Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut). (42)
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut). (statistical code 42): exports in September 2026 were JPY 2,012,725,000 (+8.2% year on year), quantity 151,853 KG, unit price JPY 13,231 per KG. Main destinations: People's Republic of China (22.4%), United States of America (13.4%), Republic of Korea (13.2%), Taiwan (13.1%), Hong Kong (9.3%). Figures for September 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 81,649,934,000, a trade deficit of JPY 79,637,209,000. (imports: preliminary; exports: revised)
Import statistics for this code
Monthly statistics
| Month | Status | Export value | Quantity | Unit price | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | revised | JPY 2,012,725,000 | 151,853 | JPY 13,231 | +8.2% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 1,943,864,000 | 116,370 | JPY 16,675 | +0.8% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 2,050,807,000 | 163,863 | JPY 12,500 | +3.3% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 1,583,366,000 | 164,844 | JPY 9,595 | +7.3% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 1,492,793,000 | 145,818 | JPY 10,227 | +3.2% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 1,713,264,000 | 134,623 | JPY 12,700 | +24.6% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 2,117,377,000 | 147,117 | JPY 14,378 | +23.2% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 1,503,674,000 | 129,744 | JPY 11,579 | -30.1% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 1,737,970,000 | 147,512 | JPY 11,755 | +18.7% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,689,622,000 | 149,261 | JPY 11,312 | -0.9% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,552,038,000 | 128,349 | JPY 12,069 | +3.5% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,894,480,000 | 153,987 | JPY 12,275 | +17.7% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,860,407,000 | 121,959 | JPY 15,235 | +8.4% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,927,912,000 | 137,130 | JPY 14,054 | +1.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,986,212,000 | 180,230 | JPY 11,014 | -1.6% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,475,379,000 | 152,291 | JPY 9,676 | -17.0% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,446,516,000 | 143,262 | JPY 10,085 | -14.3% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,374,592,000 | 115,796 | JPY 11,852 | +0.6% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,718,685,000 | 167,322 | JPY 10,265 | -19.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,149,747,000 | 140,986 | JPY 15,205 | +40.8% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,463,771,000 | 151,235 | JPY 9,660 | -17.7% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 1,704,464,000 | 138,659 | JPY 12,255 | -16.3% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 1,499,916,000 | 160,797 | JPY 9,312 | +6.5% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 1,609,387,000 | 147,626 | JPY 10,880 | +23.4% |
Subcategories
- 4201
- Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle -cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper.
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather.
- 4205
- 4206
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 9,388,368,000; in 2025, JPY 20,539,361,000, about 2.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 786,232,696,000 | JPY 16,155,840,000 | deficit JPY 770,076,856,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,002,536,573,000 | JPY 20,539,361,000 | deficit JPY 981,997,212,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,047,951,674,000 | JPY 20,708,730,000 | deficit JPY 1,027,242,944,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 912,411,701,000 | JPY 19,812,547,000 | deficit JPY 892,599,154,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 770,057,397,000 | JPY 18,251,941,000 | deficit JPY 751,805,456,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 580,158,688,000 | JPY 15,734,238,000 | deficit JPY 564,424,450,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 543,547,639,000 | JPY 10,741,809,000 | deficit JPY 532,805,830,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 692,865,917,000 | JPY 9,057,809,000 | deficit JPY 683,808,108,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 668,346,218,000 | JPY 8,763,883,000 | deficit JPY 659,582,335,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 641,183,872,000 | JPY 8,155,756,000 | deficit JPY 633,028,116,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 607,331,779,000 | JPY 7,947,254,000 | deficit JPY 599,384,525,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 645,149,677,000 | JPY 7,458,947,000 | deficit JPY 637,690,730,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 606,525,043,000 | JPY 5,682,138,000 | deficit JPY 600,842,905,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 571,637,134,000 | JPY 4,552,989,000 | deficit JPY 567,084,145,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 502,900,941,000 | JPY 4,370,482,000 | deficit JPY 498,530,459,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 454,756,128,000 | JPY 5,220,184,000 | deficit JPY 449,535,944,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 450,540,822,000 | JPY 4,785,306,000 | deficit JPY 445,755,516,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 448,910,095,000 | JPY 4,239,100,000 | deficit JPY 444,670,995,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 544,637,604,000 | JPY 6,240,470,000 | deficit JPY 538,397,134,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 580,799,858,000 | JPY 7,120,462,000 | deficit JPY 573,679,396,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 541,424,080,000 | JPY 6,587,380,000 | deficit JPY 534,836,700,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 483,574,995,000 | JPY 5,653,944,000 | deficit JPY 477,921,051,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 434,276,950,000 | JPY 5,891,968,000 | deficit JPY 428,384,982,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 412,769,447,000 | JPY 5,953,832,000 | deficit JPY 406,815,615,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 409,626,727,000 | JPY 5,884,099,000 | deficit JPY 403,742,628,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 436,481,905,000 | JPY 5,434,086,000 | deficit JPY 431,047,819,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 379,915,167,000 | JPY 5,604,353,000 | deficit JPY 374,310,814,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 340,083,625,000 | JPY 5,110,196,000 | deficit JPY 334,973,429,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 338,066,063,000 | JPY 4,743,225,000 | deficit JPY 333,322,838,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 369,582,769,000 | JPY 4,991,715,000 | deficit JPY 364,591,054,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 384,265,664,000 | JPY 5,279,594,000 | deficit JPY 378,986,070,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 331,140,876,000 | JPY 5,107,400,000 | deficit JPY 326,033,476,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 305,674,528,000 | JPY 5,956,963,000 | deficit JPY 299,717,565,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 286,203,783,000 | JPY 7,612,954,000 | deficit JPY 278,590,829,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 314,597,504,000 | JPY 9,226,829,000 | deficit JPY 305,370,675,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 310,444,066,000 | JPY 9,952,349,000 | deficit JPY 300,491,717,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 329,907,597,000 | JPY 10,310,889,000 | deficit JPY 319,596,708,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 290,955,963,000 | JPY 9,976,929,000 | deficit JPY 280,979,034,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 175,377,379,000 | JPY 9,388,368,000 | deficit JPY 165,989,011,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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