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): imports in September 2026 were JPY 399,200,395,000 (+9.3% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (18.1%), Thailand (10.1%), Italy (10.0%), United States of America (7.4%), Republic of Korea (7.0%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 70,446,582,000, a trade deficit of JPY 328,753,813,000. (imports: preliminary; exports: revised)
Export statistics for this code
Monthly statistics
| Month | Status | Import value | Quantity | Unit price | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | preliminary | JPY 399,200,395,000 | — | — | +9.3% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 355,492,902,000 | — | — | +7.8% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 397,458,922,000 | — | — | +1.1% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 390,132,490,000 | — | — | +3.4% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 337,232,915,000 | — | — | -7.4% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 351,072,468,000 | — | — | -3.4% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 402,753,913,000 | — | — | +12.9% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 332,367,222,000 | — | — | +7.2% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 346,934,153,000 | — | — | -0.1% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 373,876,993,000 | — | — | +4.8% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 342,346,802,000 | — | — | -3.9% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 378,133,626,000 | — | — | +1.5% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 365,272,205,000 | — | — | +8.5% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 329,711,190,000 | — | — | +1.4% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 393,080,509,000 | — | — | -0.9% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 377,206,642,000 | — | — | +3.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 364,029,869,000 | — | — | -5.3% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 363,591,864,000 | — | — | -1.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 356,812,706,000 | — | — | +12.0% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 310,065,960,000 | — | — | +9.5% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 347,335,184,000 | — | — | +21.5% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 356,833,040,000 | — | — | +5.5% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 356,311,947,000 | — | — | +2.9% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 372,513,617,000 | — | — | +9.0% |
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)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 844,460,476,000; in 2025, JPY 4,301,463,550,000, about 5.1 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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