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 August 2026 were JPY 814,748,000 (+20.3% year on year), quantity 1,015,909 KG, unit price JPY 802 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (57.4%), Philippines (11.0%), Ecuador (10.5%), Bangladesh (5.5%), India (4.2%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 142,842,000, a trade deficit of JPY 671,906,000. (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 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 733,263,000 | 865,496 | JPY 847 | -10.8% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 9,319,175,000; in 2025, JPY 8,583,247,000, about 92% of the 2022 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 5,895,661,000 | JPY 1,337,726,000 | deficit JPY 4,557,935,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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