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 September 2026 were JPY 3,267,654,975,000 (+26.6% year on year). Main origins: People's Republic of China (41.9%), Taiwan (13.5%), United States of America (9.2%), Republic of Korea (6.2%), Viet Nam (5.6%). Figures for September 2026 are preliminary.
Exports in the same month were JPY 3,795,574,788,000, a trade surplus of JPY 527,919,813,000. (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 3,267,654,975,000 | — | — | +26.6% |
| August 2026 | revised | JPY 2,992,957,238,000 | — | — | +40.7% |
| 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% |
Subcategories
Long-term trend (from 1988)
Imports in 1988 were JPY 2,174,734,381,000; in 2025, JPY 29,460,631,089,000, about 13.5 times as much.
| Year | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | JPY 26,531,760,098,000 | JPY 30,604,562,141,000 | surplus JPY 4,072,802,043,000 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | JPY 20,265,178,372,000 | JPY 29,219,824,119,000 | surplus JPY 8,954,645,747,000 |
| 2020 | JPY 17,493,128,206,000 | JPY 24,000,630,905,000 | surplus JPY 6,507,502,699,000 |
| 2019 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 26,170,936,093,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2018 | Not available (source gap) | JPY 28,403,832,447,000 | Not available (source gap) |
| 2017 | JPY 18,281,566,919,000 | JPY 27,356,721,326,000 | surplus JPY 9,075,154,407,000 |
| 2016 | JPY 16,233,121,376,000 | JPY 24,121,429,054,000 | surplus JPY 7,888,307,678,000 |
| 2015 | JPY 18,125,663,159,000 | JPY 25,804,523,791,000 | surplus JPY 7,678,860,632,000 |
| 2014 | JPY 17,388,178,765,000 | JPY 25,044,791,168,000 | surplus JPY 7,656,612,403,000 |
| 2013 | JPY 15,523,219,779,000 | JPY 23,762,381,775,000 | surplus JPY 8,239,161,996,000 |
| 2012 | JPY 12,850,352,265,000 | JPY 22,729,952,828,000 | surplus JPY 9,879,600,563,000 |
| 2011 | JPY 12,444,054,152,000 | JPY 23,952,526,568,000 | surplus JPY 11,508,472,416,000 |
| 2010 | JPY 12,462,723,789,000 | JPY 24,636,808,092,000 | surplus JPY 12,174,084,303,000 |
| 2009 | JPY 10,352,086,081,000 | JPY 19,534,462,701,000 | surplus JPY 9,182,376,620,000 |
| 2008 | JPY 14,153,752,468,000 | JPY 30,039,009,144,000 | surplus JPY 15,885,256,676,000 |
| 2007 | JPY 15,204,201,577,000 | JPY 32,236,717,168,000 | surplus JPY 17,032,515,591,000 |
| 2006 | JPY 14,237,864,728,000 | JPY 29,549,823,083,000 | surplus JPY 15,311,958,355,000 |
| 2005 | JPY 12,547,271,025,000 | JPY 26,680,693,224,000 | surplus JPY 14,133,422,199,000 |
| 2004 | JPY 11,507,522,534,000 | JPY 25,794,685,076,000 | surplus JPY 14,287,162,542,000 |
| 2003 | JPY 10,333,907,211,000 | JPY 22,987,852,971,000 | surplus JPY 12,653,945,760,000 |
| 2002 | JPY 9,955,987,403,000 | JPY 21,761,342,227,000 | surplus JPY 11,805,354,824,000 |
| 2001 | JPY 10,075,874,021,000 | JPY 21,109,613,653,000 | surplus JPY 11,033,739,632,000 |
| 2000 | JPY 9,957,361,449,000 | JPY 23,960,949,194,000 | surplus JPY 14,003,587,745,000 |
| 1999 | JPY 7,984,292,358,000 | JPY 21,119,374,692,000 | surplus JPY 13,135,082,334,000 |
| 1998 | JPY 7,985,501,957,000 | JPY 22,546,616,220,000 | surplus JPY 14,561,114,263,000 |
| 1997 | JPY 8,313,504,846,000 | JPY 23,496,560,666,000 | surplus JPY 15,183,055,820,000 |
| 1996 | JPY 7,533,264,232,000 | JPY 21,347,541,660,000 | surplus JPY 13,814,277,428,000 |
| 1995 | JPY 5,661,663,828,000 | JPY 20,127,601,630,000 | surplus JPY 14,465,937,802,000 |
| 1994 | JPY 4,039,293,375,000 | JPY 18,975,280,628,000 | surplus JPY 14,935,987,253,000 |
| 1993 | JPY 3,420,342,718,000 | JPY 18,201,895,808,000 | surplus JPY 14,781,553,090,000 |
| 1992 | JPY 3,468,724,691,000 | JPY 19,081,909,911,000 | surplus JPY 15,613,185,220,000 |
| 1991 | JPY 3,643,815,309,000 | JPY 18,896,196,529,000 | surplus JPY 15,252,381,220,000 |
| 1990 | JPY 3,583,970,161,000 | JPY 18,341,392,398,000 | surplus JPY 14,757,422,237,000 |
| 1989 | JPY 2,906,797,796,000 | JPY 16,897,008,652,000 | surplus JPY 13,990,210,856,000 |
| 1988 | JPY 2,174,734,381,000 | JPY 14,865,605,216,000 | surplus JPY 12,690,870,835,000 |
Some goods moved between chapters with the HS revisions of 1996, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
The e-Stat table 'Final Trade Statistics by Commodity and Country (Imports), 2016–2020' (Ministry of Finance Trade Statistics of Japan) lacks data for some commodities from April 2018 to December 2019, so values for this period are not shown. This is a problem in the source data; official annual totals from the Ministry of Finance differ.
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