Pharmaceutical products. (30)
Pharmaceutical products. (statistical code 30): imports in September 2026 were JPY 376,664,433,000 (-19.5% year on year), quantity 6,770,852 KG, unit price JPY 54,952 per KG. Main origins: United States of America (23.9%), Germany (12.9%), Ireland (9.0%), Puerto Rico (USA) (6.5%), Switzerland (5.8%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 129,794,275,000, a trade deficit of JPY 246,870,158,000. (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 376,664,433,000 | 6,770,852 | JPY 54,952 | -19.5% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 415,834,627,000 | 6,063,498 | JPY 67,796 | +23.5% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 465,020,665,000 | 7,032,341 | JPY 66,086 | +6.2% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 447,607,983,000 | 6,672,814 | JPY 66,411 | +9.5% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 466,642,446,000 | 6,966,725 | JPY 66,842 | +9.1% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 401,929,211,000 | 6,962,216 | JPY 57,685 | +11.4% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 457,799,510,000 | 7,070,718 | JPY 64,186 | +9.5% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 402,904,937,000 | 6,175,331 | JPY 64,738 | -3.7% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 331,360,428,000 | 5,921,458 | JPY 55,888 | -14.6% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 441,276,297,000 | 5,941,671 | JPY 73,633 | +30.9% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 432,785,071,000 | 6,409,110 | JPY 66,867 | +11.0% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 339,920,281,000 | 6,600,233 | JPY 50,948 | -24.3% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 467,798,369,000 | 6,473,497 | JPY 72,200 | +10.8% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 336,706,826,000 | 5,312,348 | JPY 62,789 | -32.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 438,067,883,000 | 7,589,914 | JPY 57,166 | -5.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 408,597,828,000 | 7,122,418 | JPY 56,886 | +12.9% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 427,907,277,000 | 6,917,134 | JPY 61,381 | +24.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 360,953,576,000 | 6,639,985 | JPY 53,857 | +7.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 418,120,223,000 | 6,440,038 | JPY 64,797 | +27.2% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 418,560,169,000 | 6,428,885 | JPY 64,565 | +13.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 388,046,724,000 | 7,429,488 | JPY 51,676 | +28.2% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 337,178,515,000 | 6,216,867 | JPY 53,723 | -5.1% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 389,840,588,000 | 5,262,517 | JPY 73,407 | -0.8% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 448,933,986,000 | 7,211,008 | JPY 61,736 | +6.5% |
Subcategories
- Glands and other organs for organo -therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo -therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included.
- Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified.
- Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.
- Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale.
- Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes.
- Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter.
- 30XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 238,166,342,000; in 2025, JPY 4,878,740,524,000, about 20.5 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 3,765,764,240,000 | JPY 962,932,867,000 | deficit JPY 2,802,831,373,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 4,878,740,524,000 | JPY 1,250,117,744,000 | deficit JPY 3,628,622,780,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 4,602,220,419,000 | JPY 1,169,828,455,000 | deficit JPY 3,432,391,964,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 4,407,765,669,000 | JPY 1,071,641,687,000 | deficit JPY 3,336,123,982,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 5,192,672,893,000 | JPY 978,362,315,000 | deficit JPY 4,214,310,578,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 4,114,510,534,000 | JPY 830,694,550,000 | deficit JPY 3,283,815,984,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 3,100,068,728,000 | JPY 800,899,145,000 | deficit JPY 2,299,169,583,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 2,978,173,522,000 | JPY 694,346,890,000 | deficit JPY 2,283,826,632,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 2,836,940,434,000 | JPY 612,095,953,000 | deficit JPY 2,224,844,481,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 2,518,607,616,000 | JPY 510,977,088,000 | deficit JPY 2,007,630,528,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 2,664,986,411,000 | JPY 441,353,626,000 | deficit JPY 2,223,632,785,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 2,805,716,357,000 | JPY 412,605,488,000 | deficit JPY 2,393,110,869,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 2,104,829,339,000 | JPY 309,501,131,000 | deficit JPY 1,795,328,208,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 2,037,166,777,000 | JPY 316,488,892,000 | deficit JPY 1,720,677,885,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 1,838,425,727,000 | JPY 270,713,724,000 | deficit JPY 1,567,712,003,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 1,590,439,442,000 | JPY 303,125,850,000 | deficit JPY 1,287,313,592,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 1,418,826,130,000 | JPY 315,924,647,000 | deficit JPY 1,102,901,483,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 1,218,316,104,000 | JPY 321,431,381,000 | deficit JPY 896,884,723,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 1,030,135,139,000 | JPY 306,978,477,000 | deficit JPY 723,156,662,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 978,700,963,000 | JPY 290,192,341,000 | deficit JPY 688,508,622,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 882,696,768,000 | JPY 288,325,771,000 | deficit JPY 594,370,997,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 803,554,860,000 | JPY 279,872,446,000 | deficit JPY 523,682,414,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 676,280,178,000 | JPY 296,316,853,000 | deficit JPY 379,963,325,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 612,915,209,000 | JPY 280,829,641,000 | deficit JPY 332,085,568,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 577,141,558,000 | JPY 244,373,376,000 | deficit JPY 332,768,182,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 512,512,406,000 | JPY 236,358,043,000 | deficit JPY 276,154,363,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 422,379,928,000 | JPY 203,353,985,000 | deficit JPY 219,025,943,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 418,443,271,000 | JPY 179,786,149,000 | deficit JPY 238,657,122,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 386,373,459,000 | JPY 136,168,380,000 | deficit JPY 250,205,079,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 401,179,021,000 | JPY 130,077,458,000 | deficit JPY 271,101,563,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 374,947,819,000 | JPY 102,012,322,000 | deficit JPY 272,935,497,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 352,814,500,000 | JPY 81,809,862,000 | deficit JPY 271,004,638,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 338,572,692,000 | JPY 66,171,786,000 | deficit JPY 272,400,906,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 340,520,468,000 | JPY 66,205,845,000 | deficit JPY 274,314,623,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 354,918,613,000 | JPY 63,394,493,000 | deficit JPY 291,524,120,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 308,306,721,000 | JPY 52,166,340,000 | deficit JPY 256,140,381,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 299,490,261,000 | JPY 42,376,159,000 | deficit JPY 257,114,102,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 265,835,347,000 | JPY 29,828,840,000 | deficit JPY 236,006,507,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 238,166,342,000 | JPY 28,717,085,000 | deficit JPY 209,449,257,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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