Cocoa and cocoa preparations. (18)
Cocoa and cocoa preparations. (statistical code 18): imports in September 2026 were JPY 18,862,952,000 (-27.7% year on year), quantity 17,752,452 KG, unit price JPY 1,063 per KG. Main origins: Ghana (19.6%), Malaysia (10.5%), Italy (9.4%), Belgium (9.2%), France (8.0%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 1,997,425,000, a trade deficit of JPY 16,865,527,000. (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 18,862,952,000 | 17,752,452 | JPY 1,063 | -27.7% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 16,143,364,000 | 15,840,677 | JPY 1,019 | -27.0% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 13,452,027,000 | 14,568,524 | JPY 923 | -49.8% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 22,483,495,000 | 19,518,329 | JPY 1,152 | -31.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 19,197,215,000 | 16,618,891 | JPY 1,155 | -49.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 20,854,685,000 | 17,382,901 | JPY 1,200 | -29.3% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 19,887,898,000 | 18,316,802 | JPY 1,086 | -29.5% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 16,904,730,000 | 13,746,763 | JPY 1,230 | -15.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 20,732,411,000 | 16,405,134 | JPY 1,264 | -15.0% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,381,466,000 | 18,574,108 | JPY 1,313 | +5.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 25,466,925,000 | 20,188,862 | JPY 1,261 | -8.1% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 25,691,873,000 | 19,920,433 | JPY 1,290 | -5.9% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,102,605,000 | 18,762,219 | JPY 1,391 | +9.6% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,104,395,000 | 16,643,262 | JPY 1,328 | +23.8% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,792,316,000 | 20,721,667 | JPY 1,293 | +27.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 32,671,137,000 | 23,783,810 | JPY 1,374 | +131.2% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 38,071,786,000 | 27,209,814 | JPY 1,399 | +108.7% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 29,513,745,000 | 21,990,528 | JPY 1,342 | +86.2% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 28,221,428,000 | 23,335,351 | JPY 1,209 | +110.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,938,745,000 | 16,781,578 | JPY 1,188 | +60.4% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,378,165,000 | 18,915,236 | JPY 1,289 | +77.8% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 23,196,081,000 | 19,353,916 | JPY 1,199 | +51.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 27,701,161,000 | 23,270,825 | JPY 1,190 | +79.8% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 27,299,807,000 | 25,759,330 | JPY 1,060 | +51.8% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 49,252,064,000; in 2025, JPY 323,334,586,000, about 6.6 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 168,518,777,000 | JPY 15,008,334,000 | deficit JPY 153,510,443,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 323,334,586,000 | JPY 20,581,015,000 | deficit JPY 302,753,571,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 228,658,027,000 | JPY 16,950,826,000 | deficit JPY 211,707,201,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 147,738,277,000 | JPY 15,133,212,000 | deficit JPY 132,605,065,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 143,416,826,000 | JPY 13,790,526,000 | deficit JPY 129,626,300,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 113,743,145,000 | JPY 11,768,527,000 | deficit JPY 101,974,618,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 101,115,552,000 | JPY 8,956,523,000 | deficit JPY 92,159,029,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 9,175,804,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | JPY 112,338,630,000 | JPY 9,698,483,000 | deficit JPY 102,640,147,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 113,678,786,000 | JPY 9,132,226,000 | deficit JPY 104,546,560,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 112,603,117,000 | JPY 9,653,477,000 | deficit JPY 102,949,640,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 115,391,425,000 | JPY 9,275,592,000 | deficit JPY 106,115,833,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 111,462,089,000 | JPY 8,001,984,000 | deficit JPY 103,460,105,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 90,760,648,000 | JPY 5,867,555,000 | deficit JPY 84,893,093,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 80,470,632,000 | JPY 5,248,694,000 | deficit JPY 75,221,938,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 80,354,893,000 | JPY 4,870,914,000 | deficit JPY 75,483,979,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 79,610,874,000 | JPY 5,073,006,000 | deficit JPY 74,537,868,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 76,285,937,000 | JPY 4,688,493,000 | deficit JPY 71,597,444,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 85,265,464,000 | JPY 5,719,818,000 | deficit JPY 79,545,646,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 95,436,550,000 | JPY 6,082,464,000 | deficit JPY 89,354,086,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 80,044,347,000 | JPY 5,388,473,000 | deficit JPY 74,655,874,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 69,634,384,000 | JPY 4,683,079,000 | deficit JPY 64,951,305,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 66,785,858,000 | JPY 3,946,298,000 | deficit JPY 62,839,560,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 70,761,491,000 | JPY 3,759,055,000 | deficit JPY 67,002,436,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 59,364,969,000 | JPY 3,243,649,000 | deficit JPY 56,121,320,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 52,956,634,000 | JPY 2,602,372,000 | deficit JPY 50,354,262,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 48,751,925,000 | JPY 2,489,924,000 | deficit JPY 46,262,001,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 52,441,648,000 | JPY 2,679,926,000 | deficit JPY 49,761,722,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 59,695,333,000 | JPY 2,467,442,000 | deficit JPY 57,227,891,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 59,050,913,000 | JPY 1,786,185,000 | deficit JPY 57,264,728,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 58,602,446,000 | JPY 1,891,369,000 | deficit JPY 56,711,077,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 42,783,025,000 | JPY 1,432,580,000 | deficit JPY 41,350,445,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 39,641,388,000 | JPY 1,558,964,000 | deficit JPY 38,082,424,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 39,134,429,000 | JPY 1,548,180,000 | deficit JPY 37,586,249,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 47,032,484,000 | JPY 1,889,189,000 | deficit JPY 45,143,295,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 48,035,809,000 | JPY 2,066,865,000 | deficit JPY 45,968,944,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 54,336,030,000 | JPY 1,731,071,000 | deficit JPY 52,604,959,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 53,322,755,000 | JPY 1,820,808,000 | deficit JPY 51,501,947,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 49,252,064,000 | JPY 1,664,585,000 | deficit JPY 47,587,479,000 |
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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