Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof. (81)
Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof. (statistical code 81): imports in August 2026 were JPY 35,437,332,000 (+93.1% year on year), quantity 12,147,906 KG, unit price JPY 2,917 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (33.2%), United States of America (20.5%), Germany (7.3%), Russia (6.7%), Taiwan (4.8%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 18,579,999,000, a trade deficit of JPY 16,857,333,000. (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 35,437,332,000 | 12,147,906 | JPY 2,917 | +93.1% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 32,320,005,000 | 12,375,362 | JPY 2,610 | +57.4% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 28,942,339,000 | 10,221,135 | JPY 2,831 | +52.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 29,677,143,000 | 11,430,713 | JPY 2,595 | +60.2% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 32,386,175,000 | 13,835,003 | JPY 2,340 | +68.7% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 23,011,774,000 | 11,136,719 | JPY 2,065 | +54.9% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 20,086,173,000 | 9,520,167 | JPY 2,109 | +48.8% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 21,196,510,000 | 8,074,694 | JPY 2,622 | +7.7% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 20,795,324,000 | 9,054,448 | JPY 2,295 | +21.2% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,186,022,000 | 7,037,164 | JPY 2,583 | +19.1% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,871,700,000 | 9,626,650 | JPY 2,063 | +8.9% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,891,250,000 | 9,310,352 | JPY 2,135 | +7.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,348,044,000 | 8,439,047 | JPY 2,173 | +14.2% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 20,530,344,000 | 9,838,063 | JPY 2,086 | +17.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,998,720,000 | 9,510,790 | JPY 1,996 | +12.8% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,529,326,000 | 8,670,302 | JPY 2,136 | +0.0% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,202,998,000 | 10,031,118 | JPY 1,913 | +24.4% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 14,854,403,000 | 8,815,954 | JPY 1,684 | -12.1% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,496,197,000 | 6,931,458 | JPY 1,946 | +0.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,689,502,000 | 10,201,792 | JPY 1,929 | +34.7% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 17,158,655,000 | 10,335,464 | JPY 1,659 | +6.3% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 15,263,959,000 | 8,865,341 | JPY 1,721 | -13.1% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 18,252,575,000 | 11,223,382 | JPY 1,625 | +23.8% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 18,584,496,000 | 10,632,794 | JPY 1,747 | +23.5% |
Subcategories
- Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Tantalum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Magnesium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Bismuth and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Zirconium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Antimony and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- 8111
- Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium), and articles of these metals, including waste and scrap
- 8113
- 81XX
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 218,728,878,000; in 2025, JPY 222,393,830,000, about 1.0 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 223,057,451,000 | JPY 147,079,780,000 | deficit JPY 75,977,671,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 222,393,830,000 | JPY 182,337,498,000 | deficit JPY 40,056,332,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 198,574,695,000 | JPY 174,192,452,000 | deficit JPY 24,382,243,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 178,885,552,000 | JPY 164,563,049,000 | deficit JPY 14,322,503,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 218,728,878,000 | JPY 154,685,445,000 | deficit JPY 64,043,433,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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