Preparations of meat, of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects (16)
Preparations of meat, of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects (statistical code 16): imports in September 2026 were JPY 85,120,429,000 (+9.4% year on year), quantity 100,611,256 KG, unit price JPY 846 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (38.2%), Thailand (33.1%), Viet Nam (9.5%), United States of America (6.0%), Indonesia (3.8%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 6,816,669,000, a trade deficit of JPY 78,303,760,000. (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 85,120,429,000 | 100,611,256 | JPY 846 | +9.4% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 87,614,551,000 | 103,557,707 | JPY 846 | +18.6% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 103,604,343,000 | 118,053,929 | JPY 878 | +19.6% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 97,322,593,000 | 112,883,182 | JPY 862 | +16.5% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 81,751,756,000 | 96,609,281 | JPY 846 | +5.5% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 92,585,036,000 | 110,035,196 | JPY 841 | +10.8% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 72,130,531,000 | 87,709,454 | JPY 822 | -2.1% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 75,030,010,000 | 89,975,007 | JPY 834 | +22.8% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 74,451,909,000 | 90,773,952 | JPY 820 | -3.3% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 93,025,167,000 | 109,920,741 | JPY 846 | +15.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 77,794,333,000 | 96,016,820 | JPY 810 | -2.9% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 83,885,574,000 | 105,254,189 | JPY 797 | +2.3% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 77,826,082,000 | 97,230,077 | JPY 800 | +13.3% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 73,869,538,000 | 92,108,271 | JPY 802 | +0.7% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 86,603,465,000 | 108,184,830 | JPY 801 | -5.8% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 83,558,959,000 | 102,640,305 | JPY 814 | +0.4% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 77,459,497,000 | 97,155,921 | JPY 797 | -4.2% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 83,535,011,000 | 102,011,284 | JPY 819 | -4.5% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 73,711,580,000 | 91,447,337 | JPY 806 | +13.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 61,100,722,000 | 74,225,344 | JPY 823 | -3.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 76,973,183,000 | 91,700,593 | JPY 839 | +17.0% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 80,793,676,000 | 99,529,902 | JPY 812 | +2.0% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 80,132,514,000 | 97,540,676 | JPY 822 | -0.6% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 81,972,447,000 | 103,803,914 | JPY 790 | +6.1% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 142,973,812,000; in 2025, JPY 949,343,111,000, about 6.6 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 769,611,158,000 | JPY 50,686,338,000 | deficit JPY 718,924,820,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 949,343,111,000 | JPY 65,316,001,000 | deficit JPY 884,027,110,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 922,148,699,000 | JPY 72,458,337,000 | deficit JPY 849,690,362,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 873,780,841,000 | JPY 79,116,923,000 | deficit JPY 794,663,918,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 875,300,726,000 | JPY 81,936,239,000 | deficit JPY 793,364,487,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 680,972,772,000 | JPY 67,225,272,000 | deficit JPY 613,747,500,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 651,344,837,000 | JPY 60,840,803,000 | deficit JPY 590,504,034,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 69,764,305,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 74,869,415,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2017 | JPY 692,637,846,000 | JPY 66,985,648,000 | deficit JPY 625,652,198,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 610,748,904,000 | JPY 66,958,193,000 | deficit JPY 543,790,711,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 682,559,466,000 | JPY 65,962,415,000 | deficit JPY 616,597,051,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 640,244,464,000 | JPY 59,629,829,000 | deficit JPY 580,614,635,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 624,196,659,000 | JPY 60,454,760,000 | deficit JPY 563,741,899,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 562,142,937,000 | JPY 49,390,587,000 | deficit JPY 512,752,350,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 519,551,121,000 | JPY 51,246,194,000 | deficit JPY 468,304,927,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 460,391,978,000 | JPY 57,197,613,000 | deficit JPY 403,194,365,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 434,742,228,000 | JPY 46,528,651,000 | deficit JPY 388,213,577,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 472,580,060,000 | JPY 49,748,091,000 | deficit JPY 422,831,969,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 534,145,601,000 | JPY 57,562,259,000 | deficit JPY 476,583,342,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 534,648,852,000 | JPY 46,749,864,000 | deficit JPY 487,898,988,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 488,219,699,000 | JPY 41,366,834,000 | deficit JPY 446,852,865,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 439,113,127,000 | JPY 32,075,891,000 | deficit JPY 407,037,236,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 384,171,298,000 | JPY 30,337,784,000 | deficit JPY 353,833,514,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 417,986,626,000 | JPY 29,318,102,000 | deficit JPY 388,668,524,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 391,817,890,000 | JPY 27,570,471,000 | deficit JPY 364,247,419,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 363,799,246,000 | JPY 27,952,490,000 | deficit JPY 335,846,756,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 323,294,820,000 | JPY 28,105,685,000 | deficit JPY 295,189,135,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 331,160,441,000 | JPY 30,660,372,000 | deficit JPY 300,500,069,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 363,742,500,000 | JPY 37,047,833,000 | deficit JPY 326,694,667,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 336,509,391,000 | JPY 29,427,277,000 | deficit JPY 307,082,114,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 268,930,775,000 | JPY 26,911,399,000 | deficit JPY 242,019,376,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 238,934,624,000 | JPY 30,104,129,000 | deficit JPY 208,830,495,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 222,239,154,000 | JPY 34,822,091,000 | deficit JPY 187,417,063,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 210,958,095,000 | JPY 40,680,961,000 | deficit JPY 170,277,134,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 196,238,149,000 | JPY 43,942,860,000 | deficit JPY 152,295,289,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 159,746,700,000 | JPY 45,717,414,000 | deficit JPY 114,029,286,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 159,104,207,000 | JPY 47,647,424,000 | deficit JPY 111,456,783,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 142,973,812,000 | JPY 46,292,499,000 | deficit JPY 96,681,313,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
The e-Stat table 'Final Trade Statistics by Commodity and Country (Imports), 2016–2020' (Ministry of Finance Trade Statistics of Japan) lacks data for some commodities from April 2018 to December 2019, so values for this period are not shown. This is a problem in the source data; official annual totals from the Ministry of Finance differ.
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