Organic chemicals. (29)
Organic chemicals. (statistical code 29): imports in September 2026 were JPY 202,205,073,000 (+28.4% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (29.8%), United States of America (17.9%), Germany (9.5%), Republic of Korea (8.9%), Italy (7.7%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 152,779,014,000, a trade deficit of JPY 49,426,059,000. (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 202,205,073,000 | — | — | +28.4% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 186,498,655,000 | — | — | +27.6% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 242,984,277,000 | — | — | +23.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 236,830,085,000 | — | — | +36.8% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 217,074,309,000 | — | — | +14.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 229,780,460,000 | — | — | +23.8% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 193,549,059,000 | — | — | +9.8% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 168,371,568,000 | — | — | +9.1% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 170,907,976,000 | — | — | -19.8% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 209,162,128,000 | — | — | +12.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 167,207,436,000 | — | — | -14.9% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 162,541,415,000 | — | — | -23.7% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 157,443,049,000 | — | — | -12.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 146,179,756,000 | — | — | -8.6% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 197,317,236,000 | — | — | +2.5% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 173,168,715,000 | — | — | -6.4% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 189,212,034,000 | — | — | -3.3% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 185,659,832,000 | — | — | -2.2% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 176,198,293,000 | — | — | +1.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 154,269,549,000 | — | — | +0.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 213,135,977,000 | — | — | +34.9% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 186,588,669,000 | — | — | +2.0% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 196,397,399,000 | — | — | -1.0% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 212,977,329,000 | — | — | +7.0% |
Subcategories
- Acyclic hydrocarbons.
- Cyclic hydrocarbons.
- Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons.
- Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated.
- Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Phenols; phenol-alcohols.
- Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols.
- Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
- 2911
- Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde.
- 2913
- Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Amine -function compounds.
- Oxygen-function amino-compounds.
- Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined.
- Carboxyamide -function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid.
- Carboxyimide -function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine -function compounds.
- Nitrile -function compounds.
- 2927
- 2928
- Compounds with other nitrogen function.
- Organo-sulphur compounds.
- Other organo-inorganic compounds.
- Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero -atom(s) only.
- Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only.
- Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds.
- Sulphonamides.
- Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent.
- Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones.
- Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives.
- Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives.
- 2940
- Antibiotics.
- 2942
- 29XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 659,792,751,000; in 2025, JPY 2,131,495,420,000, about 3.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 1,848,201,462,000 | JPY 1,425,504,156,000 | deficit JPY 422,697,306,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 2,131,495,420,000 | JPY 1,877,278,709,000 | deficit JPY 254,216,711,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 2,183,533,657,000 | JPY 2,079,056,844,000 | deficit JPY 104,476,813,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 2,151,825,801,000 | JPY 2,075,639,571,000 | deficit JPY 76,186,230,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 2,407,366,998,000 | JPY 2,254,368,165,000 | deficit JPY 152,998,833,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 1,854,021,705,000 | JPY 2,012,266,408,000 | surplus JPY 158,244,703,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 1,708,460,279,000 | JPY 1,590,605,432,000 | deficit JPY 117,854,847,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 1,945,819,007,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 2,087,833,966,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2017 | JPY 1,782,886,782,000 | JPY 2,004,830,415,000 | surplus JPY 221,943,633,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 1,573,644,039,000 | JPY 1,730,462,276,000 | surplus JPY 156,818,237,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 1,717,615,167,000 | JPY 2,166,200,226,000 | surplus JPY 448,585,059,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 1,608,933,498,000 | JPY 2,482,947,227,000 | surplus JPY 874,013,729,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 1,578,483,272,000 | JPY 2,563,489,742,000 | surplus JPY 985,006,470,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 1,460,941,093,000 | JPY 1,867,883,313,000 | surplus JPY 406,942,220,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 1,528,082,087,000 | JPY 1,963,445,810,000 | surplus JPY 435,363,723,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 1,422,160,962,000 | JPY 1,935,162,759,000 | surplus JPY 513,001,797,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 1,313,726,266,000 | JPY 1,763,884,706,000 | surplus JPY 450,158,440,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 1,613,532,286,000 | JPY 2,105,615,748,000 | surplus JPY 492,083,462,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 1,533,098,776,000 | JPY 2,443,069,886,000 | surplus JPY 909,971,110,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 1,425,416,372,000 | JPY 2,162,449,669,000 | surplus JPY 737,033,297,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 1,263,078,910,000 | JPY 1,970,223,816,000 | surplus JPY 707,144,906,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 1,157,698,346,000 | JPY 1,782,661,543,000 | surplus JPY 624,963,197,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 1,079,958,899,000 | JPY 1,559,614,782,000 | surplus JPY 479,655,883,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 1,010,472,716,000 | JPY 1,438,244,287,000 | surplus JPY 427,771,571,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 983,160,227,000 | JPY 1,313,713,796,000 | surplus JPY 330,553,569,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 875,677,150,000 | JPY 1,283,283,700,000 | surplus JPY 407,606,550,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 834,884,520,000 | JPY 1,232,776,802,000 | surplus JPY 397,892,282,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 832,730,762,000 | JPY 1,349,132,674,000 | surplus JPY 516,401,912,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 903,399,529,000 | JPY 1,330,734,562,000 | surplus JPY 427,335,033,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 811,624,540,000 | JPY 1,209,129,302,000 | surplus JPY 397,504,762,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 783,327,889,000 | JPY 1,122,473,574,000 | surplus JPY 339,145,685,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 653,060,853,000 | JPY 902,112,834,000 | surplus JPY 249,051,981,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 627,580,959,000 | JPY 841,931,344,000 | surplus JPY 214,350,385,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 669,807,312,000 | JPY 944,856,179,000 | surplus JPY 275,048,867,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 740,936,839,000 | JPY 914,553,980,000 | surplus JPY 173,617,141,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 720,504,080,000 | JPY 887,171,607,000 | surplus JPY 166,667,527,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 711,148,391,000 | JPY 810,290,079,000 | surplus JPY 99,141,688,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 659,792,751,000 | JPY 676,993,934,000 | surplus JPY 17,201,183,000 |
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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