Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster. (34)
Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster. (statistical code 34): imports in August 2026 were JPY 17,396,610,000 (+15.4% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (29.9%), United States of America (12.9%), Republic of Korea (10.1%), Thailand (7.0%), Germany (6.9%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 37,701,474,000, a trade surplus of JPY 20,304,864,000. (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 17,396,610,000 | — | — | +15.4% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 20,170,403,000 | — | — | +13.7% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 20,393,480,000 | — | — | +36.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 18,729,928,000 | — | — | +13.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 18,728,328,000 | — | — | +13.7% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 16,986,274,000 | — | — | +14.5% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 16,288,293,000 | — | — | +10.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 16,388,874,000 | — | — | -2.7% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,050,960,000 | — | — | +4.4% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,330,077,000 | — | — | +9.3% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,758,002,000 | — | — | +3.3% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,251,880,000 | — | — | +13.9% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 15,076,756,000 | — | — | -4.7% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,737,648,000 | — | — | -0.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 14,962,155,000 | — | — | +1.2% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,474,508,000 | — | — | +1.1% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,472,147,000 | — | — | -5.5% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 14,835,318,000 | — | — | -8.9% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 14,685,033,000 | — | — | +6.8% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,848,161,000 | — | — | +27.6% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 15,378,087,000 | — | — | +18.3% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 14,934,412,000 | — | — | -2.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 16,220,641,000 | — | — | +7.1% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 15,151,234,000 | — | — | +1.9% |
Subcategories
- Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
- Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01.
- Lubricating preparations (including cutting -oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
- Artificial waxes and prepared waxes.
- Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04.
- 3406
- 3407
- 34XX
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 176,711,904,000; in 2025, JPY 193,482,645,000, about 1.1 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 145,082,190,000 | JPY 324,237,379,000 | surplus JPY 179,155,189,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 193,482,645,000 | JPY 451,707,473,000 | surplus JPY 258,224,828,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 187,092,543,000 | JPY 446,162,899,000 | surplus JPY 259,070,356,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 174,317,864,000 | JPY 400,056,122,000 | surplus JPY 225,738,258,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 176,711,904,000 | JPY 436,018,345,000 | surplus JPY 259,306,441,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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