Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. (03)
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. (statistical code 03): exports in September 2026 were JPY 25,063,154,000 (-6.2% year on year), quantity 30,205,902 KG, unit price JPY 830 per KG. Main destinations: United States of America (22.8%), Viet Nam (14.8%), Thailand (13.5%), Republic of Korea (8.9%), Taiwan (7.9%). Figures for September 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 130,528,334,000, a trade deficit of JPY 105,465,180,000. (imports: preliminary; exports: revised)
Import statistics for this code
Monthly statistics
| Month | Status | Export value | Quantity | Unit price | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | revised | JPY 25,063,154,000 | 30,205,902 | JPY 830 | -6.2% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 26,735,189,000 | 37,020,188 | JPY 722 | +19.7% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 25,279,648,000 | 36,149,036 | JPY 699 | +14.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 25,992,677,000 | 41,073,896 | JPY 633 | +15.6% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 28,426,355,000 | 40,637,532 | JPY 700 | +45.5% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 35,723,991,000 | 52,711,972 | JPY 678 | +43.7% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 33,286,543,000 | 43,180,297 | JPY 771 | +21.3% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 26,065,041,000 | 33,380,516 | JPY 781 | +9.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 21,807,937,000 | 31,408,847 | JPY 694 | +26.3% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 33,844,016,000 | 41,521,979 | JPY 815 | +31.0% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 25,079,328,000 | 34,018,653 | JPY 737 | +16.2% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 25,084,037,000 | 49,151,289 | JPY 510 | +24.4% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,733,775,000 | 57,474,040 | JPY 465 | +36.7% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,342,777,000 | 47,689,070 | JPY 469 | +29.5% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,152,101,000 | 57,526,339 | JPY 385 | +21.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,479,034,000 | 54,622,581 | JPY 412 | +26.0% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,540,348,000 | 40,761,639 | JPY 479 | +10.0% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,857,400,000 | 48,846,467 | JPY 509 | +29.6% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 27,436,367,000 | 55,098,872 | JPY 498 | +64.3% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,877,932,000 | 43,224,743 | JPY 552 | +52.5% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 17,262,544,000 | 23,616,920 | JPY 731 | +60.6% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 25,829,752,000 | 32,895,499 | JPY 785 | +35.1% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 21,584,077,000 | 30,225,623 | JPY 714 | +51.1% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 20,156,002,000 | 28,947,992 | JPY 696 | +48.4% |
Subcategories
- Live fish
- Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04
- Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04
- Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
- Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.
- Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine.
- Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.
- Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.
- Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption.
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 54,847,330,000; in 2025, JPY 290,689,659,000, about 5.3 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 1,111,729,668,000 | JPY 248,380,535,000 | deficit JPY 863,349,133,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,514,384,270,000 | JPY 290,689,659,000 | deficit JPY 1,223,694,611,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,433,788,333,000 | JPY 220,451,504,000 | deficit JPY 1,213,336,829,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 1,410,671,984,000 | JPY 231,269,496,000 | deficit JPY 1,179,402,488,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 1,529,805,009,000 | JPY 256,655,715,000 | deficit JPY 1,273,149,294,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 1,193,868,707,000 | JPY 202,750,210,000 | deficit JPY 991,118,497,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 1,061,535,783,000 | JPY 145,517,061,000 | deficit JPY 916,018,722,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 167,461,161,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | JPY 1,312,758,181,000 | JPY 176,224,620,000 | deficit JPY 1,136,533,561,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 1,314,639,140,000 | JPY 159,592,301,000 | deficit JPY 1,155,046,839,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 1,175,882,028,000 | JPY 152,095,788,000 | deficit JPY 1,023,786,240,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 1,239,525,454,000 | JPY 162,751,420,000 | deficit JPY 1,076,774,034,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 1,211,164,597,000 | JPY 137,000,793,000 | deficit JPY 1,074,163,804,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 1,158,049,973,000 | JPY 131,626,304,000 | deficit JPY 1,026,423,669,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 1,112,985,671,000 | JPY 94,477,169,000 | deficit JPY 1,018,508,502,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 1,079,693,421,000 | JPY 96,525,183,000 | deficit JPY 983,168,238,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 1,020,889,059,000 | JPY 112,541,945,000 | deficit JPY 908,347,114,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 981,905,300,000 | JPY 100,503,002,000 | deficit JPY 881,402,298,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 1,200,393,166,000 | JPY 119,174,729,000 | deficit JPY 1,081,218,437,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 1,200,933,769,000 | JPY 136,270,272,000 | deficit JPY 1,064,663,497,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 1,262,589,360,000 | JPY 115,389,865,000 | deficit JPY 1,147,199,495,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 1,273,738,059,000 | JPY 96,734,362,000 | deficit JPY 1,177,003,697,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 1,245,930,030,000 | JPY 82,576,697,000 | deficit JPY 1,163,353,333,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 1,224,456,928,000 | JPY 74,957,479,000 | deficit JPY 1,149,499,449,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 1,372,387,105,000 | JPY 68,065,486,000 | deficit JPY 1,304,321,619,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 1,354,628,964,000 | JPY 64,751,836,000 | deficit JPY 1,289,877,128,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 1,380,630,652,000 | JPY 57,622,133,000 | deficit JPY 1,323,008,519,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 1,407,750,777,000 | JPY 52,531,554,000 | deficit JPY 1,355,219,223,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 1,393,773,563,000 | JPY 62,688,245,000 | deficit JPY 1,331,085,318,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 1,547,951,639,000 | JPY 69,515,318,000 | deficit JPY 1,478,436,321,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 1,550,224,730,000 | JPY 46,562,395,000 | deficit JPY 1,503,662,335,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 1,412,002,363,000 | JPY 38,805,199,000 | deficit JPY 1,373,197,164,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 1,422,534,816,000 | JPY 44,293,210,000 | deficit JPY 1,378,241,606,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 1,364,080,055,000 | JPY 46,718,467,000 | deficit JPY 1,317,361,588,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 1,418,713,613,000 | JPY 53,908,610,000 | deficit JPY 1,364,805,003,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 1,427,423,692,000 | JPY 54,855,097,000 | deficit JPY 1,372,568,595,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 1,385,972,600,000 | JPY 51,427,535,000 | deficit JPY 1,334,545,065,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 1,248,363,483,000 | JPY 55,745,437,000 | deficit JPY 1,192,618,046,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 1,221,694,152,000 | JPY 54,847,330,000 | deficit JPY 1,166,846,822,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
The e-Stat table 'Final Trade Statistics by Commodity and Country (Imports), 2016–2020' (Ministry of Finance Trade Statistics of Japan) lacks data for some commodities from April 2018 to December 2019, so values for this period are not shown. This is a problem in the source data; official annual totals from the Ministry of Finance differ.
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