Pharmaceutical products. (30)
Pharmaceutical products. (statistical code 30): exports in August 2026 were JPY 101,494,602,000 (+5.0% year on year), quantity 4,379,529 KG, unit price JPY 23,152 per KG. Main destinations: Switzerland (31.2%), United States of America (20.3%), People's Republic of China (17.0%), Taiwan (4.7%), Republic of Korea (4.6%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 415,796,216,000, a trade deficit of JPY 314,301,614,000. (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 101,494,602,000 | 4,379,529 | JPY 23,152 | +5.0% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 145,467,601,000 | 4,773,590 | JPY 30,449 | +84.0% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 84,415,807,000 | 4,608,793 | JPY 18,310 | -19.8% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 107,416,654,000 | 4,685,288 | JPY 22,913 | +10.0% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 125,666,229,000 | 4,920,399 | JPY 25,467 | +15.2% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 83,221,627,000 | 5,141,167 | JPY 16,169 | -7.5% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 85,704,490,000 | 3,928,637 | JPY 21,791 | -17.9% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 99,751,582,000 | 3,530,314 | JPY 28,222 | -24.6% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 86,323,471,000 | 4,697,534 | JPY 18,348 | +6.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 135,192,531,000 | 4,457,151 | JPY 30,311 | +52.8% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 125,697,350,000 | 5,136,033 | JPY 24,415 | +26.0% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 88,455,295,000 | 5,004,326 | JPY 17,636 | -5.3% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 96,700,469,000 | 4,323,583 | JPY 22,357 | +18.6% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 79,048,625,000 | 4,401,940 | JPY 17,946 | -24.6% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 105,252,519,000 | 4,402,129 | JPY 23,889 | -11.0% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 97,681,469,000 | 4,656,669 | JPY 20,955 | -20.2% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 109,131,700,000 | 4,318,658 | JPY 25,252 | +16.8% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 89,921,984,000 | 5,065,938 | JPY 17,738 | +15.2% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 104,418,478,000 | 4,033,783 | JPY 25,854 | +0.3% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 132,293,853,000 | 3,659,003 | JPY 36,113 | +26.6% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 81,212,101,000 | 4,860,549 | JPY 16,703 | -17.2% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 88,454,788,000 | 4,210,083 | JPY 20,974 | -11.5% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 99,772,649,000 | 4,412,046 | JPY 22,591 | +43.2% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 93,374,012,000 | 4,190,925 | JPY 22,274 | -4.1% |
Subcategories
- Glands and other organs for organo -therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo -therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included.
- Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified.
- Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.
- Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale.
- Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes.
- Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter.
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 28,717,085,000; in 2025, JPY 1,250,117,744,000, about 43.5 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 3,389,061,396,000 | JPY 833,138,592,000 | deficit JPY 2,555,922,804,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 4,878,740,524,000 | JPY 1,250,117,744,000 | deficit JPY 3,628,622,780,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 4,602,220,419,000 | JPY 1,169,828,455,000 | deficit JPY 3,432,391,964,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 4,407,765,669,000 | JPY 1,071,641,687,000 | deficit JPY 3,336,123,982,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 5,192,672,893,000 | JPY 978,362,315,000 | deficit JPY 4,214,310,578,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 830,694,550,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 800,899,145,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 694,346,890,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 612,095,953,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 510,977,088,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 441,353,626,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 412,605,488,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 309,501,131,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 316,488,892,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 270,713,724,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 303,125,850,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 315,924,647,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 321,431,381,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 306,978,477,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 290,192,341,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 288,325,771,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 279,872,446,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 296,316,853,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 280,829,641,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 244,373,376,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 236,358,043,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 203,353,985,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 179,786,149,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 136,168,380,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 130,077,458,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 102,012,322,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 81,809,862,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 66,171,786,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 66,205,845,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 63,394,493,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 52,166,340,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 42,376,159,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 29,828,840,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 28,717,085,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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