Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes. (27)
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes. (statistical code 27): imports in September 2026 were JPY 2,348,661,092,000 (+39.5% year on year). Main origins: United States of America (23.8%), United Arab Emirates (22.0%), Australia (20.1%), Saudi Arabia (7.4%), Malaysia (3.8%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 202,616,868,000, a trade deficit of JPY 2,146,044,224,000. (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 2,348,661,092,000 | — | — | +39.5% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 2,467,710,648,000 | — | — | +38.5% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 2,683,409,523,000 | — | — | +53.5% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 2,103,130,690,000 | — | — | +41.7% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 1,603,470,265,000 | — | — | -1.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 1,555,603,105,000 | — | — | -19.1% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 1,858,870,773,000 | — | — | -3.2% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 1,784,102,241,000 | — | — | -9.4% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 2,082,369,896,000 | — | — | -14.0% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,107,002,057,000 | — | — | -12.5% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,652,721,149,000 | — | — | -13.3% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,844,800,716,000 | — | — | -7.6% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,683,500,009,000 | — | — | -14.4% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,782,126,039,000 | — | — | -19.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,748,118,143,000 | — | — | -20.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,483,747,232,000 | — | — | -19.0% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,631,290,422,000 | — | — | -20.7% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,922,220,125,000 | — | — | -13.1% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,919,752,104,000 | — | — | -12.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,969,904,409,000 | — | — | -11.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,422,225,478,000 | — | — | +3.9% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 2,407,309,866,000 | — | — | -8.4% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 1,905,593,079,000 | — | — | -18.0% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 1,995,624,392,000 | — | — | -11.3% |
Subcategories
- Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
- Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
- 2703
- 2704
- 2706
- Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents
- Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars
- 2709
- Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
- Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
- Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
- Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks
- 2715
- 27XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 4,981,273,963,000; in 2025, JPY 22,167,407,883,000, about 4.5 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 18,487,328,233,000 | JPY 1,525,083,683,000 | deficit JPY 16,962,244,550,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 22,167,407,883,000 | JPY 1,364,372,869,000 | deficit JPY 20,803,035,014,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 25,534,125,948,000 | JPY 1,502,615,548,000 | deficit JPY 24,031,510,400,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 27,360,759,798,000 | JPY 1,787,330,603,000 | deficit JPY 25,573,429,195,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 33,709,260,210,000 | JPY 2,394,697,850,000 | deficit JPY 31,314,562,360,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 17,020,063,434,000 | JPY 1,122,613,562,000 | deficit JPY 15,897,449,872,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 11,260,744,333,000 | JPY 813,697,623,000 | deficit JPY 10,447,046,710,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 16,963,334,014,000 | JPY 1,527,459,722,000 | deficit JPY 15,435,874,292,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 19,311,672,545,000 | JPY 1,474,848,806,000 | deficit JPY 17,836,823,739,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 15,851,818,363,000 | JPY 1,275,989,614,000 | deficit JPY 14,575,828,749,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 12,059,154,569,000 | JPY 1,016,823,238,000 | deficit JPY 11,042,331,331,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 18,231,144,467,000 | JPY 1,377,067,941,000 | deficit JPY 16,854,076,526,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 27,724,360,058,000 | JPY 1,675,823,442,000 | deficit JPY 26,048,536,616,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 27,476,660,410,000 | JPY 1,624,001,251,000 | deficit JPY 25,852,659,159,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 24,136,370,868,000 | JPY 1,072,360,213,000 | deficit JPY 23,064,010,655,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 21,869,628,995,000 | JPY 1,297,415,331,000 | deficit JPY 20,572,213,664,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 17,434,608,119,000 | JPY 1,142,475,155,000 | deficit JPY 16,292,132,964,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 14,227,002,426,000 | JPY 982,320,249,000 | deficit JPY 13,244,682,177,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 27,727,413,127,000 | JPY 1,946,769,680,000 | deficit JPY 25,780,643,447,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 20,308,710,376,000 | JPY 1,090,411,554,000 | deficit JPY 19,218,298,822,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 18,809,214,598,000 | JPY 686,137,234,000 | deficit JPY 18,123,077,364,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 14,696,451,533,000 | JPY 491,584,854,000 | deficit JPY 14,204,866,679,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 10,757,400,849,000 | JPY 247,402,173,000 | deficit JPY 10,509,998,676,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 9,394,170,357,000 | JPY 180,169,094,000 | deficit JPY 9,214,001,263,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 8,214,532,666,000 | JPY 175,534,874,000 | deficit JPY 8,038,997,792,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 8,549,748,353,000 | JPY 183,258,280,000 | deficit JPY 8,366,490,073,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 8,352,084,302,000 | JPY 163,813,295,000 | deficit JPY 8,188,271,007,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 5,679,155,888,000 | JPY 139,541,521,000 | deficit JPY 5,539,614,367,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 5,656,391,354,000 | JPY 161,400,217,000 | deficit JPY 5,494,991,137,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 7,599,873,217,000 | JPY 231,185,786,000 | deficit JPY 7,368,687,431,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 6,622,941,552,000 | JPY 212,191,466,000 | deficit JPY 6,410,750,086,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 5,061,210,189,000 | JPY 233,795,443,000 | deficit JPY 4,827,414,746,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 4,925,151,571,000 | JPY 235,782,047,000 | deficit JPY 4,689,369,524,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 5,499,497,878,000 | JPY 219,841,928,000 | deficit JPY 5,279,655,950,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 6,719,670,974,000 | JPY 201,955,518,000 | deficit JPY 6,517,715,456,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 7,423,885,813,000 | JPY 174,767,724,000 | deficit JPY 7,249,118,089,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 8,186,945,505,000 | JPY 182,013,725,000 | deficit JPY 8,004,931,780,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 6,025,295,678,000 | JPY 132,630,219,000 | deficit JPY 5,892,665,459,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 4,981,273,963,000 | JPY 73,878,794,000 | deficit JPY 4,907,395,169,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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