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 August 2026 were JPY 15,012,061,000 (+17.8% year on year), quantity 26,937,428 KG, unit price JPY 557 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (45.2%), Thailand (14.7%), Viet Nam (6.1%), Indonesia (6.0%), Republic of Korea (4.9%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 14,015,656,000, a trade deficit of JPY 996,405,000. (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 15,012,061,000 | 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 13,108,742,000 | 28,001,704 | JPY 468 | -3.6% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 161,294,765,000; in 2025, JPY 165,541,204,000, about 1.0 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 123,192,408,000 | JPY 118,628,008,000 | deficit JPY 4,564,400,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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