US trade (export - import) with Japan in 2018
Published or Updated: May 31, 2019
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Japan in 2018: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Japan
In 2018, US trade with Japan totaled $221.0 billion, up 6.49% ($13.5 billion) from 2017.
US exports to Japan in 2018 totaled $75.0 billion, up 10.74% ($7.3 billion) from 2017.
US imports from Japan in 2018 totaled $146.1 billion, up 4.44% ($6.2 billion) from 2017.
US trade deficit with Japan in 2018 was $71.1 billion, a 1.47% decrease ($1.1 billion) over 2017.
Japan was the US 4th largest trading partner in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 5.1633% of US total trade (down from 5.2486% in 2017).
Japan was the US 4th largest export market in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 4.5033% of US total exports (up from 4.3784% in 2017).
Japan was the US 4th largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 5.5832% of US total imports (down from 5.8072% in 2017).
US Exports to Japan
The major share of US exports to Japan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 38.56% of US total exports to Japan (40.51% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 18.31% of US total exports to Japan (18.91% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.17% of US total exports to Japan (18.14% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 12.76% of US total exports to Japan (9.04% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.68% of US total exports to Japan (2.84% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.65% of US total exports to Japan (2.33% in 2017);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.25% of US total exports to Japan (2.29% in 2017).
The largest gains in US exports to Japan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,363.0 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $703.0 million;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $688.2 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $565.2 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $338.8 million;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $312.6 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Japan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 59,513.6 | 0.08 | 55,043.1 | 8.12 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 3,679,648.1 | 4.91 | 3,504,731.2 | 4.99 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 845,711.0 | 1.13 | 841,170.3 | 0.54 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 251,126.0 | 0.34 | 253,488.1 | -0.93 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 46,156.6 | 0.06 | 45,116.4 | 2.31 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 3,745.9 | 0.00 | 3,737.0 | 0.24 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 246,498.9 | 0.33 | 239,100.1 | 3.09 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 880,540.7 | 1.17 | 830,633.8 | 6.01 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 62,639.1 | 0.08 | 82,074.3 | -23.68 |
| 10 | Cereals | 3,849,649.8 | 5.14 | 3,161,470.0 | 21.77 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 39,536.1 | 0.05 | 35,893.5 | 10.15 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,645,042.8 | 2.19 | 1,621,781.8 | 1.43 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 32,603.7 | 0.04 | 26,968.3 | 20.90 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 5,857.6 | 0.01 | 10,567.3 | -44.57 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 35,344.3 | 0.05 | 35,515.1 | -0.48 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 182,217.6 | 0.24 | 185,124.6 | -1.57 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 81,848.1 | 0.11 | 76,044.3 | 7.63 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 44,292.9 | 0.06 | 57,119.2 | -22.46 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 92,893.8 | 0.12 | 93,066.0 | -0.19 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 539,493.3 | 0.72 | 552,925.6 | -2.43 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 334,834.3 | 0.45 | 344,390.5 | -2.77 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 315,416.0 | 0.42 | 300,533.0 | 4.95 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 446,414.3 | 0.60 | 404,810.8 | 10.28 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,017.8 | 0.01 | 36,666.2 | -89.04 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 198,698.6 | 0.27 | 211,868.4 | -6.22 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 495,041.6 | 0.66 | 397,089.9 | 24.67 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 8,870,665.8 | 11.83 | 5,507,644.2 | 61.06 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,233,400.5 | 1.65 | 1,434,229.0 | -14.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,750,032.5 | 3.67 | 2,437,478.1 | 12.82 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,784,532.4 | 5.05 | 3,659,049.2 | 3.43 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 193,785.3 | 0.26 | 169,169.1 | 14.55 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 218,840.1 | 0.29 | 207,307.0 | 5.56 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 408,401.9 | 0.54 | 382,934.9 | 6.65 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 243,847.4 | 0.33 | 229,259.0 | 6.36 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 146,341.8 | 0.20 | 154,581.1 | -5.33 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 42,266.7 | 0.06 | 40,219.5 | 5.09 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 97,094.9 | 0.13 | 83,487.1 | 16.30 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,613,012.2 | 2.15 | 1,422,401.4 | 13.40 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,869,974.3 | 2.49 | 1,817,867.9 | 2.