Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster. (34)
Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster. (statistical code 34): exports in August 2026 were JPY 37,701,474,000 (+7.9% year on year), quantity 42,565,497 KG, unit price JPY 886 per KG. Main destinations: People's Republic of China (42.4%), Taiwan (13.0%), Republic of Korea (8.3%), United States of America (5.9%), Thailand (4.6%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 17,396,610,000, a trade surplus of JPY 20,304,864,000. (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 37,701,474,000 | 42,565,497 | JPY 886 | +7.9% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 43,897,515,000 | 53,010,509 | JPY 828 | +13.2% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 43,168,819,000 | 52,583,434 | JPY 821 | +10.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 39,650,711,000 | 50,097,943 | JPY 791 | +10.8% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 43,593,094,000 | 53,820,123 | JPY 810 | +14.6% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 43,999,231,000 | 54,024,386 | JPY 814 | +7.2% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 34,702,063,000 | 43,921,935 | JPY 790 | -12.1% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 37,524,472,000 | 48,304,512 | JPY 777 | +29.4% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 43,047,185,000 | 54,881,310 | JPY 784 | -0.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 37,868,412,000 | 48,617,420 | JPY 779 | +0.3% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 39,256,002,000 | 50,596,226 | JPY 776 | -2.4% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 35,328,651,000 | 46,918,932 | JPY 753 | -5.2% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 34,949,278,000 | 42,703,275 | JPY 818 | +0.6% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 38,769,548,000 | 53,156,718 | JPY 729 | -5.7% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 39,176,267,000 | 52,423,569 | JPY 747 | +7.4% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 35,782,421,000 | 49,616,627 | JPY 721 | -2.9% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 38,026,458,000 | 50,615,634 | JPY 751 | +7.0% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 41,052,169,000 | 55,870,958 | JPY 735 | +6.8% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 39,457,038,000 | 51,978,590 | JPY 759 | +17.3% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 28,994,044,000 | 38,132,677 | JPY 760 | -6.3% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 43,181,758,000 | 58,470,123 | JPY 739 | +12.3% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 37,753,509,000 | 53,588,526 | JPY 705 | +11.0% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 40,241,892,000 | 58,871,507 | JPY 684 | +9.3% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 37,247,361,000 | 49,677,097 | JPY 750 | +13.0% |
Subcategories
- Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
- Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01.
- Lubricating preparations (including cutting -oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
- Artificial waxes and prepared waxes.
- Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04.
- 3406
- 3407
- 34XX
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 42,506,974,000; in 2025, JPY 451,707,473,000, about 10.6 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 145,082,190,000 | JPY 324,237,379,000 | surplus JPY 179,155,189,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 193,482,645,000 | JPY 451,707,473,000 | surplus JPY 258,224,828,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 187,092,543,000 | JPY 446,162,899,000 | surplus JPY 259,070,356,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 174,317,864,000 | JPY 400,056,122,000 | surplus JPY 225,738,258,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 176,711,904,000 | JPY 436,018,345,000 | surplus JPY 259,306,441,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 414,066,802,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 327,697,332,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 329,537,571,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 323,018,118,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 298,257,753,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 252,263,797,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 251,883,379,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 235,997,282,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 208,882,706,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 181,534,111,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 181,329,872,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 176,681,867,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 140,901,416,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 165,850,714,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 168,929,642,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 149,527,839,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 128,419,775,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 125,230,947,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 110,795,516,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 102,698,236,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 88,965,281,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 92,684,447,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 82,370,988,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 79,637,801,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 85,493,172,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 72,435,251,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 60,613,084,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 62,498,254,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 60,070,956,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 66,549,994,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 61,143,494,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 59,143,722,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 48,816,573,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 42,506,974,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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