Cocoa and cocoa preparations. (18)
Cocoa and cocoa preparations. (statistical code 18): exports in September 2026 were JPY 1,997,425,000 (+2.1% year on year). Main destinations: United States of America (23.4%), Hong Kong (22.7%), People's Republic of China (12.2%), Taiwan (11.3%), Thailand (4.6%). Figures for September 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 18,862,952,000, a trade deficit of JPY 16,865,527,000. (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 1,997,425,000 | — | — | +2.1% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 1,825,821,000 | — | — | +11.5% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 1,311,815,000 | — | — | +0.2% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 1,631,194,000 | — | — | +10.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 1,340,254,000 | — | — | -6.0% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 1,802,519,000 | — | — | +21.6% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 1,672,978,000 | — | — | +15.4% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 1,600,103,000 | — | — | +0.3% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 1,826,225,000 | — | — | +65.8% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,146,912,000 | — | — | -1.7% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,455,169,000 | — | — | +10.3% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,545,228,000 | — | — | +24.8% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,955,743,000 | — | — | +24.8% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,637,171,000 | — | — | +34.9% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,308,688,000 | — | — | +20.0% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,478,310,000 | — | — | +32.9% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,425,150,000 | — | — | +41.0% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,481,875,000 | — | — | +27.2% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,449,254,000 | — | — | +34.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,595,980,000 | — | — | +37.5% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,101,535,000 | — | — | +0.2% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 2,184,884,000 | — | — | +12.7% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 2,225,632,000 | — | — | +29.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 2,039,068,000 | — | — | +16.1% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 1,664,585,000; in 2025, JPY 20,581,015,000, about 12.4 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 168,518,777,000 | JPY 15,008,334,000 | deficit JPY 153,510,443,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 323,334,586,000 | JPY 20,581,015,000 | deficit JPY 302,753,571,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 228,658,027,000 | JPY 16,950,826,000 | deficit JPY 211,707,201,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 147,738,277,000 | JPY 15,133,212,000 | deficit JPY 132,605,065,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 143,416,826,000 | JPY 13,790,526,000 | deficit JPY 129,626,300,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 113,743,145,000 | JPY 11,768,527,000 | deficit JPY 101,974,618,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 101,115,552,000 | JPY 8,956,523,000 | deficit JPY 92,159,029,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 9,175,804,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | JPY 112,338,630,000 | JPY 9,698,483,000 | deficit JPY 102,640,147,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 113,678,786,000 | JPY 9,132,226,000 | deficit JPY 104,546,560,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 112,603,117,000 | JPY 9,653,477,000 | deficit JPY 102,949,640,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 115,391,425,000 | JPY 9,275,592,000 | deficit JPY 106,115,833,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 111,462,089,000 | JPY 8,001,984,000 | deficit JPY 103,460,105,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 90,760,648,000 | JPY 5,867,555,000 | deficit JPY 84,893,093,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 80,470,632,000 | JPY 5,248,694,000 | deficit JPY 75,221,938,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 80,354,893,000 | JPY 4,870,914,000 | deficit JPY 75,483,979,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 79,610,874,000 | JPY 5,073,006,000 | deficit JPY 74,537,868,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 76,285,937,000 | JPY 4,688,493,000 | deficit JPY 71,597,444,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 85,265,464,000 | JPY 5,719,818,000 | deficit JPY 79,545,646,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 95,436,550,000 | JPY 6,082,464,000 | deficit JPY 89,354,086,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 80,044,347,000 | JPY 5,388,473,000 | deficit JPY 74,655,874,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 69,634,384,000 | JPY 4,683,079,000 | deficit JPY 64,951,305,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 66,785,858,000 | JPY 3,946,298,000 | deficit JPY 62,839,560,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 70,761,491,000 | JPY 3,759,055,000 | deficit JPY 67,002,436,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 59,364,969,000 | JPY 3,243,649,000 | deficit JPY 56,121,320,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 52,956,634,000 | JPY 2,602,372,000 | deficit JPY 50,354,262,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 48,751,925,000 | JPY 2,489,924,000 | deficit JPY 46,262,001,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 52,441,648,000 | JPY 2,679,926,000 | deficit JPY 49,761,722,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 59,695,333,000 | JPY 2,467,442,000 | deficit JPY 57,227,891,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 59,050,913,000 | JPY 1,786,185,000 | deficit JPY 57,264,728,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 58,602,446,000 | JPY 1,891,369,000 | deficit JPY 56,711,077,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 42,783,025,000 | JPY 1,432,580,000 | deficit JPY 41,350,445,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 39,641,388,000 | JPY 1,558,964,000 | deficit JPY 38,082,424,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 39,134,429,000 | JPY 1,548,180,000 | deficit JPY 37,586,249,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 47,032,484,000 | JPY 1,889,189,000 | deficit JPY 45,143,295,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 48,035,809,000 | JPY 2,066,865,000 | deficit JPY 45,968,944,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 54,336,030,000 | JPY 1,731,071,000 | deficit JPY 52,604,959,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 53,322,755,000 | JPY 1,820,808,000 | deficit JPY 51,501,947,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 49,252,064,000 | JPY 1,664,585,000 | deficit JPY 47,587,479,000 |
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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