Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers (08)
Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers (statistical code 08): imports in August 2026 were JPY 88,805,395,000 (+14.2% year on year), quantity 16,388,023 KG, unit price JPY 5,419 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (35.7%), Italy (22.7%), France (16.4%), Viet Nam (8.7%), Spain (3.3%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 2,775,199,000, a trade deficit of JPY 86,030,196,000. (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 88,805,395,000 | 16,388,023 | JPY 5,419 | +14.2% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 100,596,722,000 | 18,410,807 | JPY 5,464 | +13.0% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 95,556,551,000 | 17,948,324 | JPY 5,324 | +18.2% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 80,531,874,000 | 15,749,682 | JPY 5,113 | +0.6% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 91,014,104,000 | 17,650,724 | JPY 5,156 | +6.5% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 78,812,272,000 | 13,696,792 | JPY 5,754 | -1.1% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 91,495,644,000 | 18,202,920 | JPY 5,026 | +7.8% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 98,104,584,000 | 21,600,288 | JPY 4,542 | -3.9% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 93,960,365,000 | 18,857,271 | JPY 4,982 | +0.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 85,588,399,000 | 17,789,190 | JPY 4,811 | -3.3% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 96,160,090,000 | 17,280,644 | JPY 5,565 | +3.2% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 76,993,023,000 | 16,860,746 | JPY 4,566 | +2.0% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 77,758,367,000 | 16,142,160 | JPY 4,817 | -23.6% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 89,055,182,000 | 18,870,208 | JPY 4,719 | -15.1% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 80,856,619,000 | 17,741,837 | JPY 4,557 | -6.8% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 80,051,085,000 | 17,397,039 | JPY 4,601 | -12.5% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 85,445,040,000 | 18,841,764 | JPY 4,535 | -2.2% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 79,685,805,000 | 16,564,330 | JPY 4,811 | +2.4% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 84,905,843,000 | 13,516,615 | JPY 6,281 | -0.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 102,048,554,000 | 22,938,042 | JPY 4,449 | +7.5% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 93,647,350,000 | 18,872,354 | JPY 4,962 | +6.8% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 88,492,422,000 | 18,487,027 | JPY 4,786 | +0.5% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 93,171,325,000 | 18,492,739 | JPY 5,038 | +2.1% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 75,513,490,000 | 17,208,730 | JPY 4,388 | +7.7% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 799,874,961,000; in 2025, JPY 1,032,508,372,000, about 1.3 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 724,917,146,000 | JPY 22,152,031,000 | deficit JPY 702,765,115,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 1,032,508,372,000 | JPY 33,760,720,000 | deficit JPY 998,747,652,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 1,080,933,688,000 | JPY 35,647,930,000 | deficit JPY 1,045,285,758,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 943,600,090,000 | JPY 34,328,786,000 | deficit JPY 909,271,304,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 799,874,961,000 | JPY 34,051,782,000 | deficit JPY 765,823,179,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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