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 September 2026 were JPY 7,995,510,000 (-5.2% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (27.8%), Colombia (13.2%), Viet Nam (12.5%), Taiwan (10.1%), Malaysia (9.6%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 125,862,000, a trade deficit of JPY 7,869,648,000. (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 7,995,510,000 | — | — | -5.2% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 7,345,967,000 | — | — | +3.3% |
| 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% |
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 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 19,107,582,000; in 2025, JPY 79,295,629,000, about 4.1 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 56,573,241,000 | JPY 6,451,056,000 | deficit JPY 50,122,185,000 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | JPY 65,403,619,000 | JPY 8,831,285,000 | deficit JPY 56,572,334,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 59,127,768,000 | JPY 11,839,833,000 | deficit JPY 47,287,935,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 65,526,730,000 | JPY 10,615,464,000 | deficit JPY 54,911,266,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 67,011,400,000 | JPY 13,299,490,000 | deficit JPY 53,711,910,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 65,690,134,000 | JPY 13,887,869,000 | deficit JPY 51,802,265,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 63,402,577,000 | JPY 9,111,513,000 | deficit JPY 54,291,064,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 66,955,505,000 | JPY 8,515,539,000 | deficit JPY 58,439,966,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 64,059,831,000 | JPY 8,864,637,000 | deficit JPY 55,195,194,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 63,048,329,000 | JPY 10,026,933,000 | deficit JPY 53,021,396,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 57,481,460,000 | JPY 8,637,995,000 | deficit JPY 48,843,465,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 53,054,311,000 | JPY 7,107,364,000 | deficit JPY 45,946,947,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 55,199,269,000 | JPY 6,778,268,000 | deficit JPY 48,421,001,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 50,654,835,000 | JPY 5,048,636,000 | deficit JPY 45,606,199,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 55,291,212,000 | JPY 5,929,778,000 | deficit JPY 49,361,434,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 59,789,512,000 | JPY 5,745,729,000 | deficit JPY 54,043,783,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 55,872,069,000 | JPY 2,976,519,000 | deficit JPY 52,895,550,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 51,199,167,000 | JPY 2,085,939,000 | deficit JPY 49,113,228,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 49,831,125,000 | JPY 1,760,533,000 | deficit JPY 48,070,592,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 47,286,299,000 | JPY 1,466,552,000 | deficit JPY 45,819,747,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 47,047,467,000 | JPY 1,456,912,000 | deficit JPY 45,590,555,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 45,628,291,000 | JPY 1,177,409,000 | deficit JPY 44,450,882,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 42,083,344,000 | JPY 1,188,462,000 | deficit JPY 40,894,882,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 43,572,127,000 | JPY 1,241,929,000 | deficit JPY 42,330,198,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 46,157,460,000 | JPY 1,024,120,000 | deficit JPY 45,133,340,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 47,170,291,000 | JPY 1,000,321,000 | deficit JPY 46,169,970,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 48,757,588,000 | JPY 1,050,399,000 | deficit JPY 47,707,189,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 44,119,384,000 | JPY 771,195,000 | deficit JPY 43,348,189,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 38,687,289,000 | JPY 935,573,000 | deficit JPY 37,751,716,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 33,612,349,000 | JPY 1,006,724,000 | deficit JPY 32,605,625,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 32,096,229,000 | JPY 1,471,548,000 | deficit JPY 30,624,681,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 33,800,352,000 | JPY 1,417,428,000 | deficit JPY 32,382,924,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 27,847,563,000 | JPY 1,422,542,000 | deficit JPY 26,425,021,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 23,287,653,000 | JPY 1,337,230,000 | deficit JPY 21,950,423,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 19,107,582,000 | JPY 1,491,881,000 | deficit JPY 17,615,701,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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