Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (16)
Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (statistical code 16): imports in August 2026 were JPY 2,989,441,336,000 (+40.6% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (36.8%), Taiwan (15.4%), United States of America (12.3%), Viet Nam (6.5%), Republic of Korea (4.8%). Figures for August 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 3,486,124,538,000, a trade surplus of JPY 496,683,202,000. (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 2,989,441,336,000 | — | — | +40.6% |
| July 2026 | revised | JPY 3,179,366,420,000 | — | — | +34.2% |
| June 2026 | revised | JPY 3,100,779,918,000 | — | — | +27.9% |
| May 2026 | revised | JPY 2,779,860,068,000 | — | — | +28.5% |
| April 2026 | revised | JPY 2,937,438,620,000 | — | — | +28.2% |
| March 2026 | revised | JPY 2,919,229,599,000 | — | — | +21.8% |
| February 2026 | revised | JPY 2,523,157,084,000 | — | — | +16.0% |
| January 2026 | revised | JPY 2,831,316,176,000 | — | — | +0.6% |
| December 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,772,502,315,000 | — | — | +17.9% |
| November 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,625,334,106,000 | — | — | +7.1% |
| October 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,721,362,094,000 | — | — | +3.9% |
| September 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,580,735,921,000 | — | — | +11.4% |
| August 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,126,504,871,000 | — | — | +8.5% |
| July 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,368,587,227,000 | — | — | -5.4% |
| June 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,424,345,543,000 | — | — | +8.5% |
| May 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,163,166,804,000 | — | — | -2.1% |
| April 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,291,998,379,000 | — | — | +4.9% |
| March 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,396,406,905,000 | — | — | +13.2% |
| February 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,175,207,241,000 | — | — | +13.1% |
| January 2025 | revised (second) | JPY 2,814,479,683,000 | — | — | +29.2% |
| December 2024 | final | JPY 2,351,691,973,000 | — | — | +3.0% |
| November 2024 | final | JPY 2,450,321,360,000 | — | — | +0.8% |
| October 2024 | final | JPY 2,620,283,136,000 | — | — | +3.9% |
| September 2024 | final | JPY 2,316,215,027,000 | — | — | +5.4% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 2022)
Imports in 2022 were JPY 25,258,887,698,000; in 2025, JPY 29,460,631,089,000, about 1.2 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | JPY 23,260,589,221,000 | JPY 26,808,987,353,000 | surplus JPY 3,548,398,132,000 |
| 2025 | JPY 29,460,631,089,000 | JPY 35,226,932,922,000 | surplus JPY 5,766,301,833,000 |
| 2024 | JPY 27,047,675,181,000 | JPY 34,117,344,948,000 | surplus JPY 7,069,669,767,000 |
| 2023 | JPY 25,919,222,581,000 | JPY 32,537,624,051,000 | surplus JPY 6,618,401,470,000 |
| 2022 | JPY 25,258,887,698,000 | JPY 33,544,524,228,000 | surplus JPY 8,285,636,530,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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