Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof. (90)
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof. (statistical code 90): exports in September 2026 were JPY 518,759,315,000 (+16.0% year on year). Main destinations: People's Republic of China (21.7%), United States of America (21.0%), Republic of Korea (9.5%), Taiwan (7.3%), Germany (5.9%). Figures for September 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 393,072,635,000, a trade surplus of JPY 125,686,680,000. (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 518,759,315,000 | — | — | +16.0% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 509,093,420,000 | — | — | +20.7% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 565,534,631,000 | — | — | +19.8% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 549,845,816,000 | — | — | +18.5% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 475,452,108,000 | — | — | +16.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 527,387,852,000 | — | — | +20.2% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 583,791,307,000 | — | — | +14.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 457,367,016,000 | — | — | -2.1% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 441,436,543,000 | — | — | +24.6% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 539,981,054,000 | — | — | +2.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 476,207,837,000 | — | — | +2.8% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 459,910,282,000 | — | — | -3.8% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 447,063,737,000 | — | — | -4.5% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 421,737,080,000 | — | — | -5.3% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 471,940,348,000 | — | — | -2.2% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 463,989,480,000 | — | — | -3.1% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 407,907,346,000 | — | — | +1.7% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 438,832,622,000 | — | — | +0.1% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 509,628,279,000 | — | — | +3.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 466,970,365,000 | — | — | +12.7% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 354,289,944,000 | — | — | -3.2% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 527,676,764,000 | — | — | +6.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 463,173,748,000 | — | — | +5.3% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 478,232,715,000 | — | — | +6.9% |
Subcategories
- Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
- Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
- Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof
- Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
- Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
- Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 85.39
- Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
- Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
- Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
- Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
- Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
- Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
- Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
- Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
- 9016
- Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
- Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
- 9020
- Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability
- Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
- 9023
- Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
- Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
- Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32
- Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes
- Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
- Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 90.14 or 90.15; stroboscopes
- Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations
- Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
- Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
- 9033
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 1,820,592,001,000; in 2025, JPY 5,458,458,374,000, about 3.0 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 3,477,211,260,000 | JPY 4,628,668,008,000 | surplus JPY 1,151,456,748,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 4,354,703,784,000 | JPY 5,458,458,374,000 | surplus JPY 1,103,754,590,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 4,130,839,821,000 | JPY 5,456,195,304,000 | surplus JPY 1,325,355,483,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 4,038,295,395,000 | JPY 5,080,451,846,000 | surplus JPY 1,042,156,451,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 3,675,007,454,000 | JPY 5,099,849,327,000 | surplus JPY 1,424,841,873,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 3,103,229,033,000 | JPY 4,726,284,225,000 | surplus JPY 1,623,055,192,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 2,769,533,321,000 | JPY 3,993,068,194,000 | surplus JPY 1,223,534,873,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 3,081,957,074,000 | JPY 4,259,166,269,000 | surplus JPY 1,177,209,195,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 3,052,319,425,000 | JPY 4,559,303,146,000 | surplus JPY 1,506,983,721,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 2,863,694,824,000 | JPY 4,465,751,486,000 | surplus JPY 1,602,056,662,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 2,629,659,151,000 | JPY 3,893,886,396,000 | surplus JPY 1,264,227,245,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 2,816,082,648,000 | JPY 4,324,987,178,000 | surplus JPY 1,508,904,530,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 2,625,794,175,000 | JPY 4,275,057,989,000 | surplus JPY 1,649,263,814,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 2,395,198,330,000 | JPY 3,912,014,485,000 | surplus JPY 1,516,816,155,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 2,123,555,463,000 | JPY 3,643,013,779,000 | surplus JPY 1,519,458,316,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 1,987,247,018,000 | JPY 3,628,109,395,000 | surplus JPY 1,640,862,377,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 1,969,921,111,000 | JPY 3,468,047,470,000 | surplus JPY 1,498,126,359,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 1,694,547,940,000 | JPY 2,671,432,538,000 | surplus JPY 976,884,598,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 2,230,885,992,000 | JPY 3,558,077,471,000 | surplus JPY 1,327,191,479,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 2,466,386,418,000 | JPY 3,834,194,354,000 | surplus JPY 1,367,807,936,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 2,670,217,372,000 | JPY 4,124,408,023,000 | surplus JPY 1,454,190,651,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 2,182,452,172,000 | JPY 3,963,621,223,000 | surplus JPY 1,781,169,051,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 1,927,070,096,000 | JPY 3,936,147,259,000 | surplus JPY 2,009,077,163,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 1,729,806,071,000 | JPY 3,186,883,194,000 | surplus JPY 1,457,077,123,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 1,650,714,432,000 | JPY 2,887,770,324,000 | surplus JPY 1,237,055,892,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 1,664,048,123,000 | JPY 3,363,308,384,000 | surplus JPY 1,699,260,261,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 1,486,853,173,000 | JPY 3,625,045,455,000 | surplus JPY 2,138,192,282,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 1,324,881,720,000 | JPY 3,065,690,064,000 | surplus JPY 1,740,808,344,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 1,368,637,070,000 | JPY 3,013,331,107,000 | surplus JPY 1,644,694,037,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 1,355,649,434,000 | JPY 3,149,318,239,000 | surplus JPY 1,793,668,805,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 1,176,448,848,000 | JPY 2,707,367,142,000 | surplus JPY 1,530,918,294,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 845,065,049,000 | JPY 2,433,629,022,000 | surplus JPY 1,588,563,973,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 721,945,025,000 | JPY 2,262,951,823,000 | surplus JPY 1,541,006,798,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 635,023,412,000 | JPY 2,193,185,444,000 | surplus JPY 1,558,162,032,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 643,272,633,000 | JPY 2,326,835,105,000 | surplus JPY 1,683,562,472,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 672,748,402,000 | JPY 2,382,257,847,000 | surplus JPY 1,709,509,445,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 658,441,216,000 | JPY 2,277,236,418,000 | surplus JPY 1,618,795,202,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 562,159,132,000 | JPY 2,095,594,754,000 | surplus JPY 1,533,435,622,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 449,061,382,000 | JPY 1,820,592,001,000 | surplus JPY 1,371,530,619,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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