Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (16)
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (statistical code 16): exports in August 2026 were JPY 3,486,124,538,000 (+26.7% year on year). Main destinations: People's Republic of China (25.0%), United States of America (17.0%), Taiwan (11.9%), Republic of Korea (7.0%), Hong Kong (5.5%). Figures for August 2026 are revised.
Imports in the same month were JPY 2,989,441,336,000, a trade surplus of JPY 496,683,202,000. (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 3,486,124,538,000 | — | — | +26.7% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 3,807,547,426,000 | — | — | +24.2% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 3,478,977,384,000 | — | — | +20.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 3,117,222,597,000 | — | — | +19.0% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 3,508,166,871,000 | — | — | +20.1% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 3,623,802,173,000 | — | — | +12.9% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 2,997,639,288,000 | — | — | +3.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 2,789,507,076,000 | — | — | +20.0% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,393,433,043,000 | — | — | +5.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,996,093,821,000 | — | — | +6.0% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,101,611,870,000 | — | — | +4.5% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,043,804,531,000 | — | — | +5.1% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,751,763,642,000 | — | — | -0.6% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,066,694,186,000 | — | — | +0.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,894,089,922,000 | — | — | -0.6% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,620,138,652,000 | — | — | +0.1% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,921,058,085,000 | — | — | +3.0% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,210,210,193,000 | — | — | +2.8% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,903,748,772,000 | — | — | +11.3% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,324,286,205,000 | — | — | +1.1% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 3,227,624,740,000 | — | — | +3.5% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 2,826,127,223,000 | — | — | +2.5% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 2,967,714,555,000 | — | — | +0.8% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 2,895,705,471,000 | — | — | -1.9% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Exports in 1988 were JPY 14,865,605,216,000; in 2025, JPY 35,226,932,922,000, about 2.4 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 23,260,589,221,000 | JPY 26,808,987,353,000 | surplus JPY 3,548,398,132,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 29,460,631,089,000 | JPY 35,226,932,922,000 | surplus JPY 5,766,301,833,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 27,047,675,181,000 | JPY 34,117,344,948,000 | surplus JPY 7,069,669,767,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 25,919,222,581,000 | JPY 32,537,624,051,000 | surplus JPY 6,618,401,470,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 25,258,887,698,000 | JPY 33,544,524,228,000 | surplus JPY 8,285,636,530,000 |
| 2021 | — | JPY 29,219,824,119,000 | — |
| 2020 | — | JPY 24,000,630,905,000 | — |
| 2019 | — | JPY 26,170,936,093,000 | — |
| 2018 | — | JPY 28,403,832,447,000 | — |
| 2017 | — | JPY 27,356,721,326,000 | — |
| 2016 | — | JPY 24,121,429,054,000 | — |
| 2015 | — | JPY 25,804,523,791,000 | — |
| 2014 | — | JPY 25,044,791,168,000 | — |
| 2013 | — | JPY 23,762,381,775,000 | — |
| 2012 | — | JPY 22,729,952,828,000 | — |
| 2011 | — | JPY 23,952,526,568,000 | — |
| 2010 | — | JPY 24,636,808,092,000 | — |
| 2009 | — | JPY 19,534,462,701,000 | — |
| 2008 | — | JPY 30,039,009,144,000 | — |
| 2007 | — | JPY 32,236,717,168,000 | — |
| 2006 | — | JPY 29,549,823,083,000 | — |
| 2005 | — | JPY 26,680,693,224,000 | — |
| 2004 | — | JPY 25,794,685,076,000 | — |
| 2003 | — | JPY 22,987,852,971,000 | — |
| 2002 | — | JPY 21,761,342,227,000 | — |
| 2001 | — | JPY 21,109,613,653,000 | — |
| 2000 | — | JPY 23,960,949,194,000 | — |
| 1999 | — | JPY 21,119,374,692,000 | — |
| 1998 | — | JPY 22,546,616,220,000 | — |
| 1997 | — | JPY 23,496,560,666,000 | — |
| 1996 | — | JPY 21,347,541,660,000 | — |
| 1995 | — | JPY 20,127,601,630,000 | — |
| 1994 | — | JPY 18,975,280,628,000 | — |
| 1993 | — | JPY 18,201,895,808,000 | — |
| 1992 | — | JPY 19,081,909,911,000 | — |
| 1991 | — | JPY 18,896,196,529,000 | — |
| 1990 | — | JPY 18,341,392,398,000 | — |
| 1989 | — | JPY 16,897,008,652,000 | — |
| 1988 | — | JPY 14,865,605,216,000 | — |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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