Aluminium and articles thereof. (76)
Aluminium and articles thereof. (statistical code 76): imports in September 2026 were JPY 149,165,899,000 (+38.7% year on year), quantity 230,529,339 KG, unit price JPY 647 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (24.4%), Australia (10.4%), India (8.1%), Malaysia (6.3%), Brazil (5.3%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 39,333,630,000, a trade deficit of JPY 109,832,269,000. (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 149,165,899,000 | 230,529,339 | JPY 647 | +38.7% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 159,385,450,000 | 244,260,650 | JPY 653 | +53.1% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 169,175,611,000 | 253,434,477 | JPY 668 | +55.0% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 151,664,488,000 | 233,225,899 | JPY 650 | +43.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 123,353,359,000 | 193,283,752 | JPY 638 | +7.1% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 123,331,242,000 | 202,899,040 | JPY 608 | +0.8% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 123,587,815,000 | 214,503,598 | JPY 576 | +18.2% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 110,414,970,000 | 198,264,962 | JPY 557 | +5.6% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 127,945,404,000 | 236,760,939 | JPY 540 | +5.5% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 102,565,384,000 | 189,674,061 | JPY 541 | -16.6% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 103,748,188,000 | 200,284,249 | JPY 518 | -2.0% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 114,158,563,000 | 231,557,920 | JPY 493 | -6.1% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 107,546,743,000 | 219,770,423 | JPY 489 | +13.1% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 104,108,491,000 | 215,213,320 | JPY 484 | -2.8% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 109,133,177,000 | 224,318,631 | JPY 487 | -11.6% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 105,917,935,000 | 223,885,274 | JPY 473 | +5.6% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 115,184,575,000 | 240,083,970 | JPY 480 | +7.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 122,299,728,000 | 247,358,319 | JPY 494 | +36.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 104,528,507,000 | 209,567,099 | JPY 499 | +23.9% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 104,521,268,000 | 211,737,367 | JPY 494 | +10.6% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 121,240,548,000 | 230,696,137 | JPY 526 | +15.7% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 122,936,894,000 | 256,294,388 | JPY 480 | +36.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 105,846,787,000 | 211,046,735 | JPY 502 | +3.1% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 121,567,538,000 | 267,138,525 | JPY 455 | +14.9% |
Subcategories
- Unwrought aluminium
- 7602
- Aluminium powders and flakes
- Aluminium bars, rods and profiles
- Aluminium wire
- Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.2mm
- Aluminium foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.2mm
- Aluminium tubes and pipes
- 7609
- Aluminium structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminium plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures
- 7611
- Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment
- 7613
- Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated
- Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of aluminium; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminium; sanitary ware and parts thereof, of aluminium
- Other articles of aluminium
- 76XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 764,386,137,000; in 2025, JPY 1,314,953,107,000, about 1.7 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 1,238,024,238,000 | JPY 369,061,350,000 | deficit JPY 868,962,888,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,314,953,107,000 | JPY 403,454,776,000 | deficit JPY 911,498,331,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,256,405,641,000 | JPY 355,297,479,000 | deficit JPY 901,108,162,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 1,150,496,358,000 | JPY 327,823,161,000 | deficit JPY 822,673,197,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 1,390,539,081,000 | JPY 388,928,754,000 | deficit JPY 1,001,610,327,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 1,056,258,084,000 | JPY 337,533,292,000 | deficit JPY 718,724,792,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 699,212,948,000 | JPY 238,993,380,000 | deficit JPY 460,219,568,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 873,726,875,000 | JPY 239,851,682,000 | deficit JPY 633,875,193,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 1,032,309,095,000 | JPY 267,453,234,000 | deficit JPY 764,855,861,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 927,927,662,000 | JPY 255,847,890,000 | deficit JPY 672,079,772,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 752,542,161,000 | JPY 234,199,658,000 | deficit JPY 518,342,503,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 963,767,228,000 | JPY 272,226,537,000 | deficit JPY 691,540,691,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 935,519,508,000 | JPY 248,496,154,000 | deficit JPY 687,023,354,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 749,166,949,000 | JPY 225,288,761,000 | deficit JPY 523,878,188,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 660,299,548,000 | JPY 198,871,488,000 | deficit JPY 461,428,060,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 734,176,760,000 | JPY 224,969,500,000 | deficit JPY 509,207,260,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 703,937,095,000 | JPY 257,793,098,000 | deficit JPY 446,143,997,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 466,379,438,000 | JPY 204,254,859,000 | deficit JPY 262,124,579,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 1,099,005,970,000 | JPY 293,469,029,000 | deficit JPY 805,536,941,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 1,181,816,554,000 | JPY 307,036,057,000 | deficit JPY 874,780,497,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 1,105,747,509,000 | JPY 270,537,456,000 | deficit JPY 835,210,053,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 793,429,624,000 | JPY 223,405,117,000 | deficit JPY 570,024,507,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 713,294,940,000 | JPY 212,598,747,000 | deficit JPY 500,696,193,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 631,296,177,000 | JPY 199,554,740,000 | deficit JPY 431,741,437,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 567,056,219,000 | JPY 179,433,795,000 | deficit JPY 387,622,424,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 592,816,524,000 | JPY 160,704,882,000 | deficit JPY 432,111,642,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 599,828,038,000 | JPY 175,214,155,000 | deficit JPY 424,613,883,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 527,706,951,000 | JPY 181,364,330,000 | deficit JPY 346,342,621,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 622,780,261,000 | JPY 195,360,808,000 | deficit JPY 427,419,453,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 730,249,442,000 | JPY 183,418,775,000 | deficit JPY 546,830,667,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 607,990,589,000 | JPY 149,816,935,000 | deficit JPY 458,173,654,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 610,820,342,000 | JPY 135,610,541,000 | deficit JPY 475,209,801,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 481,981,694,000 | JPY 109,512,501,000 | deficit JPY 372,469,193,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 452,314,668,000 | JPY 99,430,040,000 | deficit JPY 352,884,628,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 535,391,048,000 | JPY 106,460,865,000 | deficit JPY 428,930,183,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 719,280,078,000 | JPY 116,266,616,000 | deficit JPY 603,013,462,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 805,687,862,000 | JPY 126,990,378,000 | deficit JPY 678,697,484,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 833,700,568,000 | JPY 103,030,534,000 | deficit JPY 730,670,034,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 764,386,137,000 | JPY 93,694,174,000 | deficit JPY 670,691,963,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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