Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (15)
Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (statistical code 15): exports in August 2026 were JPY 4,516,442,000 (+35.8% year on year). Main destinations: United States of America (31.7%), Republic of Korea (23.3%), Malaysia (8.1%), Canada (6.1%), People's Republic of China (4.4%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 23,080,175,000, a trade deficit of JPY 18,563,733,000. (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 4,516,442,000 | — | — | +35.8% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 4,668,480,000 | — | — | +27.7% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 4,008,555,000 | — | — | +3.1% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 4,360,255,000 | — | — | +18.4% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 5,011,080,000 | — | — | +9.3% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 4,889,014,000 | — | — | +4.3% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 4,252,303,000 | — | — | +10.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 3,170,042,000 | — | — | -16.9% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,193,217,000 | — | — | -3.2% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,774,239,000 | — | — | +15.8% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,324,619,000 | — | — | -6.8% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,707,687,000 | — | — | +11.6% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,326,609,000 | — | — | -8.9% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,656,751,000 | — | — | -16.2% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,888,028,000 | — | — | -12.4% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,682,271,000 | — | — | -12.7% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,584,472,000 | — | — | +4.1% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,688,525,000 | — | — | -18.8% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,834,717,000 | — | — | -12.6% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,815,946,000 | — | — | +9.6% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 4,331,930,000 | — | — | -13.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 4,123,747,000 | — | — | +1.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 4,640,430,000 | — | — | -21.6% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 4,219,189,000 | — | — | -20.8% |
Subcategories
- Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 02.09 or 15.03
- Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15.03
- 1503
- Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- 1505
- 1506
- Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 15.09
- Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared
- Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16
- 1518
- 1520
- Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured
- 1522
- 15XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 22,252,072,000; in 2025, JPY 49,477,081,000, about 2.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 198,031,298,000 | JPY 34,876,171,000 | deficit JPY 163,155,127,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 275,577,650,000 | JPY 49,477,081,000 | deficit JPY 226,100,569,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 270,058,597,000 | JPY 52,029,572,000 | deficit JPY 218,029,025,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 245,528,916,000 | JPY 50,422,452,000 | deficit JPY 195,106,464,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 268,592,136,000 | JPY 46,586,487,000 | deficit JPY 222,005,649,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 32,147,260,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 26,149,672,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 25,222,604,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 25,527,763,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 21,037,491,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 17,971,622,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 17,416,082,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 18,797,911,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 15,658,289,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 12,447,382,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 12,678,255,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 12,335,777,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 11,134,371,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 12,045,465,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 10,758,936,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 10,230,784,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 9,132,149,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 9,400,355,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 9,169,721,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 8,908,600,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 8,497,955,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 8,365,608,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 8,663,676,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 8,747,305,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 8,315,002,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 6,910,560,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 7,714,068,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 8,332,083,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 8,515,242,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 9,701,058,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 12,395,819,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 15,989,760,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 13,556,213,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 22,252,072,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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