Aluminium and articles thereof. (76)
Aluminium and articles thereof. (statistical code 76): imports in August 2026 were JPY 159,505,538,000 (+53.2% year on year), quantity 244,260,650 KG, unit price JPY 653 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (21.5%), Australia (13.5%), United Arab Emirates (7.2%), Malaysia (6.3%), New Zealand (5.8%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 43,313,866,000, a trade deficit of JPY 116,191,672,000. (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 159,505,538,000 | 244,260,650 | JPY 653 | +53.2% |
| 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 95,119,525,000 | 201,015,662 | JPY 473 | +3.7% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 1,390,539,081,000; in 2025, JPY 1,314,953,107,000, about 95% of the 2022 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 1,088,978,427,000 | JPY 329,727,720,000 | deficit JPY 759,250,707,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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