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 266,443.9 | 0.36 | 242,313.7 | 9.96 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 21,409.1 | 0.03 | 23,215.6 | -7.78 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 121,319.2 | 0.16 | 130,760.5 | -7.22 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 796.8 | 0.00 | 801.3 | -0.55 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 793,254.5 | 1.06 | 705,888.6 | 12.38 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 109.6 | 0.00 | 77.8 | 40.78 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 1,944.3 | 0.00 | 475.0 | 309.30 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 573,758.7 | 0.77 | 505,403.8 | 13.52 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 503,158.1 | 0.67 | 598,622.2 | -15.95 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 133,867.8 | 0.18 | 113,367.6 | 18.08 |
| 50 | Silk | 128.2 | 0.00 | 377.4 | -66.03 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 685.3 | 0.00 | 779.3 | -12.06 |
| 52 | Cotton | 50,995.9 | 0.07 | 57,063.6 | -10.63 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 168.2 | 0.00 | 97.5 | 72.47 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 58,867.7 | 0.08 | 61,629.4 | -4.48 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 35,794.7 | 0.05 | 30,232.2 | 18.40 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 52,915.5 | 0.07 | 50,698.2 | 4.37 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 9,960.8 | 0.01 | 8,477.1 | 17.50 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5,125.0 | 0.01 | 4,494.2 | 14.04 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 42,007.9 | 0.06 | 40,731.8 | 3.13 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 4,325.3 | 0.01 | 3,816.7 | 13.33 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 112,604.6 | 0.15 | 94,086.7 | 19.68 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 84,770.4 | 0.11 | 81,554.6 | 3.94 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 54,791.0 | 0.07 | 50,194.8 | 9.16 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 49,763.6 | 0.07 | 49,935.3 | -0.34 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 15,226.8 | 0.02 | 18,035.5 | -15.57 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 497.8 | 0.00 | 398.7 | 24.85 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,675.2 | 0.00 | 902.9 | 85.53 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 157,045.0 | 0.21 | 163,750.8 | -4.10 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 104,113.6 | 0.14 | 118,383.8 | -12.05 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 384,205.8 | 0.51 | 351,800.6 | 9.21 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,684,247.0 | 2.25 | 1,549,423.7 | 8.70 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 131,131.4 | 0.17 | 100,026.1 | 31.10 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 471,041.5 | 0.63 | 379,262.5 | 24.20 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 267,723.9 | 0.36 | 136,238.1 | 96.51 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 188,625.8 | 0.25 | 131,733.3 | 43.19 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 342,177.4 | 0.46 | 315,306.9 | 8.52 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 3,412.8 | 0.00 | 836.6 | 307.93 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 5,471.3 | 0.01 | 5,760.4 | -5.02 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 7,364.4 | 0.01 | 6,582.5 | 11.88 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 340,905.9 | 0.45 | 291,632.2 | 16.90 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 102,845.5 | 0.14 | 95,405.2 | 7.80 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 123,605.1 | 0.16 | 111,961.9 | 10.40 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,235,314.6 | 10.99 | 7,532,312.0 | 9.33 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 4,840,723.8 | 6.46 | 4,916,353.1 | -1.54 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 38,829.1 | 0.05 | 32,610.1 | 19.07 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,700,208.7 | 2.27 | 1,361,413.4 | 24.89 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 6,495,383.2 | 8.66 | 6,551,809.5 | -0.86 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 61,782.2 | 0.08 | 61,239.2 | 0.89 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,534,720.7 | 10.05 | 6,969,546.6 | 8.11 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 52,006.5 | 0.07 | 60,239.1 | -13.67 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 114,242.0 | 0.15 | 120,941.8 | -5.54 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 437,437.9 | 0.58 | 253,728.2 | 72.40 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 274,698.7 | 0.37 | 260,820.5 | 5.32 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 276,242.2 | 0.37 | 299,970.4 | -7.91 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 33,921.4 | 0.05 | 36,204.9 | -6.31 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 305,200.6 | 0.41 | 440,039.7 | -30.64 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,360,378.3 | 1.81 | 1,210,890.8 | 12.35 |
US Imports from Japan
The major share of US imports from Japan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 78.85% of US total imports from Japan (80.00% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.83% of US total imports from Japan (9.20% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.86% of US total imports from Japan (3.83% in 2017).
