Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (04)
Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (statistical code 04): exports in September 2026 were JPY 70,446,582,000 (-2.1% year on year). Main destinations: People's Republic of China (17.0%), United States of America (15.7%), Hong Kong (14.2%), Taiwan (12.5%), Republic of Korea (8.2%). Figures for September 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 399,200,395,000, a trade deficit of JPY 328,753,813,000. (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 70,446,582,000 | — | — | -2.1% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 69,518,030,000 | — | — | +7.9% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 73,264,919,000 | — | — | +6.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 75,398,514,000 | — | — | +2.9% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 69,040,676,000 | — | — | +2.8% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 74,133,618,000 | — | — | +3.0% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 73,920,528,000 | — | — | -1.0% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 60,548,075,000 | — | — | -5.4% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 60,360,176,000 | — | — | +26.5% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 74,434,269,000 | — | — | -4.5% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 70,299,206,000 | — | — | +3.5% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 70,180,346,000 | — | — | +4.9% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 71,971,732,000 | — | — | +11.7% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 64,421,694,000 | — | — | +15.0% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 69,051,523,000 | — | — | +14.2% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 73,285,843,000 | — | — | +16.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 67,182,434,000 | — | — | +14.7% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 71,946,226,000 | — | — | +12.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 74,701,745,000 | — | — | +14.5% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 63,993,288,000 | — | — | +19.4% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 47,704,361,000 | — | — | +5.3% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 77,957,776,000 | — | — | +20.6% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 67,921,565,000 | — | — | +17.5% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 66,872,522,000 | — | — | +10.8% |
Subcategories
- Preparations of meat, of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects
- Sugars and sugar confectionery.
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations.
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products.
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants.
- Miscellaneous edible preparations.
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar.
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder.
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 132,583,341,000; in 2025, JPY 819,172,667,000, about 6.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 3,312,645,380,000 | JPY 626,631,118,000 | deficit JPY 2,686,014,262,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 4,301,463,550,000 | JPY 819,172,667,000 | deficit JPY 3,482,290,883,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 4,151,255,155,000 | JPY 742,992,852,000 | deficit JPY 3,408,262,303,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 3,862,637,419,000 | JPY 704,475,826,000 | deficit JPY 3,158,161,593,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 3,699,130,562,000 | JPY 700,151,206,000 | deficit JPY 2,998,979,356,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 2,950,359,562,000 | JPY 629,671,458,000 | deficit JPY 2,320,688,104,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 2,772,354,050,000 | JPY 530,564,410,000 | deficit JPY 2,241,789,640,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 475,371,770,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 459,770,625,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2017 | JPY 2,777,146,950,000 | JPY 393,281,286,000 | deficit JPY 2,383,865,664,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 2,511,697,772,000 | JPY 375,432,628,000 | deficit JPY 2,136,265,144,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 2,750,325,274,000 | JPY 360,450,999,000 | deficit JPY 2,389,874,275,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 2,656,017,991,000 | JPY 289,024,786,000 | deficit JPY 2,366,993,205,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 2,580,630,193,000 | JPY 259,077,468,000 | deficit JPY 2,321,552,725,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 2,344,291,993,000 | JPY 225,532,614,000 | deficit JPY 2,118,759,379,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 2,283,882,578,000 | JPY 227,237,902,000 | deficit JPY 2,056,644,676,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 1,989,535,528,000 | JPY 252,329,413,000 | deficit JPY 1,737,206,115,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 1,928,982,648,000 | JPY 228,284,993,000 | deficit JPY 1,700,697,655,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 2,158,236,763,000 | JPY 239,486,965,000 | deficit JPY 1,918,749,798,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 2,308,405,342,000 | JPY 239,845,442,000 | deficit JPY 2,068,559,900,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 2,232,550,198,000 | JPY 209,877,206,000 | deficit JPY 2,022,672,992,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 2,018,054,449,000 | JPY 193,136,077,000 | deficit JPY 1,824,918,372,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 1,831,604,057,000 | JPY 175,062,522,000 | deficit JPY 1,656,541,535,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 1,714,556,535,000 | JPY 165,078,348,000 | deficit JPY 1,549,478,187,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 1,765,665,328,000 | JPY 172,060,652,000 | deficit JPY 1,593,604,676,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 1,710,459,016,000 | JPY 162,261,639,000 | deficit JPY 1,548,197,377,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 1,555,970,821,000 | JPY 147,769,584,000 | deficit JPY 1,408,201,237,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 1,553,879,918,000 | JPY 156,663,174,000 | deficit JPY 1,397,216,744,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 1,737,764,399,000 | JPY 156,188,696,000 | deficit JPY 1,581,575,703,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 1,681,300,760,000 | JPY 171,462,086,000 | deficit JPY 1,509,838,674,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 1,554,828,113,000 | JPY 145,791,920,000 | deficit JPY 1,409,036,193,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 1,360,066,809,000 | JPY 140,271,982,000 | deficit JPY 1,219,794,827,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 1,283,766,106,000 | JPY 142,237,770,000 | deficit JPY 1,141,528,336,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 1,176,573,173,000 | JPY 152,654,805,000 | deficit JPY 1,023,918,368,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 1,269,311,940,000 | JPY 159,720,954,000 | deficit JPY 1,109,590,986,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 1,232,339,281,000 | JPY 158,888,422,000 | deficit JPY 1,073,450,859,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 1,161,658,536,000 | JPY 152,569,451,000 | deficit JPY 1,009,089,085,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 1,046,185,455,000 | JPY 145,695,386,000 | deficit JPY 900,490,069,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 844,460,476,000 | JPY 132,583,341,000 | deficit JPY 711,877,135,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
The e-Stat table 'Final Trade Statistics by Commodity and Country (Imports), 2016–2020' (Ministry of Finance Trade Statistics of Japan) lacks data for some commodities from April 2018 to December 2019, so values for this period are not shown. This is a problem in the source data; official annual totals from the Ministry of Finance differ.
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