPY 1,076,774,034,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 1,211,164,597,000 | JPY 137,000,793,000 | deficit JPY 1,074,163,804,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 1,158,049,973,000 | JPY 131,626,304,000 | deficit JPY 1,026,423,669,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 1,112,985,671,000 | JPY 94,477,169,000 | deficit JPY 1,018,508,502,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 1,079,693,421,000 | JPY 96,525,183,000 | deficit JPY 983,168,238,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 1,020,889,059,000 | JPY 112,541,945,000 | deficit JPY 908,347,114,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 981,905,300,000 | JPY 100,503,002,000 | deficit JPY 881,402,298,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 1,200,393,166,000 | JPY 119,174,729,000 | deficit JPY 1,081,218,437,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 1,200,933,769,000 | JPY 136,270,272,000 | deficit JPY 1,064,663,497,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 1,262,589,360,000 | JPY 115,389,865,000 | deficit JPY 1,147,199,495,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 1,273,738,059,000 | JPY 96,734,362,000 | deficit JPY 1,177,003,697,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 1,245,930,030,000 | JPY 82,576,697,000 | deficit JPY 1,163,353,333,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 1,224,456,928,000 | JPY 74,957,479,000 | deficit JPY 1,149,499,449,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 1,372,387,105,000 | JPY 68,065,486,000 | deficit JPY 1,304,321,619,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 1,354,628,964,000 | JPY 64,751,836,000 | deficit JPY 1,289,877,128,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 1,380,630,652,000 | JPY 57,622,133,000 | deficit JPY 1,323,008,519,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 1,407,750,777,000 | JPY 52,531,554,000 | deficit JPY 1,355,219,223,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 1,393,773,563,000 | JPY 62,688,245,000 | deficit JPY 1,331,085,318,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 1,547,951,639,000 | JPY 69,515,318,000 | deficit JPY 1,478,436,321,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 1,550,224,730,000 | JPY 46,562,395,000 | deficit JPY 1,503,662,335,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 1,412,002,363,000 | JPY 38,805,199,000 | deficit JPY 1,373,197,164,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 1,422,534,816,000 | JPY 44,293,210,000 | deficit JPY 1,378,241,606,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 1,364,080,055,000 | JPY 46,718,467,000 | deficit JPY 1,317,361,588,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 1,418,713,613,000 | JPY 53,908,610,000 | deficit JPY 1,364,805,003,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 1,427,423,692,000 | JPY 54,855,097,000 | deficit JPY 1,372,568,595,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 1,385,972,600,000 | JPY 51,427,535,000 | deficit JPY 1,334,545,065,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 1,248,363,483,000 | JPY 55,745,437,000 | deficit JPY 1,192,618,046,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 1,221,694,152,000 | JPY 54,847,330,000 | deficit JPY 1,166,846,822,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
The e-Stat table 'Final Trade Statistics by Commodity and Country (Imports), 2016–2020' (Ministry of Finance Trade Statistics of Japan) lacks data for some commodities from April 2018 to December 2019, so values for this period are not shown. This is a problem in the source data; official annual totals from the Ministry of Finance differ.
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