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 August 2026 were JPY 23,080,175,000 (+18.4% year on year), quantity 75,330,630 KG, unit price JPY 306 per KG. Main origins: Malaysia (41.3%), Indonesia (12.4%), Spain (11.3%), Italy (6.8%), Philippines (3.5%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 4,516,442,000, a trade deficit of JPY 18,563,733,000. (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 23,080,175,000 | 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 21,085,455,000 | 75,271,068 | JPY 280 | -8.5% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 268,592,136,000; in 2025, JPY 275,577,650,000, about 1.0 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 198,031,298,000 | JPY 34,876,171,000 | deficit JPY 163,155,127,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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