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 August 2026 were JPY 1,943,864,000 (+0.8% year on year), quantity 116,370 KG, unit price JPY 16,675 per KG. Main destinations: People's Republic of China (19.5%), Republic of Korea (16.2%), United States of America (13.3%), Taiwan (11.3%), Hong Kong (9.8%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 86,063,339,000, a trade deficit of JPY 84,119,475,000. (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 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 1,716,638,000 | 133,318 | JPY 12,855 | -0.2% |
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–Aug) | JPY 704,531,296,000 | JPY 14,143,115,000 | deficit JPY 690,388,181,000 |
| 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 15,734,238,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 10,741,809,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 9,057,809,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 8,763,883,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 8,155,756,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 7,947,254,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 7,458,947,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 5,682,138,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 4,552,989,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 4,370,482,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 5,220,184,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 4,785,306,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 4,239,100,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 6,240,470,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 7,120,462,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 6,587,380,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 5,653,944,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 5,891,968,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 5,953,832,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 5,884,099,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 5,434,086,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 5,604,353,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 5,110,196,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 4,743,225,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 4,991,715,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 5,279,594,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 5,107,400,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 5,956,963,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 7,612,954,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 9,226,829,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 9,952,349,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 10,310,889,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 9,976,929,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 9,388,368,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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