Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder. (12)
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder. (statistical code 12): exports in August 2026 were JPY 1,167,007,000 (+0.5% year on year). Main destinations: Republic of Korea (21.1%), United States of America (20.8%), Taiwan (19.1%), Netherlands (4.6%), Brazil (4.4%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 65,852,350,000, a trade deficit of JPY 64,685,343,000. (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 1,167,007,000 | — | — | +0.5% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 1,919,047,000 | — | — | +20.3% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 1,120,993,000 | — | — | +4.5% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 830,286,000 | — | — | -49.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 1,566,287,000 | — | — | +5.3% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 1,385,469,000 | — | — | +0.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 1,164,887,000 | — | — | +30.1% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 1,383,343,000 | — | — | +39.2% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,683,518,000 | — | — | +1.4% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,659,708,000 | — | — | +91.6% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,037,752,000 | — | — | -0.4% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,010,278,000 | — | — | -2.6% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,161,224,000 | — | — | -39.2% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,595,074,000 | — | — | +10.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,072,815,000 | — | — | -4.8% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,646,460,000 | — | — | +31.2% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,487,774,000 | — | — | -6.1% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,377,588,000 | — | — | +31.6% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 895,553,000 | — | — | -13.0% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 994,081,000 | — | — | -27.0% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 1,660,944,000 | — | — | -2.4% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 866,384,000 | — | — | -28.0% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 1,042,411,000 | — | — | -1.0% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 1,036,753,000 | — | — | +6.4% |
Subcategories
- Soya beans, whether or not broken
- Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
- Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken
- 1206
- Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken
- Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard
- Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing
- Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
- Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included
- 1213
- Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 14,563,181,000; in 2025, JPY 15,621,825,000, about 1.1 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 535,596,698,000 | JPY 10,537,319,000 | deficit JPY 525,059,379,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 775,409,279,000 | JPY 15,621,825,000 | deficit JPY 759,787,454,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 797,241,598,000 | JPY 15,357,463,000 | deficit JPY 781,884,135,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 810,744,549,000 | JPY 14,396,250,000 | deficit JPY 796,348,299,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 908,120,735,000 | JPY 14,138,835,000 | deficit JPY 893,981,900,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 18,194,924,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 17,345,244,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 19,414,204,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 19,374,083,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 20,863,068,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 19,868,785,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 19,736,848,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 15,817,908,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 14,098,018,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 11,649,901,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 13,085,096,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 13,375,800,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 13,006,292,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 14,286,424,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 15,448,741,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 14,095,176,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 13,280,361,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 13,548,215,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 13,346,824,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 13,034,095,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 12,311,842,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 12,474,209,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 12,589,098,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 12,838,446,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 13,000,497,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 11,995,700,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 11,136,363,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 12,701,728,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 13,332,963,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 17,492,877,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 16,059,059,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 15,792,372,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 14,779,231,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 14,563,181,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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