Organic chemicals. (29)
Organic chemicals. (statistical code 29): exports in August 2026 were JPY 166,272,351,000 (+26.7% year on year). Main destinations: People's Republic of China (30.7%), Republic of Korea (16.8%), Taiwan (10.4%), United States of America (10.3%), India (3.4%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 186,392,194,000, a trade deficit of JPY 20,119,843,000. (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 166,272,351,000 | — | — | +26.7% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 164,573,108,000 | — | — | +11.8% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 153,373,380,000 | — | — | +8.4% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 140,982,386,000 | — | — | -3.5% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 151,685,576,000 | — | — | -12.9% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 186,287,726,000 | — | — | -0.3% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 147,689,937,000 | — | — | -16.7% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 161,860,678,000 | — | — | -7.9% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 156,357,925,000 | — | — | -11.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 149,077,764,000 | — | — | -12.9% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 144,709,795,000 | — | — | -14.2% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 146,751,605,000 | — | — | -12.3% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 131,269,509,000 | — | — | -16.5% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 147,239,292,000 | — | — | -19.0% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 141,549,057,000 | — | — | -15.7% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 146,156,864,000 | — | — | -17.3% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 174,232,380,000 | — | — | -3.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 186,893,451,000 | — | — | -3.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 177,363,572,000 | — | — | +0.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 175,677,495,000 | — | — | +9.2% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 176,372,482,000 | — | — | -0.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 171,136,057,000 | — | — | -0.4% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 168,698,169,000 | — | — | -10.3% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 167,329,537,000 | — | — | -3.7% |
Subcategories
- Acyclic hydrocarbons.
- Cyclic hydrocarbons.
- Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons.
- Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated.
- Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Phenols; phenol-alcohols.
- Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols.
- Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
- 2911
- Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde.
- 2913
- Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
- Amine -function compounds.
- Oxygen-function amino-compounds.
- Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined.
- Carboxyamide -function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid.
- Carboxyimide -function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine -function compounds.
- Nitrile -function compounds.
- 2927
- 2928
- Compounds with other nitrogen function.
- Organo-sulphur compounds.
- Other organo-inorganic compounds.
- Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero -atom(s) only.
- Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only.
- Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds.
- Sulphonamides.
- Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent.
- Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones.
- Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives.
- Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives.
- 2940
- Antibiotics.
- 2942
- 29XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 676,993,934,000; in 2025, JPY 1,877,278,709,000, about 2.8 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 1,645,889,928,000 | JPY 1,272,725,142,000 | deficit JPY 373,164,786,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 2,131,495,420,000 | JPY 1,877,278,709,000 | deficit JPY 254,216,711,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 2,183,533,657,000 | JPY 2,079,056,844,000 | deficit JPY 104,476,813,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 2,151,825,801,000 | JPY 2,075,639,571,000 | deficit JPY 76,186,230,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 2,407,366,998,000 | JPY 2,254,368,165,000 | deficit JPY 152,998,833,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 2,012,266,408,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 1,590,605,432,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 1,945,819,007,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 2,087,833,966,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 2,004,830,415,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 1,730,462,276,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 2,166,200,226,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 2,482,947,227,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 2,563,489,742,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 1,867,883,313,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 1,963,445,810,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 1,935,162,759,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 1,763,884,706,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 2,105,615,748,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 2,443,069,886,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 2,162,449,669,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 1,970,223,816,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 1,782,661,543,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 1,559,614,782,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 1,438,244,287,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 1,313,713,796,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 1,283,283,700,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 1,232,776,802,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 1,349,132,674,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 1,330,734,562,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 1,209,129,302,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 1,122,473,574,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 902,112,834,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 841,931,344,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 944,856,179,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 914,553,980,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 887,171,607,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 810,290,079,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 676,993,934,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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