Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (15)
Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (statistical code 15): imports in September 2026 were JPY 26,182,975,000 (+13.8% year on year), quantity 90,570,075 KG, unit price JPY 289 per KG. Main origins: Malaysia (49.6%), Spain (9.9%), Italy (7.2%), Indonesia (6.9%), Philippines (4.4%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 4,589,964,000, a trade deficit of JPY 21,593,011,000. (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 26,182,975,000 | 90,570,075 | JPY 289 | +13.8% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 23,081,760,000 | 75,330,630 | JPY 306 | +18.4% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 29,694,801,000 | 98,749,120 | JPY 301 | +22.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 25,647,597,000 | 83,746,639 | JPY 306 | -1.5% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 24,054,719,000 | 83,855,146 | JPY 287 | +19.9% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 25,590,469,000 | 91,337,428 | JPY 280 | +9.3% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 22,803,349,000 | 82,073,395 | JPY 278 | -13.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 21,903,730,000 | 81,530,440 | JPY 269 | +16.5% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 25,256,458,000 | 86,470,779 | JPY 292 | +21.9% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,114,232,000 | 84,383,874 | JPY 274 | +8.4% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,142,522,000 | 89,476,129 | JPY 270 | +18.8% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,092,589,000 | 93,921,949 | JPY 278 | -0.9% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,007,784,000 | 86,712,258 | JPY 265 | +9.1% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,498,055,000 | 73,934,206 | JPY 264 | -26.2% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,312,047,000 | 97,913,299 | JPY 248 | -14.0% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,025,077,000 | 101,094,026 | JPY 257 | +9.2% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 20,066,634,000 | 75,664,007 | JPY 265 | -25.0% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,410,078,000 | 84,900,703 | JPY 276 | +7.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,386,273,000 | 102,575,742 | JPY 257 | +48.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,798,100,000 | 67,751,042 | JPY 277 | +3.4% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 20,724,259,000 | 77,135,997 | JPY 269 | +15.0% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 21,324,995,000 | 84,677,450 | JPY 252 | +18.1% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 20,321,110,000 | 76,006,808 | JPY 267 | +1.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 26,341,314,000 | 110,529,855 | JPY 238 | +28.7% |
Subcategories
- Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 02.09 or 15.03
- Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15.03
- 1503
- Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- 1505
- 1506
- Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 15.09
- Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared
- Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16
- 1518
- 1520
- Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured
- 1522
- 15XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 53,341,390,000; in 2025, JPY 275,577,650,000, about 5.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 224,215,858,000 | JPY 39,466,135,000 | deficit JPY 184,749,723,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 275,577,650,000 | JPY 49,477,081,000 | deficit JPY 226,100,569,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 270,058,597,000 | JPY 52,029,572,000 | deficit JPY 218,029,025,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 245,528,916,000 | JPY 50,422,452,000 | deficit JPY 195,106,464,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 268,592,136,000 | JPY 46,586,487,000 | deficit JPY 222,005,649,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 181,943,364,000 | JPY 32,147,260,000 | deficit JPY 149,796,104,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 149,659,038,000 | JPY 26,149,672,000 | deficit JPY 123,509,366,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 155,742,891,000 | JPY 25,222,604,000 | deficit JPY 130,520,287,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 164,229,561,000 | JPY 25,527,763,000 | deficit JPY 138,701,798,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 166,715,606,000 | JPY 21,037,491,000 | deficit JPY 145,678,115,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 149,109,606,000 | JPY 17,971,622,000 | deficit JPY 131,137,984,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 177,197,898,000 | JPY 17,416,082,000 | deficit JPY 159,781,816,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 158,440,635,000 | JPY 18,797,911,000 | deficit JPY 139,642,724,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 144,699,859,000 | JPY 15,658,289,000 | deficit JPY 129,041,570,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 132,317,991,000 | JPY 12,447,382,000 | deficit JPY 119,870,609,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 140,371,067,000 | JPY 12,678,255,000 | deficit JPY 127,692,812,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 114,695,606,000 | JPY 12,335,777,000 | deficit JPY 102,359,829,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 104,604,294,000 | JPY 11,134,371,000 | deficit JPY 93,469,923,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 164,894,655,000 | JPY 12,045,465,000 | deficit JPY 152,849,190,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 126,289,710,000 | JPY 10,758,936,000 | deficit JPY 115,530,774,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 99,801,447,000 | JPY 10,230,784,000 | deficit JPY 89,570,663,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 97,989,172,000 | JPY 9,132,149,000 | deficit JPY 88,857,023,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 89,812,817,000 | JPY 9,400,355,000 | deficit JPY 80,412,462,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 78,329,932,000 | JPY 9,169,721,000 | deficit JPY 69,160,211,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 71,413,410,000 | JPY 8,908,600,000 | deficit JPY 62,504,810,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 61,100,720,000 | JPY 8,497,955,000 | deficit JPY 52,602,765,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 58,533,131,000 | JPY 8,365,608,000 | deficit JPY 50,167,523,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 70,010,023,000 | JPY 8,663,676,000 | deficit JPY 61,346,347,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 92,157,805,000 | JPY 8,747,305,000 | deficit JPY 83,410,500,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 88,277,590,000 | JPY 8,315,002,000 | deficit JPY 79,962,588,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 77,014,421,000 | JPY 6,910,560,000 | deficit JPY 70,103,861,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 82,108,722,000 | JPY 7,714,068,000 | deficit JPY 74,394,654,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 68,088,687,000 | JPY 8,332,083,000 | deficit JPY 59,756,604,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 60,904,601,000 | JPY 8,515,242,000 | deficit JPY 52,389,359,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 73,337,253,000 | JPY 9,701,058,000 | deficit JPY 63,636,195,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 66,859,405,000 | JPY 12,395,819,000 | deficit JPY 54,463,586,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 61,979,756,000 | JPY 15,989,760,000 | deficit JPY 45,989,996,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 59,447,429,000 | JPY 13,556,213,000 | deficit JPY 45,891,216,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 53,341,390,000 | JPY 22,252,072,000 | deficit JPY 31,089,318,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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