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 August 2026 were JPY 67,282,551,000 (+14.0% year on year), quantity 8,290,029 KG, unit price JPY 8,116 per KG. Main origins: Italy (36.5%), Greece (18.0%), Indonesia (12.2%), Republic of Korea (8.4%), Romania (6.8%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 1,208,087,000, a trade deficit of JPY 66,074,464,000. (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 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 50,802,097,000 | 8,446,132 | JPY 6,015 | -14.1% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 623,143,803,000; in 2025, JPY 792,298,918,000, about 1.3 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 521,489,911,000 | JPY 15,608,675,000 | deficit JPY 505,881,236,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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