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 August 2026 were JPY 39,682,191,000 (+30.6% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (21.2%), United States of America (17.7%), Thailand (14.6%), Indonesia (9.1%), France (4.5%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 1,651,819,000, a trade deficit of JPY 38,030,372,000. (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 39,682,191,000 | — | — | +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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 37,150,901,000 | — | — | -3.4% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 456,774,983,000; in 2025, JPY 422,850,441,000, about 93% of the 2022 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 328,616,608,000 | JPY 13,962,146,000 | deficit JPY 314,654,462,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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