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 September 2026 were JPY 18,596,231,000 (+7.8% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (27.1%), United States of America (15.4%), Thailand (9.3%), Republic of Korea (8.5%), Germany (8.2%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 39,626,694,000, a trade surplus of JPY 21,030,463,000. (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 18,596,231,000 | — | — | +7.8% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 17,397,338,000 | — | — | +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% |
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 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 23,955,321,000; in 2025, JPY 193,482,645,000, about 8.1 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 163,679,149,000 | JPY 363,864,073,000 | surplus JPY 200,184,924,000 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | JPY 131,920,250,000 | JPY 414,066,802,000 | surplus JPY 282,146,552,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 127,123,889,000 | JPY 327,697,332,000 | surplus JPY 200,573,443,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 123,915,016,000 | JPY 329,537,571,000 | surplus JPY 205,622,555,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 126,614,895,000 | JPY 323,018,118,000 | surplus JPY 196,403,223,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 122,008,841,000 | JPY 298,257,753,000 | surplus JPY 176,248,912,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 108,992,772,000 | JPY 252,263,797,000 | surplus JPY 143,271,025,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 112,431,203,000 | JPY 251,883,379,000 | surplus JPY 139,452,176,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 108,993,015,000 | JPY 235,997,282,000 | surplus JPY 127,004,267,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 101,005,211,000 | JPY 208,882,706,000 | surplus JPY 107,877,495,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 87,053,462,000 | JPY 181,534,111,000 | surplus JPY 94,480,649,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 89,263,552,000 | JPY 181,329,872,000 | surplus JPY 92,066,320,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 79,208,242,000 | JPY 176,681,867,000 | surplus JPY 97,473,625,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 75,238,505,000 | JPY 140,901,416,000 | surplus JPY 65,662,911,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 93,576,821,000 | JPY 165,850,714,000 | surplus JPY 72,273,893,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 91,857,142,000 | JPY 168,929,642,000 | surplus JPY 77,072,500,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 83,929,136,000 | JPY 149,527,839,000 | surplus JPY 65,598,703,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 75,354,641,000 | JPY 128,419,775,000 | surplus JPY 53,065,134,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 69,820,220,000 | JPY 125,230,947,000 | surplus JPY 55,410,727,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 66,111,567,000 | JPY 110,795,516,000 | surplus JPY 44,683,949,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 61,468,353,000 | JPY 102,698,236,000 | surplus JPY 41,229,883,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 56,792,981,000 | JPY 88,965,281,000 | surplus JPY 32,172,300,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 57,713,958,000 | JPY 92,684,447,000 | surplus JPY 34,970,489,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 57,768,590,000 | JPY 82,370,988,000 | surplus JPY 24,602,398,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 58,268,507,000 | JPY 79,637,801,000 | surplus JPY 21,369,294,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 58,046,827,000 | JPY 85,493,172,000 | surplus JPY 27,446,345,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 53,523,261,000 | JPY 72,435,251,000 | surplus JPY 18,911,990,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 48,057,501,000 | JPY 60,613,084,000 | surplus JPY 12,555,583,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 34,546,997,000 | JPY 62,498,254,000 | surplus JPY 27,951,257,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 31,011,184,000 | JPY 60,070,956,000 | surplus JPY 29,059,772,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 32,081,578,000 | JPY 66,549,994,000 | surplus JPY 34,468,416,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 34,873,192,000 | JPY 61,143,494,000 | surplus JPY 26,270,302,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 32,464,120,000 | JPY 59,143,722,000 | surplus JPY 26,679,602,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 27,291,092,000 | JPY 48,816,573,000 | surplus JPY 21,525,481,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 23,955,321,000 | JPY 42,506,974,000 | surplus JPY 18,551,653,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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