Man-made staple fibres. (55)
Man-made staple fibres. (statistical code 55): imports in September 2026 were JPY 6,703,632,000 (+3.3% year on year), quantity 14,231,798 KG, unit price JPY 471 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (26.6%), Indonesia (21.5%), Republic of Korea (12.9%), Thailand (12.1%), United States of America (6.3%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 18,152,695,000, a trade surplus of JPY 11,449,063,000. (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 6,703,632,000 | 14,231,798 | JPY 471 | +3.3% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 7,177,731,000 | 14,084,752 | JPY 510 | +24.6% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 8,227,288,000 | 17,466,636 | JPY 471 | +26.0% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 7,597,891,000 | 16,358,902 | JPY 464 | +12.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 6,497,589,000 | 15,077,078 | JPY 431 | +7.1% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 6,911,643,000 | 14,971,329 | JPY 462 | +13.1% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 5,892,498,000 | 14,384,324 | JPY 410 | +6.1% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 5,584,462,000 | 13,624,780 | JPY 410 | +2.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 6,618,803,000 | 15,227,835 | JPY 435 | -5.0% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,181,007,000 | 13,708,133 | JPY 451 | +15.0% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,802,690,000 | 13,712,928 | JPY 423 | -5.6% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,600,830,000 | 16,095,384 | JPY 410 | -2.7% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,489,192,000 | 14,983,765 | JPY 433 | +3.6% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,759,173,000 | 12,015,435 | JPY 479 | -5.5% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,529,367,000 | 15,803,114 | JPY 413 | -12.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,764,314,000 | 15,125,063 | JPY 447 | +6.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,069,117,000 | 14,005,680 | JPY 433 | -8.9% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,110,554,000 | 14,408,945 | JPY 424 | -11.0% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,555,993,000 | 13,509,465 | JPY 411 | -3.1% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,463,329,000 | 12,490,962 | JPY 437 | -6.5% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 6,965,535,000 | 15,773,685 | JPY 442 | +20.9% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 5,374,983,000 | 13,099,753 | JPY 410 | -12.5% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 6,148,840,000 | 13,963,522 | JPY 440 | -6.1% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 6,782,301,000 | 17,129,895 | JPY 396 | -8.3% |
Subcategories
- Synthetic filament tow.
- Artificial filament tow.
- Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning.
- Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning.
- Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of man-made fibres.
- Synthetic staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning.
- 5507
- Sewing thread of man-made staple fibres, whether or not put up for retail sale.
- Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale.
- Yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibres, not put up for retail sale.
- Yarn (other than sewing thread) of man-made staple fibres, put up for retail sale.
- Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85 % or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres.
- Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85 % by weight of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight not exceeding 170 g/m2.
- Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85 % by weight of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight exceeding 170 g/m2.
- Other woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres.
- Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres.
- 55XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 42,252,259,000; in 2025, JPY 74,291,101,000, about 1.8 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 61,211,537,000 | JPY 165,609,393,000 | surplus JPY 104,397,856,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 74,291,101,000 | JPY 233,280,910,000 | surplus JPY 158,989,809,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 75,362,751,000 | JPY 227,438,508,000 | surplus JPY 152,075,757,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 77,354,377,000 | JPY 133,991,768,000 | surplus JPY 56,637,391,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 72,917,411,000 | JPY 133,581,807,000 | surplus JPY 60,664,396,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 51,724,688,000 | JPY 116,891,563,000 | surplus JPY 65,166,875,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 47,159,602,000 | JPY 111,575,737,000 | surplus JPY 64,416,135,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 133,055,249,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 133,619,671,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2017 | JPY 61,837,165,000 | JPY 134,604,006,000 | surplus JPY 72,766,841,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 59,736,701,000 | JPY 146,881,673,000 | surplus JPY 87,144,972,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 67,498,485,000 | JPY 223,988,006,000 | surplus JPY 156,489,521,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 63,335,433,000 | JPY 209,148,811,000 | surplus JPY 145,813,378,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 58,373,988,000 | JPY 193,846,960,000 | surplus JPY 135,472,972,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 49,851,763,000 | JPY 160,421,541,000 | surplus JPY 110,569,778,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 57,813,676,000 | JPY 164,366,206,000 | surplus JPY 106,552,530,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 45,860,601,000 | JPY 153,815,904,000 | surplus JPY 107,955,303,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 37,812,352,000 | JPY 134,094,104,000 | surplus JPY 96,281,752,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 57,988,640,000 | JPY 167,504,848,000 | surplus JPY 109,516,208,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 58,214,814,000 | JPY 191,001,330,000 | surplus JPY 132,786,516,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 50,477,172,000 | JPY 168,241,700,000 | surplus JPY 117,764,528,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 44,996,398,000 | JPY 155,242,518,000 | surplus JPY 110,246,120,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 46,479,013,000 | JPY 148,828,792,000 | surplus JPY 102,349,779,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 48,296,887,000 | JPY 153,746,901,000 | surplus JPY 105,450,014,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 39,180,797,000 | JPY 163,085,229,000 | surplus JPY 123,904,432,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 42,789,826,000 | JPY 165,009,571,000 | surplus JPY 122,219,745,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 43,241,282,000 | JPY 162,016,667,000 | surplus JPY 118,775,385,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 40,550,336,000 | JPY 158,585,862,000 | surplus JPY 118,035,526,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 48,997,782,000 | JPY 190,248,946,000 | surplus JPY 141,251,164,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 60,697,033,000 | JPY 201,114,702,000 | surplus JPY 140,417,669,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 61,091,324,000 | JPY 197,769,545,000 | surplus JPY 136,678,221,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 48,985,017,000 | JPY 182,504,260,000 | surplus JPY 133,519,243,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 42,458,076,000 | JPY 174,857,931,000 | surplus JPY 132,399,855,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 38,205,897,000 | JPY 178,763,828,000 | surplus JPY 140,557,931,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 46,114,714,000 | JPY 214,748,239,000 | surplus JPY 168,633,525,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 47,347,669,000 | JPY 216,980,254,000 | surplus JPY 169,632,585,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 45,510,406,000 | JPY 212,867,591,000 | surplus JPY 167,357,185,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 44,803,186,000 | JPY 195,894,137,000 | surplus JPY 151,090,951,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 42,252,259,000 | JPY 192,324,682,000 | surplus JPY 150,072,423,000 |
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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