Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage. (06)
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage. (statistical code 06): imports in August 2026 were JPY 7,327,183,000 (+3.0% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (26.2%), Colombia (13.7%), Viet Nam (13.1%), Malaysia (11.1%), Netherlands (10.4%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 87,075,000, a trade deficit of JPY 7,240,108,000. (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 7,327,183,000 | — | — | +3.0% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 7,316,542,000 | — | — | +6.9% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 5,203,213,000 | — | — | +5.0% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 4,791,957,000 | — | — | -3.9% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 6,268,168,000 | — | — | -2.3% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 7,797,819,000 | — | — | -5.0% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 5,037,272,000 | — | — | -9.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 4,816,793,000 | — | — | -15.3% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 8,192,903,000 | — | — | -7.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,067,382,000 | — | — | +2.5% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,791,860,000 | — | — | +3.6% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 8,436,268,000 | — | — | -2.8% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 7,111,082,000 | — | — | +1.2% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,843,254,000 | — | — | -3.0% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,957,366,000 | — | — | +0.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,987,505,000 | — | — | -8.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,417,368,000 | — | — | +5.8% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 8,209,200,000 | — | — | +5.6% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,593,251,000 | — | — | +1.4% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,688,190,000 | — | — | +20.9% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 8,815,129,000 | — | — | +11.5% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 5,918,595,000 | — | — | +0.1% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 6,555,617,000 | — | — | -7.9% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 8,677,112,000 | — | — | +5.0% |
Subcategories
- Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 12.12
- Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
- Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
- Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 74,836,748,000; in 2025, JPY 79,295,629,000, about 1.1 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 48,558,947,000 | JPY 6,325,194,000 | deficit JPY 42,233,753,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 79,295,629,000 | JPY 7,977,271,000 | deficit JPY 71,318,358,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 78,487,438,000 | JPY 9,934,117,000 | deficit JPY 68,553,321,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 76,397,980,000 | JPY 8,296,475,000 | deficit JPY 68,101,505,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 74,836,748,000 | JPY 9,431,232,000 | deficit JPY 65,405,516,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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