Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof. (81)
Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof. (statistical code 81): imports in September 2026 were JPY 33,045,154,000 (+66.1% year on year), quantity 8,475,393 KG, unit price JPY 3,897 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (33.4%), United States of America (20.3%), Germany (9.1%), Taiwan (5.8%), France (4.3%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 20,689,978,000, a trade deficit of JPY 12,355,176,000. (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 33,045,154,000 | 8,475,393 | JPY 3,897 | +66.1% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 35,435,778,000 | 12,147,092 | 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% |
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 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 47,054,972,000; in 2025, JPY 222,393,830,000, about 4.7 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 256,101,051,000 | JPY 167,769,758,000 | deficit JPY 88,331,293,000 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | JPY 157,293,742,000 | JPY 109,505,445,000 | deficit JPY 47,788,297,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 112,470,553,000 | JPY 91,713,115,000 | deficit JPY 20,757,438,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 158,281,129,000 | JPY 112,907,553,000 | deficit JPY 45,373,576,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 223,388,454,000 | JPY 129,821,702,000 | deficit JPY 93,566,752,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 171,883,727,000 | JPY 116,337,556,000 | deficit JPY 55,546,171,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 124,016,233,000 | JPY 91,634,174,000 | deficit JPY 32,382,059,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 154,790,003,000 | JPY 111,567,292,000 | deficit JPY 43,222,711,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 151,715,050,000 | JPY 118,789,179,000 | deficit JPY 32,925,871,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 124,877,315,000 | JPY 110,831,460,000 | deficit JPY 14,045,855,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 119,703,289,000 | JPY 126,019,677,000 | surplus JPY 6,316,388,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 163,380,109,000 | JPY 123,973,570,000 | deficit JPY 39,406,539,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 155,663,881,000 | JPY 119,948,372,000 | deficit JPY 35,715,509,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 105,832,206,000 | JPY 106,436,635,000 | surplus JPY 604,429,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 307,126,963,000 | JPY 171,910,749,000 | deficit JPY 135,216,214,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 273,813,240,000 | JPY 171,415,335,000 | deficit JPY 102,397,905,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 219,551,322,000 | JPY 167,797,727,000 | deficit JPY 51,753,595,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 195,349,887,000 | JPY 129,303,783,000 | deficit JPY 66,046,104,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 182,366,246,000 | JPY 92,895,446,000 | deficit JPY 89,470,800,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 97,334,961,000 | JPY 74,481,301,000 | deficit JPY 22,853,660,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 77,806,686,000 | JPY 67,561,873,000 | deficit JPY 10,244,813,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 93,123,159,000 | JPY 75,241,095,000 | deficit JPY 17,882,064,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 90,325,148,000 | JPY 63,715,433,000 | deficit JPY 26,609,715,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 77,383,922,000 | JPY 54,623,386,000 | deficit JPY 22,760,536,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 108,845,080,000 | JPY 59,482,621,000 | deficit JPY 49,362,459,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 104,729,037,000 | JPY 60,090,156,000 | deficit JPY 44,638,881,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 96,133,624,000 | JPY 45,331,422,000 | deficit JPY 50,802,202,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 82,253,374,000 | JPY 32,143,873,000 | deficit JPY 50,109,501,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 64,657,047,000 | JPY 29,992,340,000 | deficit JPY 34,664,707,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 45,260,876,000 | JPY 26,259,789,000 | deficit JPY 19,001,087,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 62,014,102,000 | JPY 27,275,319,000 | deficit JPY 34,738,783,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 64,132,306,000 | JPY 30,437,085,000 | deficit JPY 33,695,221,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 54,593,779,000 | JPY 40,610,690,000 | deficit JPY 13,983,089,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 50,090,063,000 | JPY 36,558,874,000 | deficit JPY 13,531,189,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 47,054,972,000 | JPY 25,240,444,000 | deficit JPY 21,814,528,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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