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 August 2026 were JPY 86,034,361,000 (+3.4% year on year), quantity 23,351,974 KG, unit price JPY 3,684 per KG. Main origins: People's Republic of China (42.4%), Viet Nam (27.5%), Indonesia (10.0%), Italy (6.9%), Cambodia (4.6%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 4,176,398,000, a trade deficit of JPY 81,857,963,000. (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 86,034,361,000 | 23,351,974 | JPY 3,684 | +3.4% |
| 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% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 77,695,276,000 | 25,976,882 | JPY 2,991 | +3.0% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 831,759,550,000; in 2025, JPY 987,044,866,000, about 1.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 686,977,507,000 | JPY 35,095,421,000 | deficit JPY 651,882,086,000 |
| 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 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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