Miscellaneous manufactured articles. (96)
Miscellaneous manufactured articles. (statistical code 96): imports in September 2026 were JPY 20,050,067,000 (+13.7% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (68.9%), Viet Nam (6.7%), Thailand (5.5%), Republic of Korea (3.1%), Malaysia (2.4%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 26,044,462,000, a trade surplus of JPY 5,994,395,000. (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 20,050,067,000 | — | — | +13.7% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 18,948,567,000 | — | — | +23.8% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 21,046,004,000 | — | — | +18.7% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 19,819,047,000 | — | — | +14.1% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 18,149,222,000 | — | — | +11.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 19,090,325,000 | — | — | +2.0% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 16,002,390,000 | — | — | -10.8% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 17,789,301,000 | — | — | +24.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 20,098,034,000 | — | — | -3.2% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,228,549,000 | — | — | +2.6% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,261,738,000 | — | — | -3.5% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,129,518,000 | — | — | -3.9% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,641,369,000 | — | — | +13.2% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 15,306,696,000 | — | — | -3.5% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,732,501,000 | — | — | -5.5% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,375,664,000 | — | — | +4.0% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 16,246,320,000 | — | — | -8.1% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 18,709,573,000 | — | — | +11.3% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,942,401,000 | — | — | +22.1% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 14,317,855,000 | — | — | -1.0% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 20,772,166,000 | — | — | +27.8% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 17,762,510,000 | — | — | +17.3% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 17,894,940,000 | — | — | +5.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 17,829,494,000 | — | — | +10.0% |
Subcategories
- Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)
- 9602
- Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees)
- 9604
- 9605
- Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks
- Slide fasteners and parts thereof
- Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 96.09
- Pencils (other than pencils of heading 96.08), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
- 9610
- 9611
- Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes
- Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks
- 9614
- Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 85.16, and parts thereof
- Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations
- 9617
- 9618
- 9619
- 9620
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 39,549,203,000; in 2025, JPY 208,664,350,000, about 5.3 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 170,992,957,000 | JPY 229,555,053,000 | surplus JPY 58,562,096,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 208,664,350,000 | JPY 280,040,840,000 | surplus JPY 71,376,490,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 200,313,608,000 | JPY 292,186,017,000 | surplus JPY 91,872,409,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 185,678,042,000 | JPY 290,498,277,000 | surplus JPY 104,820,235,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 189,729,712,000 | JPY 323,604,738,000 | surplus JPY 133,875,026,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 147,806,744,000 | JPY 305,726,352,000 | surplus JPY 157,919,608,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 135,131,288,000 | JPY 282,955,914,000 | surplus JPY 147,824,626,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 160,046,374,000 | JPY 358,363,757,000 | surplus JPY 198,317,383,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 166,257,396,000 | JPY 386,259,018,000 | surplus JPY 220,001,622,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 164,454,715,000 | JPY 400,668,393,000 | surplus JPY 236,213,678,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 155,459,124,000 | JPY 356,501,212,000 | surplus JPY 201,042,088,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 172,547,419,000 | JPY 391,089,345,000 | surplus JPY 218,541,926,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 149,580,119,000 | JPY 302,389,945,000 | surplus JPY 152,809,826,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 140,764,237,000 | JPY 249,821,229,000 | surplus JPY 109,056,992,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 117,005,281,000 | JPY 206,380,194,000 | surplus JPY 89,374,913,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 101,443,907,000 | JPY 161,980,526,000 | surplus JPY 60,536,619,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 97,709,844,000 | JPY 158,012,778,000 | surplus JPY 60,302,934,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 96,337,011,000 | JPY 139,994,160,000 | surplus JPY 43,657,149,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 113,084,977,000 | JPY 183,552,382,000 | surplus JPY 70,467,405,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 113,603,316,000 | JPY 195,837,330,000 | surplus JPY 82,234,014,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 107,106,282,000 | JPY 185,832,064,000 | surplus JPY 78,725,782,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 91,513,522,000 | JPY 175,529,835,000 | surplus JPY 84,016,313,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 82,039,448,000 | JPY 180,672,377,000 | surplus JPY 98,632,929,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 80,278,459,000 | JPY 178,958,326,000 | surplus JPY 98,679,867,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 78,048,379,000 | JPY 186,407,089,000 | surplus JPY 108,358,710,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 78,207,722,000 | JPY 192,521,940,000 | surplus JPY 114,314,218,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 70,997,188,000 | JPY 218,444,611,000 | surplus JPY 147,447,423,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 67,741,394,000 | JPY 211,915,056,000 | surplus JPY 144,173,662,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 70,084,384,000 | JPY 213,892,566,000 | surplus JPY 143,808,182,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 74,607,354,000 | JPY 215,352,278,000 | surplus JPY 140,744,924,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 73,170,225,000 | JPY 185,471,972,000 | surplus JPY 112,301,747,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 63,149,057,000 | JPY 175,131,423,000 | surplus JPY 111,982,366,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 57,666,077,000 | JPY 174,661,506,000 | surplus JPY 116,995,429,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 51,522,639,000 | JPY 182,888,421,000 | surplus JPY 131,365,782,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 56,919,039,000 | JPY 206,890,141,000 | surplus JPY 149,971,102,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 57,347,757,000 | JPY 200,107,133,000 | surplus JPY 142,759,376,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 53,849,502,000 | JPY 202,029,390,000 | surplus JPY 148,179,888,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 51,256,447,000 | JPY 176,096,573,000 | surplus JPY 124,840,126,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 39,549,203,000 | JPY 157,419,380,000 | surplus JPY 117,870,177,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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