Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes. (28)
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes. (statistical code 28): imports in September 2026 were JPY 168,355,320,000 (+63.6% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (27.1%), France (20.0%), Viet Nam (11.8%), United States of America (8.0%), Republic of Korea (6.1%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 117,333,439,000, a trade deficit of JPY 51,021,881,000. (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 168,355,320,000 | — | — | +63.6% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 131,231,299,000 | — | — | +78.7% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 136,251,936,000 | — | — | +56.4% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 135,507,497,000 | — | — | +60.6% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 112,867,287,000 | — | — | +28.2% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 124,681,672,000 | — | — | +43.3% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 94,129,045,000 | — | — | +20.5% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 96,395,181,000 | — | — | +2.6% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 126,573,702,000 | — | — | +18.8% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 102,879,553,000 | — | — | +35.0% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 86,024,547,000 | — | — | +9.3% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 105,674,839,000 | — | — | +24.8% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 102,899,725,000 | — | — | +22.9% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 73,441,475,000 | — | — | -6.3% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 87,130,214,000 | — | — | -12.8% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 84,389,639,000 | — | — | -5.7% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 88,044,114,000 | — | — | -7.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 87,036,257,000 | — | — | -20.6% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 78,125,304,000 | — | — | -14.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 93,957,680,000 | — | — | +1.7% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 106,539,538,000 | — | — | +21.1% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 76,208,279,000 | — | — | -14.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 78,691,829,000 | — | — | -19.4% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 84,697,983,000 | — | — | -20.7% |
Subcategories
- Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
- 2802
- 2803
- Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
- Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury
- Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid
- 2807
- 2808
- Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined
- 2810
- Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
- Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
- Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
- Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
- Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
- Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
- 2817
- Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide
- Chromium oxides and hydroxides
- Manganese oxides
- Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3
- 2822
- 2823
- Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead
- Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides
- Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts
- Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides
- Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites
- Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates
- Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined
- Dithionites and sulphoxylates
- Sulphites; thiosulphates
- Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)
- Nitrites; nitrates
- Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined
- Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate
- Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
- Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
- Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
- Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
- Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides
- Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals
- Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
- Isotopes other than those of heading 28.44; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
- Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
- 2847
- Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
- 2850
- Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams
- Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals
- 28XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 297,735,324,000; in 2025, JPY 1,096,142,885,000, about 3.7 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 1,125,992,939,000 | JPY 1,048,159,712,000 | deficit JPY 77,833,227,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,096,142,885,000 | JPY 1,158,290,676,000 | surplus JPY 62,147,791,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,067,711,005,000 | JPY 1,173,516,654,000 | surplus JPY 105,805,649,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 1,337,305,575,000 | JPY 1,242,756,786,000 | deficit JPY 94,548,789,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 1,579,662,876,000 | JPY 1,359,620,807,000 | deficit JPY 220,042,069,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 848,705,559,000 | JPY 1,031,702,661,000 | surplus JPY 182,997,102,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 622,722,692,000 | JPY 727,410,628,000 | surplus JPY 104,687,936,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 681,300,342,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 645,058,420,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2017 | JPY 763,044,277,000 | JPY 520,623,935,000 | deficit JPY 242,420,342,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 635,303,039,000 | JPY 410,050,120,000 | deficit JPY 225,252,919,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 721,092,200,000 | JPY 424,793,892,000 | deficit JPY 296,298,308,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 713,023,307,000 | JPY 404,815,535,000 | deficit JPY 308,207,772,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 600,718,575,000 | JPY 387,263,390,000 | deficit JPY 213,455,185,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 618,894,822,000 | JPY 352,563,930,000 | deficit JPY 266,330,892,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 906,778,957,000 | JPY 394,482,000,000 | deficit JPY 512,296,957,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 692,546,993,000 | JPY 392,654,391,000 | deficit JPY 299,892,602,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 515,720,043,000 | JPY 327,851,737,000 | deficit JPY 187,868,306,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 882,429,870,000 | JPY 530,850,946,000 | deficit JPY 351,578,924,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 818,888,345,000 | JPY 481,796,671,000 | deficit JPY 337,091,674,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 642,219,579,000 | JPY 400,646,630,000 | deficit JPY 241,572,949,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 525,382,761,000 | JPY 326,349,671,000 | deficit JPY 199,033,090,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 469,441,375,000 | JPY 292,769,163,000 | deficit JPY 176,672,212,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 400,797,117,000 | JPY 265,653,121,000 | deficit JPY 135,143,996,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 368,067,316,000 | JPY 241,946,127,000 | deficit JPY 126,121,189,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 357,375,913,000 | JPY 220,381,622,000 | deficit JPY 136,994,291,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 381,132,107,000 | JPY 227,864,535,000 | deficit JPY 153,267,572,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 324,602,042,000 | JPY 205,751,676,000 | deficit JPY 118,850,366,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 390,451,058,000 | JPY 205,687,502,000 | deficit JPY 184,763,556,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 393,876,368,000 | JPY 208,616,741,000 | deficit JPY 185,259,627,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 350,538,306,000 | JPY 186,292,353,000 | deficit JPY 164,245,953,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 324,762,997,000 | JPY 162,091,094,000 | deficit JPY 162,671,903,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 298,620,943,000 | JPY 147,295,539,000 | deficit JPY 151,325,404,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 295,979,112,000 | JPY 143,881,766,000 | deficit JPY 152,097,346,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 343,201,166,000 | JPY 155,219,839,000 | deficit JPY 187,981,327,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 363,309,784,000 | JPY 164,750,219,000 | deficit JPY 198,559,565,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 358,606,935,000 | JPY 172,906,893,000 | deficit JPY 185,700,042,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 343,875,558,000 | JPY 160,076,434,000 | deficit JPY 183,799,124,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 297,735,324,000 | JPY 139,273,251,000 | deficit JPY 158,462,073,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
The e-Stat table 'Final Trade Statistics by Commodity and Country (Imports), 2016–2020' (Ministry of Finance Trade Statistics of Japan) lacks data for some commodities from April 2018 to December 2019, so values for this period are not shown. This is a problem in the source data; official annual totals from the Ministry of Finance differ.
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