Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. (04)
Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. (statistical code 04): imports in August 2026 were JPY 24,248,455,000 (+4.3% year on year), quantity 34,474,471 KG, unit price JPY 703 per KG. Main origins: New Zealand (23.0%), United States of America (21.4%), Australia (14.0%), Italy (7.6%), Denmark (5.2%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 1,458,895,000, a trade deficit of JPY 22,789,560,000. (imports: preliminary; exports: revised)
Export statistics for this code
Monthly statistics
| Month | Status | Import value | Quantity | Unit price | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | preliminary | JPY 24,248,455,000 | 34,474,471 | JPY 703 | +4.3% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 28,293,567,000 | 38,985,260 | JPY 726 | +15.4% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 26,264,129,000 | 38,257,645 | JPY 687 | -1.9% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 23,907,220,000 | 34,267,322 | JPY 698 | -0.2% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 29,877,868,000 | 39,407,842 | JPY 758 | +10.7% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 29,224,311,000 | 42,192,404 | JPY 693 | +13.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 22,246,283,000 | 31,551,096 | JPY 705 | +0.5% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 25,057,430,000 | 34,154,658 | JPY 734 | +18.0% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 27,711,614,000 | 37,988,293 | JPY 729 | +14.8% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,389,953,000 | 34,430,131 | JPY 708 | -1.0% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 28,384,600,000 | 38,847,048 | JPY 731 | +18.6% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,251,458,000 | 33,626,580 | JPY 691 | +14.8% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,248,149,000 | 34,095,767 | JPY 682 | -7.7% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,517,447,000 | 36,121,524 | JPY 679 | +1.2% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,776,179,000 | 39,823,209 | JPY 672 | +19.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,947,712,000 | 37,286,462 | JPY 642 | -7.6% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,979,104,000 | 38,025,004 | JPY 710 | +0.8% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 25,722,425,000 | 42,046,437 | JPY 612 | +11.7% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,125,888,000 | 33,126,137 | JPY 668 | +15.6% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 21,234,345,000 | 31,262,386 | JPY 679 | +7.8% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 24,134,649,000 | 36,568,999 | JPY 660 | +9.1% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 24,642,870,000 | 37,313,731 | JPY 660 | +2.6% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 23,930,361,000 | 38,550,499 | JPY 621 | +1.6% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 20,258,702,000 | 32,559,314 | JPY 622 | -13.2% |
Subcategories
- Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
- Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
- Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
- Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included
- Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads
- Cheese and curd
- Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
- Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
- 0409
- Insects and other edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 259,317,179,000; in 2025, JPY 298,288,874,000, about 1.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 209,119,263,000 | JPY 11,557,082,000 | deficit JPY 197,562,181,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 298,288,874,000 | JPY 16,029,908,000 | deficit JPY 282,258,966,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 279,326,756,000 | JPY 13,898,824,000 | deficit JPY 265,427,932,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 284,666,321,000 | JPY 15,501,961,000 | deficit JPY 269,164,360,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 259,317,179,000 | JPY 19,565,797,000 | deficit JPY 239,751,382,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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