Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes. (28)
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes. (statistical code 28): exports in August 2026 were JPY 110,729,185,000 (+24.6% year on year), quantity 414,633,130 KG, unit price JPY 267 per KG. Main destinations: United States of America (24.5%), India (14.8%), People's Republic of China (12.5%), Thailand (8.5%), Taiwan (6.3%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 131,231,248,000, a trade deficit of JPY 20,502,063,000. (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 110,729,185,000 | 414,633,130 | JPY 267 | +24.6% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 125,634,849,000 | 513,677,439 | JPY 244 | +25.6% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 122,276,272,000 | 372,754,359 | JPY 328 | +27.1% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 115,044,057,000 | 390,973,246 | JPY 294 | +39.9% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 124,715,872,000 | 413,668,812 | JPY 301 | +18.9% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 122,084,466,000 | 604,214,362 | JPY 202 | +15.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 112,242,851,000 | 448,401,606 | JPY 250 | +16.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 98,098,721,000 | 573,906,961 | JPY 171 | +18.3% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 113,844,641,000 | 426,877,617 | JPY 267 | +4.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 100,000,618,000 | 302,261,461 | JPY 331 | -2.1% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 95,013,511,000 | 513,484,641 | JPY 185 | -16.1% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 92,145,030,000 | 474,605,955 | JPY 194 | -11.2% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 88,843,847,000 | 578,225,048 | JPY 154 | -2.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 99,995,946,000 | 418,081,069 | JPY 239 | +11.3% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 96,202,839,000 | 432,984,325 | JPY 222 | -6.9% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 82,218,364,000 | 400,332,523 | JPY 205 | -9.6% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 104,894,751,000 | 506,857,608 | JPY 207 | +11.0% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 105,597,862,000 | 445,212,992 | JPY 237 | -2.6% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 96,588,787,000 | 567,129,339 | JPY 170 | +11.2% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 82,944,480,000 | 579,527,033 | JPY 143 | +3.2% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 109,123,646,000 | 444,712,579 | JPY 245 | +3.9% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 102,126,771,000 | 374,357,758 | JPY 273 | +1.5% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 113,300,828,000 | 507,972,644 | JPY 223 | +11.1% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 103,752,920,000 | 517,327,585 | JPY 200 | -10.0% |
Subcategories
- Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
- 2802
- 2803
- Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
- Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury
- Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid
- 2807
- 2808
- Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined
- 2810
- Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
- Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
- Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
- Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
- Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
- Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
- 2817
- Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide
- Chromium oxides and hydroxides
- Manganese oxides
- Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3
- 2822
- 2823
- Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead
- Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides
- Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts
- Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides
- Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites
- Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates
- Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined
- Dithionites and sulphoxylates
- Sulphites; thiosulphates
- Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)
- Nitrites; nitrates
- Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined
- Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate
- Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
- Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
- Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
- Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
- Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides
- Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals
- Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
- Isotopes other than those of heading 28.44; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
- Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
- 2847
- Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
- 2850
- Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams
- Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals
- 28XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 139,273,251,000; in 2025, JPY 1,158,290,676,000, about 8.3 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 957,637,568,000 | JPY 930,826,273,000 | deficit JPY 26,811,295,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,096,142,885,000 | JPY 1,158,290,676,000 | surplus JPY 62,147,791,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,067,711,005,000 | JPY 1,173,516,654,000 | surplus JPY 105,805,649,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 1,337,305,575,000 | JPY 1,242,756,786,000 | deficit JPY 94,548,789,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 1,579,662,876,000 | JPY 1,359,620,807,000 | deficit JPY 220,042,069,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 1,031,702,661,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 727,410,628,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 681,300,342,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 645,058,420,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 520,623,935,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 410,050,120,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 424,793,892,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 404,815,535,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 387,263,390,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 352,563,930,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 394,482,000,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 392,654,391,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 327,851,737,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 530,850,946,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 481,796,671,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 400,646,630,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 326,349,671,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 292,769,163,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 265,653,121,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 241,946,127,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 220,381,622,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 227,864,535,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 205,751,676,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 205,687,502,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 208,616,741,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 186,292,353,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 162,091,094,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 147,295,539,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 143,881,766,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 155,219,839,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 164,750,219,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 172,906,893,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 160,076,434,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 139,273,251,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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