Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. (03)
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. (statistical code 03): exports in August 2026 were JPY 26,735,189,000 (+19.7% year on year), quantity 37,020,188 KG, unit price JPY 722 per KG. Main destinations: United States of America (20.5%), Thailand (18.4%), Viet Nam (14.2%), Republic of Korea (9.5%), Hong Kong (6.2%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 115,168,817,000, a trade deficit of JPY 88,433,628,000. (imports: preliminary; exports: revised)
Import statistics for this code
Monthly statistics
| Month | Status | Export value | Quantity | Unit price | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 19,549,831,000 | 30,155,772 | JPY 648 | +37.1% |
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–Aug) | JPY 981,149,174,000 | JPY 223,317,381,000 | deficit JPY 757,831,793,000 |
| 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 202,750,210,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 145,517,061,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 167,461,161,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 176,224,620,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 159,592,301,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 152,095,788,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 162,751,420,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 137,000,793,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 131,626,304,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 94,477,169,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 96,525,183,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 112,541,945,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 100,503,002,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 119,174,729,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 136,270,272,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 115,389,865,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 96,734,362,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 82,576,697,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 74,957,479,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 68,065,486,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 64,751,836,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 57,622,133,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 52,531,554,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 62,688,245,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 69,515,318,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 46,562,395,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 38,805,199,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 44,293,210,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 46,718,467,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 53,908,610,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 54,855,097,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 51,427,535,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 55,745,437,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 54,847,330,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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