Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons. (08)
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons. (statistical code 08): imports in September 2026 were JPY 43,245,278,000 (+4.3% year on year), quantity 150,244,145 KG, unit price JPY 288 per KG. Main origins: Philippines (26.5%), New Zealand (20.3%), United States of America (14.4%), Mexico (6.7%), Australia (5.4%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 3,680,574,000, a trade deficit of JPY 39,564,704,000. (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 43,245,278,000 | 150,244,145 | JPY 288 | +4.3% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 50,101,407,000 | 166,707,907 | JPY 301 | +7.7% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 58,033,951,000 | 187,628,269 | JPY 309 | +7.9% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 58,295,667,000 | 180,002,873 | JPY 324 | +10.0% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 61,756,906,000 | 183,092,707 | JPY 337 | +6.5% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 57,923,494,000 | 190,996,736 | JPY 303 | -2.0% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 42,604,161,000 | 159,064,019 | JPY 268 | +1.3% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 32,965,580,000 | 125,894,982 | JPY 262 | +0.1% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 33,750,028,000 | 123,090,771 | JPY 274 | +1.3% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 35,830,444,000 | 137,133,584 | JPY 261 | +10.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 34,548,288,000 | 137,060,751 | JPY 252 | +3.5% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 38,883,827,000 | 156,827,709 | JPY 248 | +10.1% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 41,464,185,000 | 151,957,341 | JPY 273 | +15.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 46,520,004,000 | 168,326,840 | JPY 276 | +16.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 53,781,160,000 | 185,500,871 | JPY 290 | +10.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 52,984,594,000 | 179,604,742 | JPY 295 | -1.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 57,968,744,000 | 193,129,220 | JPY 300 | -4.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 59,099,764,000 | 198,281,392 | JPY 298 | +17.5% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 42,042,049,000 | 155,116,903 | JPY 271 | +21.2% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 32,921,302,000 | 132,636,255 | JPY 248 | +17.5% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 33,332,010,000 | 130,591,325 | JPY 255 | +27.2% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 32,483,063,000 | 133,263,446 | JPY 244 | +5.7% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 33,365,696,000 | 137,272,763 | JPY 243 | +3.8% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 35,302,245,000 | 152,446,318 | JPY 232 | +14.1% |
Subcategories
- Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
- Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
- Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
- Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
- Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
- Grapes, fresh or dried
- Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh
- Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
- Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh
- Other fruit, fresh
- Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
- Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
- Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 08.01 to 08.06; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter
- 0814
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 223,236,242,000; in 2025, JPY 529,376,371,000, about 2.4 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 438,676,472,000 | JPY 23,175,053,000 | deficit JPY 415,501,419,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 529,376,371,000 | JPY 34,476,180,000 | deficit JPY 494,900,191,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 479,498,455,000 | JPY 40,292,532,000 | deficit JPY 439,205,923,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 438,267,304,000 | JPY 36,565,742,000 | deficit JPY 401,701,562,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 427,948,627,000 | JPY 38,391,445,000 | deficit JPY 389,557,182,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 391,342,955,000 | JPY 31,898,133,000 | deficit JPY 359,444,822,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 376,563,149,000 | JPY 22,630,848,000 | deficit JPY 353,932,301,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 378,055,816,000 | JPY 24,899,223,000 | deficit JPY 353,156,593,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 379,008,259,000 | JPY 24,935,379,000 | deficit JPY 354,072,880,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 353,659,110,000 | JPY 20,608,757,000 | deficit JPY 333,050,353,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 343,989,058,000 | JPY 20,680,274,000 | deficit JPY 323,308,784,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 363,334,131,000 | JPY 19,333,844,000 | deficit JPY 344,000,287,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 316,391,485,000 | JPY 13,234,409,000 | deficit JPY 303,157,076,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 290,710,973,000 | JPY 10,693,171,000 | deficit JPY 280,017,802,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 255,635,096,000 | JPY 5,879,790,000 | deficit JPY 249,755,306,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 238,699,933,000 | JPY 8,482,062,000 | deficit JPY 230,217,871,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 238,694,156,000 | JPY 9,235,579,000 | deficit JPY 229,458,577,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 243,385,834,000 | JPY 8,461,330,000 | deficit JPY 234,924,504,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 260,174,388,000 | JPY 10,648,506,000 | deficit JPY 249,525,882,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 268,300,880,000 | JPY 11,362,461,000 | deficit JPY 256,938,419,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 258,558,793,000 | JPY 7,984,144,000 | deficit JPY 250,574,649,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 253,683,504,000 | JPY 7,767,366,000 | deficit JPY 245,916,138,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 252,272,957,000 | JPY 4,818,955,000 | deficit JPY 247,454,002,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 243,452,382,000 | JPY 6,241,280,000 | deficit JPY 237,211,102,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 252,381,580,000 | JPY 4,644,803,000 | deficit JPY 247,736,777,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 237,649,008,000 | JPY 2,231,229,000 | deficit JPY 235,417,779,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 235,322,646,000 | JPY 2,292,504,000 | deficit JPY 233,030,142,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 246,603,154,000 | JPY 3,011,767,000 | deficit JPY 243,591,387,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 246,443,391,000 | JPY 3,552,822,000 | deficit JPY 242,890,569,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 243,669,464,000 | JPY 5,331,523,000 | deficit JPY 238,337,941,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 229,718,153,000 | JPY 4,333,629,000 | deficit JPY 225,384,524,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 206,962,911,000 | JPY 4,245,912,000 | deficit JPY 202,716,999,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 216,291,678,000 | JPY 3,992,967,000 | deficit JPY 212,298,711,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 217,093,946,000 | JPY 4,815,326,000 | deficit JPY 212,278,620,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 251,091,218,000 | JPY 6,789,505,000 | deficit JPY 244,301,713,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 251,928,118,000 | JPY 7,271,248,000 | deficit JPY 244,656,870,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 245,352,484,000 | JPY 5,696,562,000 | deficit JPY 239,655,922,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 250,392,084,000 | JPY 6,764,889,000 | deficit JPY 243,627,195,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 223,236,242,000 | JPY 6,909,981,000 | deficit JPY 216,326,261,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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