Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder. (12)
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder. (statistical code 12): imports in September 2026 were JPY 63,785,284,000 (-0.3% year on year). Main origins: United States of America (33.7%), Canada (26.1%), Brazil (10.4%), People's Republic of China (9.2%), Australia (6.6%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 838,401,000, a trade deficit of JPY 62,946,883,000. (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 63,785,284,000 | — | — | -0.3% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 65,852,350,000 | — | — | +6.4% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 76,999,828,000 | — | — | +14.7% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 78,446,148,000 | — | — | +15.7% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 66,314,541,000 | — | — | -16.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 67,520,434,000 | — | — | +2.8% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 69,257,319,000 | — | — | +17.2% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 50,901,668,000 | — | — | -1.3% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 60,304,410,000 | — | — | +2.9% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 71,112,978,000 | — | — | +5.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 61,955,613,000 | — | — | +1.8% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 66,976,826,000 | — | — | +8.2% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 63,996,042,000 | — | — | +12.2% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 61,899,920,000 | — | — | -1.5% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 67,114,553,000 | — | — | -12.0% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 67,817,024,000 | — | — | -5.3% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 79,580,562,000 | — | — | +1.8% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 65,666,319,000 | — | — | -15.5% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 59,113,695,000 | — | — | -10.3% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 51,559,122,000 | — | — | -13.8% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 58,616,625,000 | — | — | +2.1% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 67,646,699,000 | — | — | +21.4% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 60,879,582,000 | — | — | -11.3% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 61,894,665,000 | — | — | -16.9% |
Subcategories
- Soya beans, whether or not broken
- Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
- 1203
- 1204
- Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken
- 1206
- Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken
- Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard
- Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing
- Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin
- Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
- Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included
- 1213
- Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets
- 12XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 377,427,358,000; in 2025, JPY 775,409,279,000, about 2.1 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 599,381,982,000 | JPY 11,375,720,000 | deficit JPY 588,006,262,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 775,409,279,000 | JPY 15,621,825,000 | deficit JPY 759,787,454,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 797,241,598,000 | JPY 15,357,463,000 | deficit JPY 781,884,135,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 810,744,549,000 | JPY 14,396,250,000 | deficit JPY 796,348,299,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 908,120,735,000 | JPY 14,138,835,000 | deficit JPY 893,981,900,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 628,770,981,000 | JPY 18,194,924,000 | deficit JPY 610,576,057,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 490,849,798,000 | JPY 17,345,244,000 | deficit JPY 473,504,554,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 518,551,756,000 | JPY 19,414,204,000 | deficit JPY 499,137,552,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 523,112,807,000 | JPY 19,374,083,000 | deficit JPY 503,738,724,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 526,304,525,000 | JPY 20,863,068,000 | deficit JPY 505,441,457,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 486,752,011,000 | JPY 19,868,785,000 | deficit JPY 466,883,226,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 594,368,266,000 | JPY 19,736,848,000 | deficit JPY 574,631,418,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 561,603,114,000 | JPY 15,817,908,000 | deficit JPY 545,785,206,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 561,773,147,000 | JPY 14,098,018,000 | deficit JPY 547,675,129,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 463,067,397,000 | JPY 11,649,901,000 | deficit JPY 451,417,496,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 435,187,209,000 | JPY 13,085,096,000 | deficit JPY 422,102,113,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 420,573,926,000 | JPY 13,375,800,000 | deficit JPY 407,198,126,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 406,028,971,000 | JPY 13,006,292,000 | deficit JPY 393,022,679,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 609,016,857,000 | JPY 14,286,424,000 | deficit JPY 594,730,433,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 488,518,319,000 | JPY 15,448,741,000 | deficit JPY 473,069,578,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 405,906,317,000 | JPY 14,095,176,000 | deficit JPY 391,811,141,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 399,025,047,000 | JPY 13,280,361,000 | deficit JPY 385,744,686,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 440,825,330,000 | JPY 13,548,215,000 | deficit JPY 427,277,115,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 420,250,926,000 | JPY 13,346,824,000 | deficit JPY 406,904,102,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 384,171,770,000 | JPY 13,034,095,000 | deficit JPY 371,137,675,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 365,457,487,000 | JPY 12,311,842,000 | deficit JPY 353,145,645,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 332,153,147,000 | JPY 12,474,209,000 | deficit JPY 319,678,938,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 353,423,376,000 | JPY 12,589,098,000 | deficit JPY 340,834,278,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 442,365,702,000 | JPY 12,838,446,000 | deficit JPY 429,527,256,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 479,311,059,000 | JPY 13,000,497,000 | deficit JPY 466,310,562,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 423,956,311,000 | JPY 11,995,700,000 | deficit JPY 411,960,611,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 328,727,713,000 | JPY 11,136,363,000 | deficit JPY 317,591,350,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 352,995,208,000 | JPY 12,701,728,000 | deficit JPY 340,293,480,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 360,641,440,000 | JPY 13,332,963,000 | deficit JPY 347,308,477,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 387,876,797,000 | JPY 17,492,877,000 | deficit JPY 370,383,920,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 393,320,362,000 | JPY 16,059,059,000 | deficit JPY 377,261,303,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 434,269,166,000 | JPY 15,792,372,000 | deficit JPY 418,476,794,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 412,660,311,000 | JPY 14,779,231,000 | deficit JPY 397,881,080,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 377,427,358,000 | JPY 14,563,181,000 | deficit JPY 362,864,177,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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