Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes. (27)
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes. (statistical code 27): exports in August 2026 were JPY 240,022,018,000 (+137.1% year on year). Main destinations: Republic of Korea (30.7%), Bangladesh (10.6%), Philippines (9.7%), Malaysia (9.5%), People's Republic of China (7.6%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 2,465,728,140,000, a trade deficit of JPY 2,225,706,122,000. (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 240,022,018,000 | — | — | +137.1% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 231,092,865,000 | — | — | +174.7% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 127,936,437,000 | — | — | +32.0% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 111,128,025,000 | — | — | +116.9% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 116,546,392,000 | — | — | +7.9% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 145,140,447,000 | — | — | +52.5% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 170,484,258,000 | — | — | +40.7% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 180,116,373,000 | — | — | +19.6% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 150,050,866,000 | — | — | +7.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 138,170,105,000 | — | — | +11.1% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 129,724,340,000 | — | — | +15.3% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 137,944,601,000 | — | — | +39.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 101,224,543,000 | — | — | -8.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 84,118,361,000 | — | — | -10.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 96,914,486,000 | — | — | -16.4% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 51,233,811,000 | — | — | -51.0% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 107,986,895,000 | — | — | -25.0% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 95,172,641,000 | — | — | -49.3% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 121,174,533,000 | — | — | -5.2% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 150,657,687,000 | — | — | +6.5% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 139,897,919,000 | — | — | -3.9% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 124,331,868,000 | — | — | -19.1% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 112,510,661,000 | — | — | -40.3% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 99,260,328,000 | — | — | -49.0% |
Subcategories
- Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
- Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
- 2703
- 2704
- 2705
- 2706
- Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents
- Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars
- 2709
- Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
- Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
- Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
- Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks
- 2715
- 27XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 73,878,794,000; in 2025, JPY 1,364,372,869,000, about 18.5 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 16,136,684,633,000 | JPY 1,322,466,815,000 | deficit JPY 14,814,217,818,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 22,167,407,883,000 | JPY 1,364,372,869,000 | deficit JPY 20,803,035,014,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 25,534,125,948,000 | JPY 1,502,615,548,000 | deficit JPY 24,031,510,400,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 27,360,759,798,000 | JPY 1,787,330,603,000 | deficit JPY 25,573,429,195,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 33,709,260,210,000 | JPY 2,394,697,850,000 | deficit JPY 31,314,562,360,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 1,122,613,562,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 813,697,623,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 1,527,459,722,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 1,474,848,806,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 1,275,989,614,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 1,016,823,238,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 1,377,067,941,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 1,675,823,442,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 1,624,001,251,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 1,072,360,213,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 1,297,415,331,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 1,142,475,155,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 982,320,249,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 1,946,769,680,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 1,090,411,554,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 686,137,234,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 491,584,854,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 247,402,173,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 180,169,094,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 175,534,874,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 183,258,280,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 163,813,295,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 139,541,521,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 161,400,217,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 231,185,786,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 212,191,466,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 233,795,443,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 235,782,047,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 219,841,928,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 201,955,518,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 174,767,724,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 182,013,725,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 132,630,219,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 73,878,794,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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