Cotton. (52)
Cotton. (statistical code 52): imports in September 2026 were JPY 4,742,237,000 (+2.9% year on year), quantity 7,566,438 KG, unit price JPY 627 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (17.8%), Indonesia (16.0%), India (15.3%), Viet Nam (11.7%), Pakistan (11.4%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 2,613,755,000, a trade deficit of JPY 2,128,482,000. (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 4,742,237,000 | 7,566,438 | JPY 627 | +2.9% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 4,397,246,000 | 7,286,489 | JPY 603 | +11.2% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 5,784,112,000 | 9,692,516 | JPY 597 | +18.3% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 4,875,815,000 | 8,052,401 | JPY 606 | +2.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 4,278,470,000 | 7,354,116 | JPY 582 | -4.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 4,725,886,000 | 8,626,778 | JPY 548 | -3.5% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 4,171,630,000 | 6,942,010 | JPY 601 | -3.2% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 4,178,671,000 | 6,915,736 | JPY 604 | -5.6% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 4,589,654,000 | 8,003,381 | JPY 573 | -9.0% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,810,314,000 | 8,691,202 | JPY 553 | +10.8% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,235,901,000 | 7,185,526 | JPY 590 | -15.5% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,847,921,000 | 8,789,726 | JPY 552 | -0.3% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,606,928,000 | 8,642,169 | JPY 533 | -1.3% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,955,876,000 | 6,725,442 | JPY 588 | -4.0% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,890,231,000 | 9,055,715 | JPY 540 | -15.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,766,340,000 | 8,802,132 | JPY 542 | +13.0% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,489,906,000 | 8,578,765 | JPY 523 | -18.2% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,896,374,000 | 8,447,753 | JPY 580 | +0.5% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,309,118,000 | 7,944,445 | JPY 542 | +1.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,425,341,000 | 8,286,603 | JPY 534 | +6.7% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,043,224,000 | 8,014,700 | JPY 629 | +4.4% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 4,342,792,000 | 7,185,330 | JPY 604 | -13.1% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 5,013,492,000 | 8,752,685 | JPY 573 | +10.3% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 4,863,896,000 | 8,904,452 | JPY 546 | -9.3% |
Subcategories
- 5201
- Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).
- 5203
- Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale
- Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread) put up for retail sale.
- Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2.
- Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2.
- Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/㎡
- Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/㎡
- Other woven fabrics of cotton.
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 306,344,396,000; in 2025, JPY 55,277,474,000, about 18% of the 1988 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 41,743,721,000 | JPY 25,753,484,000 | deficit JPY 15,990,237,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 55,277,474,000 | JPY 37,347,230,000 | deficit JPY 17,930,244,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 56,626,425,000 | JPY 39,460,537,000 | deficit JPY 17,165,888,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 59,342,425,000 | JPY 37,593,661,000 | deficit JPY 21,748,764,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 79,836,789,000 | JPY 40,493,941,000 | deficit JPY 39,342,848,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 54,505,155,000 | JPY 36,430,828,000 | deficit JPY 18,074,327,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 45,967,544,000 | JPY 33,648,231,000 | deficit JPY 12,319,313,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 46,531,722,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 49,435,116,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2017 | JPY 66,879,312,000 | JPY 54,438,961,000 | deficit JPY 12,440,351,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 67,029,951,000 | JPY 55,854,603,000 | deficit JPY 11,175,348,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 77,997,947,000 | JPY 67,213,556,000 | deficit JPY 10,784,391,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 81,486,506,000 | JPY 62,583,591,000 | deficit JPY 18,902,915,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 74,736,640,000 | JPY 62,941,655,000 | deficit JPY 11,794,985,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 61,919,020,000 | JPY 57,323,583,000 | deficit JPY 4,595,437,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 91,098,243,000 | JPY 62,310,757,000 | deficit JPY 28,787,486,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 59,655,857,000 | JPY 58,856,276,000 | deficit JPY 799,581,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 48,427,659,000 | JPY 62,193,937,000 | surplus JPY 13,766,278,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 82,600,023,000 | JPY 90,073,240,000 | surplus JPY 7,473,217,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 90,414,466,000 | JPY 110,169,857,000 | surplus JPY 19,755,391,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 93,385,788,000 | JPY 117,078,378,000 | surplus JPY 23,692,590,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 91,779,289,000 | JPY 117,371,254,000 | surplus JPY 25,591,965,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 107,784,584,000 | JPY 128,064,744,000 | surplus JPY 20,280,160,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 109,576,513,000 | JPY 118,412,817,000 | surplus JPY 8,836,304,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 107,827,057,000 | JPY 123,240,839,000 | surplus JPY 15,413,782,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 123,369,038,000 | JPY 113,191,040,000 | deficit JPY 10,177,998,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 120,851,768,000 | JPY 105,931,218,000 | deficit JPY 14,920,550,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 147,028,422,000 | JPY 100,226,882,000 | deficit JPY 46,801,540,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 181,798,521,000 | JPY 95,576,661,000 | deficit JPY 86,221,860,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 216,798,001,000 | JPY 100,318,201,000 | deficit JPY 116,479,800,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 213,264,597,000 | JPY 90,323,816,000 | deficit JPY 122,940,781,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 185,064,886,000 | JPY 80,844,645,000 | deficit JPY 104,220,241,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 187,323,783,000 | JPY 88,468,698,000 | deficit JPY 98,855,085,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 170,996,127,000 | JPY 99,790,537,000 | deficit JPY 71,205,590,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 227,657,779,000 | JPY 135,459,706,000 | deficit JPY 92,198,073,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 310,880,384,000 | JPY 137,665,420,000 | deficit JPY 173,214,964,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 307,988,965,000 | JPY 131,836,607,000 | deficit JPY 176,152,358,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 341,224,698,000 | JPY 111,203,725,000 | deficit JPY 230,020,973,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 306,344,396,000 | JPY 105,159,406,000 | deficit JPY 201,184,990,000 |
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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