Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof. (56)
Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof. (statistical code 56): imports in September 2026 were JPY 15,466,308,000 (+12.9% year on year), quantity 28,315,882 KG, unit price JPY 546 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (47.2%), Thailand (12.4%), Viet Nam (6.8%), Republic of Korea (5.7%), Indonesia (5.4%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 13,873,712,000, a trade deficit of JPY 1,592,596,000. (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 15,466,308,000 | 28,315,882 | JPY 546 | +12.9% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 15,012,509,000 | 26,937,428 | JPY 557 | +17.8% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 17,721,361,000 | 32,230,592 | JPY 550 | +27.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 17,528,438,000 | 32,544,374 | JPY 539 | +31.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 16,012,695,000 | 29,853,785 | JPY 536 | +17.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 14,741,662,000 | 29,257,031 | JPY 504 | +0.0% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 13,988,803,000 | 29,081,840 | JPY 481 | +2.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 14,031,384,000 | 28,518,137 | JPY 492 | +9.8% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 14,156,004,000 | 28,611,854 | JPY 495 | -8.7% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,602,507,000 | 27,435,258 | JPY 496 | +0.5% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,674,299,000 | 28,346,622 | JPY 482 | +1.6% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 14,250,481,000 | 30,291,262 | JPY 470 | -3.0% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,695,260,000 | 29,580,959 | JPY 463 | +4.5% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 12,743,957,000 | 25,755,609 | JPY 495 | +3.2% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,948,162,000 | 28,726,031 | JPY 485 | -8.5% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,353,260,000 | 29,359,658 | JPY 455 | +7.4% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,615,765,000 | 29,635,422 | JPY 459 | -7.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 14,748,234,000 | 29,650,096 | JPY 497 | +9.4% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,629,976,000 | 28,397,299 | JPY 480 | +0.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 12,782,587,000 | 25,922,925 | JPY 493 | +2.2% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 15,496,716,000 | 29,858,727 | JPY 519 | +29.0% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 13,533,341,000 | 27,125,019 | JPY 499 | +6.4% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 13,457,637,000 | 28,619,868 | JPY 470 | -1.2% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 14,696,069,000 | 30,415,542 | JPY 483 | +3.9% |
Subcategories
- Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps
- Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated.
- Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated.
- Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics.
- 5605
- 5606
- Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics.
- Knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope; made up fishing nets and other made up nets, of textile materials.
- 5609
- 56XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 17,749,132,000; in 2025, JPY 165,541,204,000, about 9.3 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 138,659,164,000 | JPY 132,501,720,000 | deficit JPY 6,157,444,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 165,541,204,000 | JPY 172,574,157,000 | surplus JPY 7,032,953,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 161,197,591,000 | JPY 175,349,651,000 | surplus JPY 14,152,060,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 158,882,234,000 | JPY 163,593,019,000 | surplus JPY 4,710,785,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 161,294,765,000 | JPY 161,550,768,000 | surplus JPY 256,003,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 136,790,419,000 | JPY 138,197,864,000 | surplus JPY 1,407,445,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 133,763,218,000 | JPY 115,303,084,000 | deficit JPY 18,460,134,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 134,728,822,000 | JPY 122,935,991,000 | deficit JPY 11,792,831,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 135,739,194,000 | JPY 125,439,500,000 | deficit JPY 10,299,694,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 131,288,907,000 | JPY 116,670,410,000 | deficit JPY 14,618,497,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 115,457,767,000 | JPY 107,165,196,000 | deficit JPY 8,292,571,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 123,263,637,000 | JPY 107,023,665,000 | deficit JPY 16,239,972,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 107,444,619,000 | JPY 103,370,377,000 | deficit JPY 4,074,242,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 90,798,746,000 | JPY 94,658,363,000 | surplus JPY 3,859,617,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 78,051,794,000 | JPY 83,498,772,000 | surplus JPY 5,446,978,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 74,992,562,000 | JPY 85,610,251,000 | surplus JPY 10,617,689,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 65,504,225,000 | JPY 87,783,995,000 | surplus JPY 22,279,770,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 59,214,446,000 | JPY 77,132,181,000 | surplus JPY 17,917,735,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 69,710,811,000 | JPY 99,118,614,000 | surplus JPY 29,407,803,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 65,593,946,000 | JPY 107,485,972,000 | surplus JPY 41,892,026,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 60,598,433,000 | JPY 98,864,261,000 | surplus JPY 38,265,828,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 53,604,754,000 | JPY 88,119,829,000 | surplus JPY 34,515,075,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 46,237,331,000 | JPY 81,072,414,000 | surplus JPY 34,835,083,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 43,812,421,000 | JPY 74,931,411,000 | surplus JPY 31,118,990,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 42,898,383,000 | JPY 73,316,534,000 | surplus JPY 30,418,151,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 44,120,421,000 | JPY 71,806,666,000 | surplus JPY 27,686,245,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 41,283,748,000 | JPY 74,726,635,000 | surplus JPY 33,442,887,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 39,491,791,000 | JPY 76,770,659,000 | surplus JPY 37,278,868,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 35,968,978,000 | JPY 83,103,912,000 | surplus JPY 47,134,934,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 36,477,572,000 | JPY 86,046,839,000 | surplus JPY 49,569,267,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 30,690,272,000 | JPY 79,282,004,000 | surplus JPY 48,591,732,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 27,185,475,000 | JPY 71,857,548,000 | surplus JPY 44,672,073,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 23,727,272,000 | JPY 69,614,940,000 | surplus JPY 45,887,668,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 21,124,637,000 | JPY 69,730,360,000 | surplus JPY 48,605,723,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 21,997,670,000 | JPY 75,469,077,000 | surplus JPY 53,471,407,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 23,321,536,000 | JPY 68,540,255,000 | surplus JPY 45,218,719,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 24,016,169,000 | JPY 57,773,946,000 | surplus JPY 33,757,777,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 21,716,044,000 | JPY 54,723,717,000 | surplus JPY 33,007,673,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 17,749,132,000 | JPY 45,537,100,000 | surplus JPY 27,787,968,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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