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 August 2026 were JPY 2,465,728,140,000 (+38.4% year on year). Main origins: United States of America (24.4%), Australia (20.4%), Saudi Arabia (17.7%), United Arab Emirates (12.3%), Indonesia (3.8%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 240,022,018,000, a trade deficit of JPY 2,225,706,122,000. (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 2,465,728,140,000 | — | — | +38.4% |
| 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 1,967,700,486,000 | — | — | -3.6% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 33,709,260,210,000; in 2025, JPY 22,167,407,883,000, about 66% of the 2022 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 16,136,684,633,000 | JPY 1,322,466,815,000 | deficit JPY 14,814,217,818,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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