Miscellaneous manufactured articles. (96)
Miscellaneous manufactured articles. (statistical code 96): exports in August 2026 were JPY 23,671,219,000 (+7.8% year on year). Main destinations: People's Republic of China (24.5%), United States of America (17.6%), Taiwan (7.7%), Republic of Korea (7.3%), Viet Nam (4.6%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 18,946,249,000, a trade surplus of JPY 4,724,970,000. (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 23,671,219,000 | — | — | +7.8% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 27,025,944,000 | — | — | +10.9% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 27,079,032,000 | — | — | +15.9% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 24,966,300,000 | — | — | +9.5% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 27,136,866,000 | — | — | +13.8% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 27,720,048,000 | — | — | +2.7% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 23,276,047,000 | — | — | +2.0% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 22,635,135,000 | — | — | +14.8% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,948,251,000 | — | — | -11.9% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,393,471,000 | — | — | +1.1% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,742,054,000 | — | — | -6.2% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,056,142,000 | — | — | -0.2% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 21,963,601,000 | — | — | -4.0% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 24,378,300,000 | — | — | -2.6% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,365,456,000 | — | — | -7.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,806,735,000 | — | — | -3.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 23,845,305,000 | — | — | -6.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 26,991,472,000 | — | — | -0.3% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 22,827,232,000 | — | — | -5.0% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 19,722,821,000 | — | — | -1.3% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 27,173,967,000 | — | — | +5.3% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 23,130,291,000 | — | — | -1.3% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 25,306,759,000 | — | — | +0.3% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 23,091,921,000 | — | — | -13.0% |
Subcategories
- Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)
- 9602
- Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees)
- 9604
- 9605
- Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks
- Slide fasteners and parts thereof
- Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 96.09
- Pencils (other than pencils of heading 96.08), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
- 9610
- 9611
- Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes
- Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks
- 9614
- Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 85.16, and parts thereof
- Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations
- 9617
- 9618
- 9619
- 9620
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 157,419,380,000; in 2025, JPY 280,040,840,000, about 1.8 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 150,940,572,000 | JPY 203,510,591,000 | surplus JPY 52,570,019,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 208,664,350,000 | JPY 280,040,840,000 | surplus JPY 71,376,490,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 200,313,608,000 | JPY 292,186,017,000 | surplus JPY 91,872,409,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 185,678,042,000 | JPY 290,498,277,000 | surplus JPY 104,820,235,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 189,729,712,000 | JPY 323,604,738,000 | surplus JPY 133,875,026,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 305,726,352,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 282,955,914,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 358,363,757,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 386,259,018,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 400,668,393,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 356,501,212,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 391,089,345,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 302,389,945,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 249,821,229,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 206,380,194,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 161,980,526,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 158,012,778,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 139,994,160,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 183,552,382,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 195,837,330,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 185,832,064,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 175,529,835,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 180,672,377,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 178,958,326,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 186,407,089,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 192,521,940,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 218,444,611,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 211,915,056,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 213,892,566,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 215,352,278,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 185,471,972,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 175,131,423,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 174,661,506,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 182,888,421,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 206,890,141,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 200,107,133,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 202,029,390,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 176,096,573,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 157,419,380,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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