Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal. (82)
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal. (statistical code 82): imports in August 2026 were JPY 22,066,937,000 (+34.5% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (43.2%), Taiwan (8.5%), Germany (6.8%), Republic of Korea (6.2%), Viet Nam (5.4%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 47,520,348,000, a trade surplus of JPY 25,453,411,000. (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 22,066,937,000 | — | — | +34.5% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 23,969,613,000 | — | — | +32.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 24,893,945,000 | — | — | +40.6% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 21,548,149,000 | — | — | +16.8% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 22,122,871,000 | — | — | +19.1% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 19,571,663,000 | — | — | +8.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 19,018,975,000 | — | — | +25.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 20,930,320,000 | — | — | +6.2% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,404,263,000 | — | — | +2.7% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,930,967,000 | — | — | -0.3% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,716,558,000 | — | — | -6.4% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,932,611,000 | — | — | +3.9% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,408,372,000 | — | — | -0.1% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,144,607,000 | — | — | -14.4% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,700,684,000 | — | — | -2.7% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,451,286,000 | — | — | -3.4% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,569,916,000 | — | — | +7.2% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,027,647,000 | — | — | +7.7% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 15,109,365,000 | — | — | -2.0% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,714,817,000 | — | — | +15.7% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 17,917,552,000 | — | — | +14.5% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 17,983,932,000 | — | — | +3.2% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 18,920,302,000 | — | — | +15.8% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 17,253,797,000 | — | — | +1.1% |
Subcategories
- Hand tools, the following : spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry.
- Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades).
- Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe -cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools.
- Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles.
- Hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds), not elsewhere specified or included; blow lamps; vices, clamps and the like, other than accessories for and parts of, machine-tools or water-jet cutting machines; anvils; portable forges; hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks.
- 8206
- Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine-tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, punching, tapping, threading, drilling, boring, broaching, milling, turning or screw driving), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools.
- Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances.
- 8209
- 8210
- Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 82.08, and blades therefor.
- Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips).
- 8213
- Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files).
- Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware.
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 226,168,194,000; in 2025, JPY 214,111,093,000, about 95% of the 2022 level.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 174,122,473,000 | JPY 383,575,542,000 | surplus JPY 209,453,069,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 214,111,093,000 | JPY 476,582,244,000 | surplus JPY 262,471,151,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 213,508,877,000 | JPY 448,184,881,000 | surplus JPY 234,676,004,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 208,536,597,000 | JPY 446,719,800,000 | surplus JPY 238,183,203,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 226,168,194,000 | JPY 453,144,544,000 | surplus JPY 226,976,350,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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