Miscellaneous edible preparations. (21)
Miscellaneous edible preparations. (statistical code 21): imports in September 2026 were JPY 22,989,189,000 (+5.8% year on year), quantity 39,663,149 KG, unit price JPY 580 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (16.4%), Viet Nam (11.9%), United States of America (10.4%), Republic of Korea (10.3%), New Zealand (7.1%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 23,734,267,000, a trade surplus of JPY 745,078,000. (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 22,989,189,000 | 39,663,149 | JPY 580 | +5.8% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 23,353,265,000 | 40,278,406 | JPY 580 | +3.5% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 26,257,596,000 | 45,950,306 | JPY 571 | +3.7% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 26,507,358,000 | 45,636,789 | JPY 581 | +10.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 23,266,991,000 | 42,354,049 | JPY 549 | +4.8% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 25,826,868,000 | 45,993,077 | JPY 562 | +16.4% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 30,700,080,000 | 48,531,609 | JPY 633 | +13.4% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 20,426,886,000 | 33,870,740 | JPY 603 | -4.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 23,984,607,000 | 40,604,150 | JPY 591 | +10.3% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 25,052,245,000 | 43,961,724 | JPY 570 | +17.6% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,499,257,000 | 42,086,940 | JPY 535 | +6.2% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,550,086,000 | 42,780,113 | JPY 574 | +7.1% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 21,738,879,000 | 43,642,285 | JPY 498 | +8.7% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,554,509,000 | 42,155,583 | JPY 535 | +0.3% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 25,313,291,000 | 50,017,667 | JPY 506 | +8.5% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,024,436,000 | 45,717,277 | JPY 526 | +11.9% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,195,739,000 | 42,684,688 | JPY 520 | +6.4% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,196,105,000 | 42,453,312 | JPY 523 | +4.7% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 27,077,332,000 | 48,436,065 | JPY 559 | +14.2% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 21,468,654,000 | 37,637,588 | JPY 570 | +9.4% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 21,735,345,000 | 41,705,540 | JPY 521 | +22.5% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 21,305,435,000 | 40,017,404 | JPY 532 | +6.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 21,179,215,000 | 44,835,359 | JPY 472 | +0.7% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 22,920,971,000 | 46,541,014 | JPY 492 | +11.8% |
Subcategories
- Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof
- Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading 30.02); prepared baking powders
- Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
- Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations
- 2105
- Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
- 21XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 41,273,463,000; in 2025, JPY 280,405,878,000, about 6.8 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 223,312,840,000 | JPY 210,207,690,000 | deficit JPY 13,105,150,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 280,405,878,000 | JPY 261,745,280,000 | deficit JPY 18,660,598,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 255,841,714,000 | JPY 241,457,012,000 | deficit JPY 14,384,702,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 236,493,236,000 | JPY 225,021,387,000 | deficit JPY 11,471,849,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 244,109,290,000 | JPY 228,913,531,000 | deficit JPY 15,195,759,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 189,979,446,000 | JPY 223,302,466,000 | surplus JPY 33,323,020,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 175,165,586,000 | JPY 207,582,270,000 | surplus JPY 32,416,684,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 158,698,663,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | JPY 192,305,891,000 | JPY 147,668,633,000 | deficit JPY 44,637,258,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 191,859,652,000 | JPY 117,121,288,000 | deficit JPY 74,738,364,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 174,798,736,000 | JPY 106,182,488,000 | deficit JPY 68,616,248,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 195,125,052,000 | JPY 102,074,092,000 | deficit JPY 93,050,960,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 188,836,001,000 | JPY 81,766,417,000 | deficit JPY 107,069,584,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 176,377,879,000 | JPY 73,138,265,000 | deficit JPY 103,239,614,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 153,154,511,000 | JPY 64,208,112,000 | deficit JPY 88,946,399,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 145,030,710,000 | JPY 67,004,942,000 | deficit JPY 78,025,768,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 135,093,513,000 | JPY 71,474,716,000 | deficit JPY 63,618,797,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 132,777,200,000 | JPY 68,261,304,000 | deficit JPY 64,515,896,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 151,608,958,000 | JPY 70,092,630,000 | deficit JPY 81,516,328,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 158,923,133,000 | JPY 66,666,596,000 | deficit JPY 92,256,537,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 157,330,787,000 | JPY 60,234,380,000 | deficit JPY 97,096,407,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 161,467,519,000 | JPY 56,652,240,000 | deficit JPY 104,815,279,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 138,616,237,000 | JPY 54,809,916,000 | deficit JPY 83,806,321,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 128,947,500,000 | JPY 49,244,146,000 | deficit JPY 79,703,354,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 124,929,307,000 | JPY 51,252,678,000 | deficit JPY 73,676,629,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 117,768,928,000 | JPY 46,759,319,000 | deficit JPY 71,009,609,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 100,295,961,000 | JPY 42,838,546,000 | deficit JPY 57,457,415,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 104,492,093,000 | JPY 37,774,316,000 | deficit JPY 66,717,777,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 113,448,572,000 | JPY 36,267,428,000 | deficit JPY 77,181,144,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 114,683,973,000 | JPY 38,009,466,000 | deficit JPY 76,674,507,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 101,084,100,000 | JPY 33,271,610,000 | deficit JPY 67,812,490,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 79,278,139,000 | JPY 30,085,269,000 | deficit JPY 49,192,870,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 69,356,166,000 | JPY 31,549,234,000 | deficit JPY 37,806,932,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 58,555,741,000 | JPY 31,382,776,000 | deficit JPY 27,172,965,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 54,784,254,000 | JPY 31,470,511,000 | deficit JPY 23,313,743,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 55,012,015,000 | JPY 29,355,160,000 | deficit JPY 25,656,855,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 48,130,721,000 | JPY 24,451,216,000 | deficit JPY 23,679,505,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 45,035,088,000 | JPY 20,316,582,000 | deficit JPY 24,718,506,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 41,273,463,000 | JPY 17,126,477,000 | deficit JPY 24,146,986,000 |
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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