Miscellaneous manufactured articles. (96)
Miscellaneous manufactured articles. (statistical code 96): imports in August 2026 were JPY 18,946,249,000 (+23.8% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (70.5%), Viet Nam (5.7%), Thailand (5.1%), Republic of Korea (2.8%), Taiwan (2.8%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 23,671,219,000, a trade surplus of JPY 4,724,970,000. (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 18,946,249,000 | — | — | +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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 15,591,070,000 | — | — | -3.2% |
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 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 189,729,712,000; in 2025, JPY 208,664,350,000, about 1.1 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 150,940,572,000 | JPY 203,510,591,000 | surplus JPY 52,570,019,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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