Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. (93)
Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof. (statistical code 93): imports in August 2026 were JPY 7,193,250,000 (+166.4% year on year), quantity 127,651 KG, unit price JPY 56,351 per KG. Main origins: United States of America (87.0%), Norway (7.1%), People's Republic of China (2.2%), France (1.0%), Belgium (0.8%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 2,560,931,000, a trade deficit of JPY 4,632,319,000. (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 7,193,250,000 | 127,651 | JPY 56,351 | +166.4% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 4,334,222,000 | 185,250 | JPY 23,365 | -94.2% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 3,054,173,000 | 69,775 | JPY 43,766 | -31.6% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 2,229,412,000 | 208,210 | JPY 10,708 | -52.4% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 3,163,854,000 | 256,814 | JPY 12,320 | +20.2% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 8,374,946,000 | 203,737 | JPY 40,095 | +79.1% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 3,858,863,000 | 175,818 | JPY 21,931 | -24.3% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 6,163,235,000 | 192,471 | JPY 32,022 | -45.7% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 9,510,420,000 | 263,754 | JPY 36,058 | +254.7% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,961,790,000 | 111,579 | JPY 26,544 | +81.4% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 13,362,409,000 | 165,112 | JPY 80,928 | +488.1% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,796,563,000 | 177,547 | JPY 27,016 | +215.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,700,516,000 | 244,203 | JPY 11,058 | -71.7% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 74,468,344,000 | 215,238 | JPY 345,981 | +1154.0% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,466,829,000 | 207,931 | JPY 21,482 | -2.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,680,587,000 | 329,682 | JPY 14,197 | -88.8% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,631,264,000 | 229,710 | JPY 11,455 | +30.6% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,676,011,000 | 65,080 | JPY 71,850 | +51.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,100,288,000 | 229,142 | JPY 22,258 | -94.2% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 11,341,628,000 | 254,754 | JPY 44,520 | +1189.6% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 2,681,557,000 | 221,689 | JPY 12,096 | -33.8% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 1,632,955,000 | 154,900 | JPY 10,542 | -17.8% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 2,272,106,000 | 115,130 | JPY 19,732 | +74.6% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 1,522,751,000 | 194,364 | JPY 7,835 | +48.6% |
Subcategories
- Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07
- 9302
- Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns)
- 9304
- Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04
- Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads
- 9307
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 25,134,849,000; in 2025, JPY 140,696,649,000, about 5.6 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 38,371,955,000 | JPY 21,720,769,000 | deficit JPY 16,651,186,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 140,696,649,000 | JPY 36,060,710,000 | deficit JPY 104,635,939,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 163,273,114,000 | JPY 64,170,594,000 | deficit JPY 99,102,520,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 32,579,533,000 | JPY 50,621,265,000 | surplus JPY 18,041,732,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 25,134,849,000 | JPY 51,755,757,000 | surplus JPY 26,620,908,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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