Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather. (41)
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather. (statistical code 41): imports in September 2026 were JPY 1,654,687,000 (+6.2% year on year), quantity 3,305,016 KG, unit price JPY 501 per KG. Main origins: Italy (18.0%), People's Republic of China (15.1%), Viet Nam (11.9%), United States of America (9.0%), Mexico (8.1%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 990,453,000, a trade deficit of JPY 664,234,000. (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 1,654,687,000 | 3,305,016 | JPY 501 | +6.2% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 1,503,661,000 | 2,501,788 | JPY 601 | -10.2% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 2,029,549,000 | 2,893,518 | JPY 701 | +2.3% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 2,425,385,000 | 2,878,476 | JPY 843 | -1.6% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 2,049,412,000 | 2,728,646 | JPY 751 | -20.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 2,084,374,000 | 2,880,465 | JPY 724 | +52.0% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 1,733,357,000 | 2,408,827 | JPY 720 | -6.8% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 1,642,190,000 | 2,476,437 | JPY 663 | +29.7% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 2,337,041,000 | 3,217,450 | JPY 726 | -1.1% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,647,363,000 | 3,176,119 | JPY 519 | -27.0% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,020,292,000 | 3,011,001 | JPY 671 | +9.0% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,762,327,000 | 2,440,494 | JPY 722 | -27.3% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,558,731,000 | 3,096,509 | JPY 503 | -31.8% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,674,760,000 | 2,698,663 | JPY 621 | -4.6% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,984,179,000 | 3,067,044 | JPY 647 | -26.5% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,465,436,000 | 3,221,219 | JPY 765 | -0.2% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,585,174,000 | 3,204,897 | JPY 807 | -2.3% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,371,466,000 | 2,957,355 | JPY 464 | -40.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,860,326,000 | 2,648,111 | JPY 703 | -14.8% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,265,988,000 | 2,300,873 | JPY 550 | -17.5% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,363,226,000 | 3,696,067 | JPY 639 | +12.9% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 2,255,613,000 | 3,032,766 | JPY 744 | +3.0% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 1,853,909,000 | 3,503,269 | JPY 529 | -16.0% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 2,423,411,000 | 3,706,676 | JPY 654 | +20.4% |
Subcategories
- Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split.
- Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split, other than those excluded by Note 1 (c) to this Chapter.
- Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split, other than those excluded by Note 1 (b) or 1 (c) to this Chapter.
- Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared.
- Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared.
- Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared.
- Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14.
- 4112
- Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14.
- Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather.
- Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls; parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour.
- 41XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 117,409,037,000; in 2025, JPY 22,559,268,000, about 19% of the 1988 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 17,459,656,000 | JPY 8,782,268,000 | deficit JPY 8,677,388,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 22,559,268,000 | JPY 13,014,523,000 | deficit JPY 9,544,745,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 26,523,204,000 | JPY 14,653,047,000 | deficit JPY 11,870,157,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 24,271,559,000 | JPY 14,382,978,000 | deficit JPY 9,888,581,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 24,088,613,000 | JPY 15,750,270,000 | deficit JPY 8,338,343,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 18,262,160,000 | JPY 16,419,621,000 | deficit JPY 1,842,539,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 14,416,663,000 | JPY 11,761,496,000 | deficit JPY 2,655,167,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 14,741,435,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | JPY 24,653,441,000 | JPY 17,422,933,000 | deficit JPY 7,230,508,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 27,481,335,000 | JPY 22,521,948,000 | deficit JPY 4,959,387,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 28,000,597,000 | JPY 21,042,308,000 | deficit JPY 6,958,289,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 35,792,792,000 | JPY 22,295,501,000 | deficit JPY 13,497,291,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 35,523,588,000 | JPY 25,548,495,000 | deficit JPY 9,975,093,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 30,188,951,000 | JPY 26,452,128,000 | deficit JPY 3,736,823,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 27,170,522,000 | JPY 23,377,866,000 | deficit JPY 3,792,656,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 22,980,128,000 | JPY 22,414,746,000 | deficit JPY 565,382,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 22,965,637,000 | JPY 19,709,708,000 | deficit JPY 3,255,929,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 18,923,559,000 | JPY 18,504,538,000 | deficit JPY 419,021,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 31,751,230,000 | JPY 26,841,973,000 | deficit JPY 4,909,257,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 41,971,897,000 | JPY 26,632,502,000 | deficit JPY 15,339,395,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 38,943,841,000 | JPY 25,316,384,000 | deficit JPY 13,627,457,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 36,168,670,000 | JPY 23,922,382,000 | deficit JPY 12,246,288,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 38,967,538,000 | JPY 21,694,033,000 | deficit JPY 17,273,505,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 40,047,732,000 | JPY 20,602,960,000 | deficit JPY 19,444,772,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 37,173,407,000 | JPY 21,498,115,000 | deficit JPY 15,675,292,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 50,436,403,000 | JPY 22,009,876,000 | deficit JPY 28,426,527,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 43,790,073,000 | JPY 19,141,786,000 | deficit JPY 24,648,287,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 43,715,206,000 | JPY 18,881,678,000 | deficit JPY 24,833,528,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 49,656,583,000 | JPY 25,538,316,000 | deficit JPY 24,118,267,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 66,992,300,000 | JPY 28,995,696,000 | deficit JPY 37,996,604,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 66,621,765,000 | JPY 26,789,443,000 | deficit JPY 39,832,322,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 67,221,881,000 | JPY 25,954,368,000 | deficit JPY 41,267,513,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 62,672,889,000 | JPY 32,175,231,000 | deficit JPY 30,497,658,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 70,003,861,000 | JPY 30,988,918,000 | deficit JPY 39,014,943,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 87,752,676,000 | JPY 35,709,900,000 | deficit JPY 52,042,776,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 98,698,385,000 | JPY 39,030,776,000 | deficit JPY 59,667,609,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 147,739,765,000 | JPY 48,961,102,000 | deficit JPY 98,778,663,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 122,683,837,000 | JPY 47,859,584,000 | deficit JPY 74,824,253,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 117,409,037,000 | JPY 44,507,177,000 | deficit JPY 72,901,860,000 |
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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