Articles of iron or steel. (73)
Articles of iron or steel. (statistical code 73): imports in August 2026 were JPY 95,206,165,000 (+26.1% year on year), quantity 178,171,784 KG, unit price JPY 534 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (58.3%), United States of America (7.1%), Republic of Korea (7.1%), Viet Nam (6.2%), Taiwan (5.3%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 110,881,155,000, a trade surplus of JPY 15,674,990,000. (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 95,206,165,000 | 178,171,784 | JPY 534 | +26.1% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 109,103,227,000 | 203,799,140 | JPY 535 | +16.6% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 104,976,233,000 | 207,917,255 | JPY 505 | +15.6% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 96,047,853,000 | 188,082,384 | JPY 511 | +6.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 101,212,534,000 | 203,019,332 | JPY 498 | +6.5% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 89,065,073,000 | 185,835,273 | JPY 479 | -0.1% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 87,339,366,000 | 187,315,104 | JPY 466 | +22.6% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 97,081,969,000 | 197,955,883 | JPY 490 | -10.1% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 93,179,785,000 | 205,131,649 | JPY 454 | +1.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 88,319,952,000 | 181,104,670 | JPY 488 | -2.0% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 91,874,003,000 | 198,374,971 | JPY 463 | -2.2% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 94,825,845,000 | 205,895,432 | JPY 460 | +7.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 75,511,248,000 | 159,715,835 | JPY 473 | -10.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 93,596,810,000 | 200,850,667 | JPY 466 | -9.3% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 90,803,444,000 | 197,042,310 | JPY 461 | -3.0% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 89,989,211,000 | 195,498,732 | JPY 460 | -7.6% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 95,032,099,000 | 203,189,297 | JPY 468 | +0.3% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 89,192,058,000 | 190,254,725 | JPY 469 | +10.9% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 71,242,861,000 | 143,082,663 | JPY 498 | -7.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 108,040,157,000 | 220,537,647 | JPY 490 | +22.3% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 92,189,782,000 | 187,226,418 | JPY 492 | +11.9% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 90,113,282,000 | 197,584,326 | JPY 456 | -0.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 93,956,547,000 | 202,059,955 | JPY 465 | +5.1% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 88,619,018,000 | 189,380,093 | JPY 468 | -5.9% |
Subcategories
- Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel
- Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following : rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails
- 7303
- Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel
- Other tubes and pipes (for example, welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, the external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm, of iron or steel
- Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or welded, riveted or similarly closed), of iron or steel
- Tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel
- Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-works, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel
- 7309
- Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity not exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment
- 7311
- Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated
- 7313
- Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire; expanded metal of iron or steel
- Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- 7316
- 7317
- Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel
- Sewing needles, knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and similar articles, for use in the hand, of iron or steel; safety pins and other pins of iron or steel, not elsewhere specified or included
- Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel
- Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those with subsidiary boilers for central heating), barbecues, braziers, gas-rings, plate warmers and similar non-electric domestic appliances, and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- Radiators for central heating, not electrically heated, and parts thereof, of iron or steel; air heaters and hot air distributors (including distributors which can also distribute fresh or conditioned air), not electrically heated, incorporating a motor-driven fan or blower, and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel
- Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- Other cast articles of iron or steel
- Other articles of iron or steel
- 73XX
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 1,040,508,391,000; in 2025, JPY 1,081,607,473,000, about 1.0 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 780,032,420,000 | JPY 884,613,893,000 | surplus JPY 104,581,473,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,081,607,473,000 | JPY 1,314,424,649,000 | surplus JPY 232,817,176,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,083,651,539,000 | JPY 1,383,945,530,000 | surplus JPY 300,293,991,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 1,060,888,279,000 | JPY 1,346,239,341,000 | surplus JPY 285,351,062,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 1,040,508,391,000 | JPY 1,242,902,879,000 | surplus JPY 202,394,488,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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