Copper and articles thereof. (74)
Copper and articles thereof. (statistical code 74): imports in August 2026 were JPY 89,667,680,000 (+72.2% year on year), quantity 41,239,648 KG, unit price JPY 2,174 per KG. Main origins: United States of America (19.8%), People's Republic of China (14.8%), Thailand (13.2%), Taiwan (9.9%), Saudi Arabia (4.4%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 255,386,107,000, a trade surplus of JPY 165,718,427,000. (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 89,667,680,000 | 41,239,648 | JPY 2,174 | +72.2% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 99,719,503,000 | 47,083,188 | JPY 2,118 | +69.6% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 104,517,602,000 | 51,737,109 | JPY 2,020 | +68.0% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 81,865,258,000 | 41,844,177 | JPY 1,956 | +58.4% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 83,025,984,000 | 41,913,309 | JPY 1,981 | +45.3% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 82,646,837,000 | 44,637,794 | JPY 1,851 | +59.9% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 73,570,351,000 | 40,286,570 | JPY 1,826 | +75.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 81,577,599,000 | 48,478,652 | JPY 1,683 | +70.1% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 67,651,767,000 | 42,444,909 | JPY 1,594 | +54.6% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 60,290,772,000 | 39,585,418 | JPY 1,523 | +40.8% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 63,444,833,000 | 44,654,024 | JPY 1,421 | +29.7% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 65,987,313,000 | 46,315,397 | JPY 1,425 | +45.4% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 52,078,282,000 | 37,454,282 | JPY 1,390 | +24.3% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 58,802,977,000 | 42,924,408 | JPY 1,370 | +5.8% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 62,199,968,000 | 46,601,366 | JPY 1,330 | +45.1% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 51,675,017,000 | 37,799,789 | JPY 1,367 | +12.1% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 57,139,766,000 | 39,941,101 | JPY 1,431 | +45.3% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 51,692,811,000 | 35,808,492 | JPY 1,443 | +37.1% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 41,825,311,000 | 29,017,634 | JPY 1,441 | +27.6% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 47,961,768,000 | 32,525,694 | JPY 1,474 | +40.1% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 43,758,466,000 | 29,119,928 | JPY 1,503 | +43.5% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 42,825,425,000 | 28,894,830 | JPY 1,482 | +24.8% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 48,915,451,000 | 34,729,161 | JPY 1,408 | +39.3% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 45,398,134,000 | 32,347,782 | JPY 1,403 | +29.5% |
Subcategories
- 7401
- 7402
- Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought
- 7404
- 7405
- Copper powders and flakes
- Copper bars, rods and profiles
- Copper wire
- Copper plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm
- Copper foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.15mm
- Copper tubes and pipes
- Copper tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)
- 7413
- Nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples (other than those of heading 83.05) and similar articles, of copper or of iron or steel with heads of copper; screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of copper
- Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of copper; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of copper; sanitary ware and parts thereof, of copper
- Other articles of copper
- 74XX
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 494,715,069,000; in 2025, JPY 680,750,585,000, about 1.4 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 696,590,814,000 | JPY 1,993,427,774,000 | surplus JPY 1,296,836,960,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 680,750,585,000 | JPY 2,218,661,995,000 | surplus JPY 1,537,911,410,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 511,425,512,000 | JPY 2,022,798,809,000 | surplus JPY 1,511,373,297,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 432,561,190,000 | JPY 1,750,482,035,000 | surplus JPY 1,317,920,845,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 494,715,069,000 | JPY 1,640,560,872,000 | surplus JPY 1,145,845,803,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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