Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (12)
Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (statistical code 12): imports in September 2026 were JPY 80,409,108,000 (-1.6% year on year), quantity 24,465,176 KG, unit price JPY 3,287 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (49.8%), Viet Nam (22.7%), Indonesia (8.2%), Italy (5.0%), Cambodia (4.5%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 4,286,919,000, a trade deficit of JPY 76,122,189,000. (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 80,409,108,000 | 24,465,176 | JPY 3,287 | -1.6% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 86,094,169,000 | 23,352,026 | JPY 3,687 | +3.5% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 88,813,749,000 | 23,421,760 | JPY 3,792 | +2.5% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 82,653,394,000 | 23,397,871 | JPY 3,532 | +4.1% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 75,022,003,000 | 21,322,459 | JPY 3,518 | +0.7% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 76,616,389,000 | 23,785,229 | JPY 3,221 | -6.1% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 81,260,825,000 | 22,373,888 | JPY 3,632 | -5.6% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 95,941,521,000 | 28,423,121 | JPY 3,375 | +23.7% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 100,635,265,000 | 27,797,433 | JPY 3,620 | -9.4% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 78,756,006,000 | 20,722,491 | JPY 3,800 | +9.3% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 71,089,790,000 | 20,532,350 | JPY 3,462 | +8.0% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 75,501,071,000 | 22,879,305 | JPY 3,300 | +4.5% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 81,717,264,000 | 26,826,615 | JPY 3,046 | +5.2% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 83,222,482,000 | 25,295,241 | JPY 3,290 | +1.1% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 86,614,756,000 | 26,505,393 | JPY 3,268 | +0.8% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 79,375,536,000 | 24,572,460 | JPY 3,230 | +12.1% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 74,489,910,000 | 24,100,886 | JPY 3,091 | +5.0% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 81,613,606,000 | 27,615,399 | JPY 2,955 | +6.3% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 86,107,918,000 | 27,344,689 | JPY 3,149 | +25.6% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 77,529,247,000 | 21,942,675 | JPY 3,533 | -0.6% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 111,027,280,000 | 32,326,637 | JPY 3,435 | +24.8% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 72,061,697,000 | 21,850,010 | JPY 3,298 | +17.8% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 65,812,960,000 | 20,358,777 | JPY 3,233 | +1.3% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 72,258,740,000 | 24,047,030 | JPY 3,005 | +5.1% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 187,911,745,000; in 2025, JPY 987,044,866,000, about 5.3 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 767,446,423,000 | JPY 39,382,340,000 | deficit JPY 728,064,083,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 987,044,866,000 | JPY 45,090,682,000 | deficit JPY 941,954,184,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 910,082,868,000 | JPY 44,892,184,000 | deficit JPY 865,190,684,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 886,739,558,000 | JPY 47,668,766,000 | deficit JPY 839,070,792,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 831,759,550,000 | JPY 41,945,091,000 | deficit JPY 789,814,459,000 |
| 2021 | JPY 600,318,781,000 | JPY 35,315,115,000 | deficit JPY 565,003,666,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 570,855,355,000 | JPY 27,515,852,000 | deficit JPY 543,339,503,000 |
| 2019 | JPY 699,553,349,000 | JPY 25,577,746,000 | deficit JPY 673,975,603,000 |
| 2018 | JPY 723,320,840,000 | JPY 24,011,370,000 | deficit JPY 699,309,470,000 |
| 2017 | JPY 705,683,967,000 | JPY 22,819,161,000 | deficit JPY 682,864,806,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 701,043,417,000 | JPY 21,704,826,000 | deficit JPY 679,338,591,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 789,745,011,000 | JPY 20,474,035,000 | deficit JPY 769,270,976,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 728,670,558,000 | JPY 19,061,406,000 | deficit JPY 709,609,152,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 689,056,200,000 | JPY 17,221,524,000 | deficit JPY 671,834,676,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 563,454,022,000 | JPY 15,504,012,000 | deficit JPY 547,950,010,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 519,602,615,000 | JPY 15,865,277,000 | deficit JPY 503,737,338,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 501,070,618,000 | JPY 17,594,672,000 | deficit JPY 483,475,946,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 496,486,151,000 | JPY 16,691,121,000 | deficit JPY 479,795,030,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 559,318,462,000 | JPY 25,036,779,000 | deficit JPY 534,281,683,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 573,019,192,000 | JPY 24,575,752,000 | deficit JPY 548,443,440,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 533,955,732,000 | JPY 20,919,685,000 | deficit JPY 513,036,047,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 478,263,602,000 | JPY 18,297,869,000 | deficit JPY 459,965,733,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 425,683,028,000 | JPY 16,810,419,000 | deficit JPY 408,872,609,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 429,695,081,000 | JPY 16,224,907,000 | deficit JPY 413,470,174,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 439,410,888,000 | JPY 15,418,379,000 | deficit JPY 423,992,509,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 443,321,085,000 | JPY 17,393,138,000 | deficit JPY 425,927,947,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 389,445,288,000 | JPY 19,376,408,000 | deficit JPY 370,068,880,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 383,543,638,000 | JPY 18,328,974,000 | deficit JPY 365,214,664,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 390,603,830,000 | JPY 19,741,207,000 | deficit JPY 370,862,623,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 455,690,131,000 | JPY 20,213,302,000 | deficit JPY 435,476,829,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 436,577,492,000 | JPY 19,382,289,000 | deficit JPY 417,195,203,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 340,656,618,000 | JPY 17,139,772,000 | deficit JPY 323,516,846,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 301,287,290,000 | JPY 20,058,245,000 | deficit JPY 281,229,045,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 286,612,146,000 | JPY 20,184,434,000 | deficit JPY 266,427,712,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 296,969,683,000 | JPY 25,279,987,000 | deficit JPY 271,689,696,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 278,626,289,000 | JPY 24,361,979,000 | deficit JPY 254,264,310,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 254,344,973,000 | JPY 20,933,097,000 | deficit JPY 233,411,876,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 216,415,143,000 | JPY 15,800,316,000 | deficit JPY 200,614,827,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 187,911,745,000 | JPY 12,247,453,000 | deficit JPY 175,664,292,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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