Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included (1212)
Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included (statistical code 1212): imports in August 2026 were JPY 5,169,793,000 (-11.0% year on year), quantity 4,106,394 KG, unit price JPY 1,259 per KG. Main origins: Republic of Korea (51.5%), People's Republic of China (44.7%), South Africa (0.5%), Chile (0.5%), Indonesia (0.5%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 546,443,000, a trade deficit of JPY 4,623,350,000. (imports: preliminary; exports: revised)
Export statistics for this code
Monthly statistics
| Month | Status | Import value | Quantity | Unit price | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | preliminary | JPY 5,169,793,000 | 4,106,394 | JPY 1,259 | -11.0% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 6,460,182,000 | 4,754,392 | JPY 1,359 | -21.8% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 4,098,774,000 | 3,851,572 | JPY 1,064 | -24.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 3,160,220,000 | 4,089,294 | JPY 773 | -28.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 4,831,008,000 | 6,403,425 | JPY 754 | -5.7% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 2,519,330,000 | 4,213,199 | JPY 598 | -10.4% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 2,037,813,000 | 3,111,340 | JPY 655 | +28.8% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 3,588,288,000 | 3,321,334 | JPY 1,080 | -7.9% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,833,500,000 | 3,062,198 | JPY 1,252 | +21.1% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,409,890,000 | 3,870,879 | JPY 1,139 | +20.1% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,389,637,000 | 3,221,774 | JPY 1,362 | +11.0% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,743,124,000 | 3,378,447 | JPY 1,700 | +24.3% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,810,988,000 | 3,510,663 | JPY 1,655 | +17.7% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 8,264,132,000 | 4,563,341 | JPY 1,811 | +3.1% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,403,946,000 | 6,567,570 | JPY 823 | +3.8% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 4,425,363,000 | 5,863,086 | JPY 755 | -17.1% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 5,122,280,000 | 6,441,049 | JPY 795 | -2.0% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,811,454,000 | 3,396,380 | JPY 828 | -15.7% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 1,581,817,000 | 1,587,906 | JPY 996 | -24.3% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 3,894,930,000 | 3,474,382 | JPY 1,121 | +20.1% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 3,165,967,000 | 2,872,634 | JPY 1,102 | -17.0% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 3,671,071,000 | 3,306,519 | JPY 1,110 | +8.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 3,954,294,000 | 3,503,352 | JPY 1,129 | +11.3% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 4,619,037,000 | 3,390,414 | JPY 1,362 | +29.1% |
Subcategories
- 1 Formed into rectangular (including square) papery sheets not more than 430㎠/piece
- 2 Porphyra spp. and other seaweeds mixed with Porphyra spp. other than those specified in 1 above
- Hijiki (Hizikia fusiformis)
- Dried
- Preserved in normal temperature
- Other
- Other
- Of Gloiopeltis spp.
- Other
- Of Gelidiaceae (Tengusa family)
- Other
- Other
- Locust beans (carob)
- Sugar cane
- For the quantity (quota) stipulated by a Cabinet Order, on the basis of 267 ton (equivalent quantity to rude flour converted by the way stipulated by a Cabinet Order), and also in consideration of the quantity of prospective domestic demand in the coming fiscal year (April-March) with deduction of the quantity of prospective domestic production and international market situation and other relevant conditions
- Other
- Apricot, peach (including nectarine) or plum stones and kernels
- Other
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