Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof (10)
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof (statistical code 10): imports in September 2026 were JPY 57,111,415,000 (+1.0% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (41.0%), United States of America (17.3%), Indonesia (7.9%), Republic of Korea (4.2%), Brazil (4.1%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 47,836,378,000, a trade deficit of JPY 9,275,037,000. (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 57,111,415,000 | — | — | +1.0% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 57,573,969,000 | — | — | +8.2% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 65,314,387,000 | — | — | +8.6% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 62,149,655,000 | — | — | +13.0% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 53,896,788,000 | — | — | -5.1% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 59,638,216,000 | — | — | +3.7% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 55,209,229,000 | — | — | +3.1% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 54,648,603,000 | — | — | +9.0% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 58,618,089,000 | — | — | +0.4% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 57,436,585,000 | — | — | +10.2% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 55,299,684,000 | — | — | -1.5% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 56,452,676,000 | — | — | -2.3% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 56,555,368,000 | — | — | +1.7% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 53,198,125,000 | — | — | -2.2% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 60,142,031,000 | — | — | -8.3% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 54,998,284,000 | — | — | +3.9% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 56,806,229,000 | — | — | -11.2% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 57,525,620,000 | — | — | +1.6% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 53,564,537,000 | — | — | +0.6% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 50,132,491,000 | — | — | -2.7% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 58,396,982,000 | — | — | +17.4% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 52,136,005,000 | — | — | +3.2% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 56,123,328,000 | — | — | -3.0% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 57,804,247,000 | — | — | +3.0% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 474,108,708,000; in 2025, JPY 670,508,612,000, about 1.4 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 524,160,351,000 | JPY 402,882,394,000 | deficit JPY 121,277,957,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 670,508,612,000 | JPY 495,713,656,000 | deficit JPY 174,794,956,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 669,676,182,000 | JPY 524,355,946,000 | deficit JPY 145,320,236,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 682,367,224,000 | JPY 451,159,208,000 | deficit JPY 231,208,016,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 694,101,446,000 | JPY 500,742,326,000 | deficit JPY 193,359,120,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 560,249,563,000 | JPY 448,822,862,000 | deficit JPY 111,426,701,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 518,323,503,000 | JPY 356,147,132,000 | deficit JPY 162,176,371,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 612,152,246,000 | JPY 394,076,758,000 | deficit JPY 218,075,488,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 587,549,171,000 | JPY 485,969,995,000 | deficit JPY 101,579,176,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 581,495,827,000 | JPY 464,220,059,000 | deficit JPY 117,275,768,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 554,378,714,000 | JPY 420,538,790,000 | deficit JPY 133,839,924,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 631,368,981,000 | JPY 447,659,867,000 | deficit JPY 183,709,114,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 666,059,229,000 | JPY 411,418,546,000 | deficit JPY 254,640,683,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 605,356,716,000 | JPY 391,601,441,000 | deficit JPY 213,755,275,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 554,012,816,000 | JPY 340,746,898,000 | deficit JPY 213,265,918,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 558,665,011,000 | JPY 413,821,809,000 | deficit JPY 144,843,202,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 524,201,051,000 | JPY 473,934,889,000 | deficit JPY 50,266,162,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 492,686,282,000 | JPY 384,375,611,000 | deficit JPY 108,310,671,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 545,923,969,000 | JPY 504,881,329,000 | deficit JPY 41,042,640,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 562,450,919,000 | JPY 494,564,240,000 | deficit JPY 67,886,679,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 559,341,252,000 | JPY 433,886,139,000 | deficit JPY 125,455,113,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 527,424,147,000 | JPY 399,276,360,000 | deficit JPY 128,147,787,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 537,899,369,000 | JPY 385,246,496,000 | deficit JPY 152,652,873,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 513,233,811,000 | JPY 352,612,154,000 | deficit JPY 160,621,657,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 477,561,107,000 | JPY 351,673,702,000 | deficit JPY 125,887,405,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 504,928,726,000 | JPY 303,757,999,000 | deficit JPY 201,170,727,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 529,667,294,000 | JPY 337,401,187,000 | deficit JPY 192,266,107,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 450,871,938,000 | JPY 321,268,356,000 | deficit JPY 129,603,582,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 526,450,194,000 | JPY 312,420,567,000 | deficit JPY 214,029,627,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 558,553,160,000 | JPY 316,170,261,000 | deficit JPY 242,382,899,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 567,331,514,000 | JPY 269,046,595,000 | deficit JPY 298,284,919,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 558,446,171,000 | JPY 284,369,496,000 | deficit JPY 274,076,675,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 436,933,965,000 | JPY 274,715,587,000 | deficit JPY 162,218,378,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 397,298,515,000 | JPY 281,784,313,000 | deficit JPY 115,514,202,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 450,996,966,000 | JPY 344,126,304,000 | deficit JPY 106,870,662,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 480,353,212,000 | JPY 361,054,077,000 | deficit JPY 119,299,135,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 549,198,401,000 | JPY 361,765,168,000 | deficit JPY 187,433,233,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 594,883,690,000 | JPY 288,440,723,000 | deficit JPY 306,442,967,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 474,108,708,000 | JPY 266,753,158,000 | deficit JPY 207,355,550,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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