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 August 2026 were JPY 131,231,248,000 (+78.7% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (29.4%), United States of America (14.3%), Viet Nam (12.1%), Republic of Korea (7.1%), Taiwan (6.4%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 110,729,185,000, a trade deficit of JPY 20,502,063,000. (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 131,231,248,000 | — | — | +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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 83,724,196,000 | — | — | -18.4% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 1,579,662,876,000; in 2025, JPY 1,096,142,885,000, about 69% of the 2022 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 957,637,568,000 | JPY 930,826,273,000 | deficit JPY 26,811,295,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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