Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body (24)
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body (statistical code 24): imports in September 2026 were JPY 101,025,497,000 (+49.5% year on year), quantity 8,947,656 KG, unit price JPY 11,291 per KG. Main origins: Italy (28.4%), Greece (26.8%), Republic of Korea (17.6%), Romania (9.3%), Indonesia (7.5%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 939,912,000, a trade deficit of JPY 100,085,585,000. (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 101,025,497,000 | 8,947,656 | JPY 11,291 | +49.5% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 67,282,551,000 | 8,290,029 | JPY 8,116 | +14.0% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 63,544,616,000 | 7,476,881 | JPY 8,499 | -21.4% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 69,436,019,000 | 7,709,089 | JPY 9,007 | -2.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 51,333,964,000 | 4,987,835 | JPY 10,292 | -18.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 33,091,046,000 | 6,651,132 | JPY 4,975 | -45.2% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 107,708,069,000 | 12,151,177 | JPY 8,864 | +45.8% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 63,940,844,000 | 7,288,532 | JPY 8,773 | +13.6% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 65,152,802,000 | 8,339,435 | JPY 7,813 | +13.5% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 73,766,438,000 | 7,909,214 | JPY 9,327 | +9.5% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 58,783,864,000 | 7,290,358 | JPY 8,063 | -5.7% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 70,186,075,000 | 8,892,910 | JPY 7,892 | +14.2% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 67,562,332,000 | 7,607,523 | JPY 8,881 | +33.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 59,037,493,000 | 7,493,860 | JPY 7,878 | +28.8% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 80,891,784,000 | 11,406,940 | JPY 7,091 | +12.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 70,971,786,000 | 9,390,769 | JPY 7,558 | -8.2% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 63,100,446,000 | 8,255,658 | JPY 7,643 | -18.8% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 60,410,667,000 | 8,221,603 | JPY 7,348 | -12.4% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 73,883,874,000 | 9,656,069 | JPY 7,652 | +76.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 56,299,448,000 | 8,947,710 | JPY 6,292 | +32.4% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 57,404,711,000 | 9,461,612 | JPY 6,067 | +25.6% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 67,338,667,000 | 9,095,588 | JPY 7,403 | +24.5% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 62,365,152,000 | 9,569,502 | JPY 6,517 | +24.7% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 61,451,021,000 | 9,768,802 | JPY 6,291 | +7.4% |
Subcategories
- Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
- Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
- Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; "homogenised″or "reconstituted″tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences
- Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 147,033,139,000; in 2025, JPY 792,298,918,000, about 5.4 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 622,515,408,000 | JPY 16,548,587,000 | deficit JPY 605,966,821,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 792,298,918,000 | JPY 59,621,293,000 | deficit JPY 732,677,625,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 713,623,398,000 | JPY 23,431,563,000 | deficit JPY 690,191,835,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 650,776,970,000 | JPY 18,073,488,000 | deficit JPY 632,703,482,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 623,143,803,000 | JPY 12,709,635,000 | deficit JPY 610,434,168,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 596,703,411,000 | JPY 14,552,698,000 | deficit JPY 582,150,713,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 580,975,813,000 | JPY 14,202,611,000 | deficit JPY 566,773,202,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 598,699,462,000 | JPY 16,374,539,000 | deficit JPY 582,324,923,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 589,391,480,000 | JPY 18,513,408,000 | deficit JPY 570,878,072,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 529,660,217,000 | JPY 13,820,014,000 | deficit JPY 515,840,203,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 439,597,194,000 | JPY 21,872,609,000 | deficit JPY 417,724,585,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 423,735,434,000 | JPY 23,588,217,000 | deficit JPY 400,147,217,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 399,141,565,000 | JPY 19,455,829,000 | deficit JPY 379,685,736,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 440,734,822,000 | JPY 22,833,071,000 | deficit JPY 417,901,751,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 462,252,405,000 | JPY 24,883,155,000 | deficit JPY 437,369,250,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 488,660,590,000 | JPY 25,900,344,000 | deficit JPY 462,760,246,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 347,422,835,000 | JPY 26,864,881,000 | deficit JPY 320,557,954,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 366,960,677,000 | JPY 26,644,524,000 | deficit JPY 340,316,153,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 370,293,550,000 | JPY 27,827,329,000 | deficit JPY 342,466,221,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 388,946,352,000 | JPY 30,033,726,000 | deficit JPY 358,912,626,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 398,836,378,000 | JPY 27,278,950,000 | deficit JPY 371,557,428,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 362,941,144,000 | JPY 27,902,681,000 | deficit JPY 335,038,463,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 310,028,277,000 | JPY 27,497,354,000 | deficit JPY 282,530,923,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 302,646,963,000 | JPY 26,118,286,000 | deficit JPY 276,528,677,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 320,841,716,000 | JPY 28,502,891,000 | deficit JPY 292,338,825,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 308,899,655,000 | JPY 29,163,396,000 | deficit JPY 279,736,259,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 312,781,331,000 | JPY 18,030,073,000 | deficit JPY 294,751,258,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 306,659,611,000 | JPY 28,854,039,000 | deficit JPY 277,805,572,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 318,437,113,000 | JPY 24,864,242,000 | deficit JPY 293,572,871,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 302,048,944,000 | JPY 33,426,357,000 | deficit JPY 268,622,587,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 273,209,840,000 | JPY 27,952,889,000 | deficit JPY 245,256,951,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 258,694,876,000 | JPY 34,783,799,000 | deficit JPY 223,911,077,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 265,753,109,000 | JPY 27,978,224,000 | deficit JPY 237,774,885,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 235,437,800,000 | JPY 27,228,861,000 | deficit JPY 208,208,939,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 248,794,527,000 | JPY 24,202,632,000 | deficit JPY 224,591,895,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 238,185,764,000 | JPY 18,378,797,000 | deficit JPY 219,806,967,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 216,115,583,000 | JPY 14,176,519,000 | deficit JPY 201,939,064,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 191,749,067,000 | JPY 10,585,586,000 | deficit JPY 181,163,481,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 147,033,139,000 | JPY 7,886,440,000 | deficit JPY 139,146,699,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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