Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder. (23)
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder. (statistical code 23): imports in September 2026 were JPY 40,411,945,000 (+13.2% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (22.4%), United States of America (14.5%), Thailand (13.5%), Indonesia (8.4%), Brazil (6.0%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 1,769,537,000, a trade deficit of JPY 38,642,408,000. (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 40,411,945,000 | — | — | +13.2% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 39,694,277,000 | — | — | +30.6% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 47,109,651,000 | — | — | +33.7% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 40,751,651,000 | — | — | +26.9% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 38,942,716,000 | — | — | -1.0% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 41,988,632,000 | — | — | +16.1% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 42,664,505,000 | — | — | +15.7% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 36,402,409,000 | — | — | +4.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 41,074,853,000 | — | — | -3.6% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 31,051,089,000 | — | — | -8.2% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 33,404,381,000 | — | — | -2.2% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 35,275,479,000 | — | — | -6.1% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 35,695,520,000 | — | — | -3.9% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 30,388,435,000 | — | — | -17.8% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 35,226,726,000 | — | — | -17.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 32,105,839,000 | — | — | -8.9% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 39,334,526,000 | — | — | -10.6% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 36,174,748,000 | — | — | -15.0% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 36,883,708,000 | — | — | -26.7% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 34,692,181,000 | — | — | -12.2% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 42,617,809,000 | — | — | +4.7% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 33,810,954,000 | — | — | -25.4% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 34,139,015,000 | — | — | -19.2% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 37,549,292,000 | — | — | -9.1% |
Subcategories
- Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves
- Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants
- Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets
- 2304
- Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 23.04 or 23.05
- 2307
- 2308
- Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
- 23XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 104,852,554,000; in 2025, JPY 422,850,441,000, about 4.0 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 369,040,639,000 | JPY 15,731,683,000 | deficit JPY 353,308,956,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 422,850,441,000 | JPY 24,401,090,000 | deficit JPY 398,449,351,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 474,788,757,000 | JPY 24,282,646,000 | deficit JPY 450,506,111,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 486,894,041,000 | JPY 20,117,528,000 | deficit JPY 466,776,513,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 456,774,983,000 | JPY 18,651,142,000 | deficit JPY 438,123,841,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 339,948,389,000 | JPY 16,362,449,000 | deficit JPY 323,585,940,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 305,893,924,000 | JPY 14,257,751,000 | deficit JPY 291,636,173,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 285,830,892,000 | JPY 11,716,747,000 | deficit JPY 274,114,145,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 291,877,720,000 | JPY 11,940,657,000 | deficit JPY 279,937,063,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 263,737,877,000 | JPY 10,792,776,000 | deficit JPY 252,945,101,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 257,664,895,000 | JPY 9,836,118,000 | deficit JPY 247,828,777,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 317,399,045,000 | JPY 11,918,255,000 | deficit JPY 305,480,790,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 329,943,888,000 | JPY 8,554,348,000 | deficit JPY 321,389,540,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 302,508,461,000 | JPY 7,341,681,000 | deficit JPY 295,166,780,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 256,965,187,000 | JPY 7,783,755,000 | deficit JPY 249,181,432,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 245,659,851,000 | JPY 6,796,734,000 | deficit JPY 238,863,117,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 263,735,302,000 | JPY 7,638,502,000 | deficit JPY 256,096,800,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 248,902,332,000 | JPY 6,707,720,000 | deficit JPY 242,194,612,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 277,672,841,000 | JPY 8,654,074,000 | deficit JPY 269,018,767,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 249,658,347,000 | JPY 8,611,982,000 | deficit JPY 241,046,365,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 229,727,071,000 | JPY 8,146,128,000 | deficit JPY 221,580,943,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 203,444,844,000 | JPY 6,381,201,000 | deficit JPY 197,063,643,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 195,291,809,000 | JPY 7,542,458,000 | deficit JPY 187,749,351,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 178,555,442,000 | JPY 8,462,362,000 | deficit JPY 170,093,080,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 188,027,504,000 | JPY 9,953,310,000 | deficit JPY 178,074,194,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 175,868,969,000 | JPY 9,309,910,000 | deficit JPY 166,559,059,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 149,046,478,000 | JPY 8,812,267,000 | deficit JPY 140,234,211,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 154,900,459,000 | JPY 9,029,512,000 | deficit JPY 145,870,947,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 189,755,474,000 | JPY 8,829,110,000 | deficit JPY 180,926,364,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 201,850,786,000 | JPY 9,999,541,000 | deficit JPY 191,851,245,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 172,826,093,000 | JPY 10,193,330,000 | deficit JPY 162,632,763,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 145,645,602,000 | JPY 9,659,148,000 | deficit JPY 135,986,454,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 127,348,391,000 | JPY 8,848,169,000 | deficit JPY 118,500,222,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 136,144,153,000 | JPY 10,195,322,000 | deficit JPY 125,948,831,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 149,072,432,000 | JPY 13,485,323,000 | deficit JPY 135,587,109,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 134,234,943,000 | JPY 19,434,445,000 | deficit JPY 114,800,498,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 119,779,414,000 | JPY 21,312,421,000 | deficit JPY 98,466,993,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 112,374,830,000 | JPY 25,610,281,000 | deficit JPY 86,764,549,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 104,852,554,000 | JPY 26,477,324,000 | deficit JPY 78,375,230,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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