Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn. (53)
Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn. (statistical code 53): imports in September 2026 were JPY 893,864,000 (+35.1% year on year), quantity 1,188,801 KG, unit price JPY 752 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (54.1%), Philippines (16.7%), Ecuador (8.4%), Bangladesh (4.4%), India (4.1%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 124,212,000, a trade deficit of JPY 769,652,000. (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 893,864,000 | 1,188,801 | JPY 752 | +35.1% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 814,748,000 | 1,015,909 | JPY 802 | +20.3% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 614,316,000 | 908,406 | JPY 676 | -1.6% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 858,006,000 | 939,433 | JPY 913 | +34.4% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 754,951,000 | 995,914 | JPY 758 | +2.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 690,775,000 | 881,151 | JPY 784 | +0.2% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 477,472,000 | 766,133 | JPY 623 | -22.5% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 852,006,000 | 1,026,094 | JPY 830 | +47.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 833,387,000 | 964,998 | JPY 864 | -0.8% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 941,125,000 | 946,541 | JPY 994 | +8.5% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 747,208,000 | 928,667 | JPY 805 | -8.2% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 836,406,000 | 1,170,974 | JPY 714 | +6.6% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 661,428,000 | 822,879 | JPY 804 | -9.8% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 677,228,000 | 997,300 | JPY 679 | +23.0% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 624,041,000 | 922,778 | JPY 676 | -13.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 638,289,000 | 1,060,578 | JPY 602 | -7.3% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 735,871,000 | 1,320,173 | JPY 557 | -7.2% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 689,508,000 | 1,138,632 | JPY 606 | -12.4% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 616,035,000 | 893,709 | JPY 689 | +13.7% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 576,149,000 | 903,847 | JPY 637 | -26.0% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 839,959,000 | 876,788 | JPY 958 | -3.0% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 867,083,000 | 936,612 | JPY 926 | +0.7% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 813,943,000 | 870,581 | JPY 935 | -11.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 784,699,000 | 1,100,393 | JPY 713 | +3.9% |
Subcategories
- Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).
- True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).
- Jute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).
- 5305
- Flax yarn.
- Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03.
- Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn.
- Woven fabrics of flax.
- Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03.
- 5311
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 31,365,708,000; in 2025, JPY 8,583,247,000, about 27% of the 1988 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 6,789,525,000 | JPY 1,461,938,000 | deficit JPY 5,327,587,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 8,583,247,000 | JPY 2,287,110,000 | deficit JPY 6,296,137,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 8,928,073,000 | JPY 2,322,747,000 | deficit JPY 6,605,326,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 8,802,493,000 | JPY 2,240,240,000 | deficit JPY 6,562,253,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 9,319,175,000 | JPY 1,829,081,000 | deficit JPY 7,490,094,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 7,257,733,000 | JPY 1,605,105,000 | deficit JPY 5,652,628,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 6,960,580,000 | JPY 1,606,841,000 | deficit JPY 5,353,739,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 9,089,904,000 | JPY 2,070,382,000 | deficit JPY 7,019,522,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 10,174,287,000 | JPY 2,142,076,000 | deficit JPY 8,032,211,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 9,315,027,000 | JPY 2,127,696,000 | deficit JPY 7,187,331,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 9,142,294,000 | JPY 2,227,686,000 | deficit JPY 6,914,608,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 10,783,118,000 | JPY 2,493,740,000 | deficit JPY 8,289,378,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 9,680,163,000 | JPY 2,314,882,000 | deficit JPY 7,365,281,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 8,652,855,000 | JPY 2,220,937,000 | deficit JPY 6,431,918,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 6,506,747,000 | JPY 2,097,669,000 | deficit JPY 4,409,078,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 7,293,121,000 | JPY 2,138,886,000 | deficit JPY 5,154,235,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 6,217,504,000 | JPY 2,145,136,000 | deficit JPY 4,072,368,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 5,609,749,000 | JPY 2,052,630,000 | deficit JPY 3,557,119,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 9,208,665,000 | JPY 2,796,519,000 | deficit JPY 6,412,146,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 8,661,388,000 | JPY 3,397,765,000 | deficit JPY 5,263,623,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 9,064,307,000 | JPY 4,351,281,000 | deficit JPY 4,713,026,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 9,337,106,000 | JPY 3,928,308,000 | deficit JPY 5,408,798,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 8,540,766,000 | JPY 3,369,840,000 | deficit JPY 5,170,926,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 7,769,029,000 | JPY 3,235,849,000 | deficit JPY 4,533,180,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 8,251,493,000 | JPY 2,809,777,000 | deficit JPY 5,441,716,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 7,866,544,000 | JPY 2,600,431,000 | deficit JPY 5,266,113,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 8,035,110,000 | JPY 2,662,002,000 | deficit JPY 5,373,108,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 8,025,192,000 | JPY 2,121,520,000 | deficit JPY 5,903,672,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 8,864,945,000 | JPY 2,076,697,000 | deficit JPY 6,788,248,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 11,822,330,000 | JPY 2,368,092,000 | deficit JPY 9,454,238,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 11,060,542,000 | JPY 1,860,988,000 | deficit JPY 9,199,554,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 10,765,131,000 | JPY 2,368,359,000 | deficit JPY 8,396,772,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 12,798,525,000 | JPY 2,894,381,000 | deficit JPY 9,904,144,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 12,556,056,000 | JPY 2,602,265,000 | deficit JPY 9,953,791,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 10,781,574,000 | JPY 3,010,354,000 | deficit JPY 7,771,220,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 12,514,953,000 | JPY 3,657,969,000 | deficit JPY 8,856,984,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 15,939,504,000 | JPY 3,546,248,000 | deficit JPY 12,393,256,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 17,487,842,000 | JPY 4,340,930,000 | deficit JPY 13,146,912,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 31,365,708,000 | JPY 3,966,912,000 | deficit JPY 27,398,796,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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