The largest gains in US imports from Japan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,323.6 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $769.3 million;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $585.7 million;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $558.3 million;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $500.9 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $474.6 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $449.6 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Japan in 2018 over the 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2017 USD thousand) |
Change in 2018 over 2017 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 1,075.9 | 0.00 | 629.0 | 71.03 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 35,329.4 | 0.02 | 22,164.6 | 59.40 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 247,140.6 | 0.17 | 263,744.9 | -6.30 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 554.6 | 0.00 | 642.4 | -13.68 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,098.4 | 0.00 | 1,489.8 | -26.27 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 3,970.2 | 0.00 | 3,444.3 | 15.27 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 9,665.0 | 0.01 | 8,447.9 | 14.41 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 313.0 | 0.00 | 292.1 | 7.14 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 67,466.3 | 0.05 | 55,996.9 | 20.48 |
| 10 | Cereals | 4,247.8 | 0.00 | 2,903.6 | 46.30 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,787.2 | 0.00 | 2,608.8 | 45.17 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 17,769.7 | 0.01 | 17,266.4 | 2.91 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 13,862.8 | 0.01 | 11,715.7 | 18.33 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 460.5 | 0.00 | 808.6 | -43.05 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 53,283.7 | 0.04 | 50,538.5 | 5.43 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 65,813.4 | 0.05 | 58,213.5 | 13.06 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 14,428.4 | 0.01 | 13,300.4 | 8.48 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,325.5 | 0.00 | 5,847.4 | 8.18 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 95,078.3 | 0.07 | 84,924.5 | 11.96 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 50,630.5 | 0.03 | 44,054.7 | 14.93 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 167,954.5 | 0.11 | 153,111.7 | 9.69 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 163,844.6 | 0.11 | 154,698.5 | 5.91 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,960.1 | 0.00 | 6,347.7 | 9.65 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 2,173.2 | 0.00 | 2,936.3 | -25.99 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 41,740.2 | 0.03 | 36,610.4 | 14.01 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 34,343.4 | 0.02 | 34,623.0 | -0.81 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 922,022.9 | 0.63 | 581,170.3 | 58.65 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,030,820.5 | 0.71 | 472,516.2 | 118.16 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,981,356.7 | 1.36 | 2,080,875.3 | -4.78 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,733,567.6 | 1.87 | 2,258,957.9 | 21.01 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 24,940.5 | 0.02 | 21,614.4 | 15.39 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 355,654.4 | 0.24 | 333,598.0 | 6.61 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 260,735.0 | 0.18 | 211,739.4 | 23.14 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 230,705.3 | 0.16 | 219,098.3 | 5.30 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 134,530.5 | 0.09 | 118,827.5 | 13.21 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 4,151.2 | 0.00 | 10,527.7 | -60.57 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,103,337.2 | 0.76 | 1,059,469.9 | 4.14 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,797,860.8 | 1.23 | 1,587,410.6 | 13.26 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,494,046.4 | 1.71 | 2,374,306.7 | 5.04 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,213,414.3 | 1.52 | 2,113,917.2 | 4.71 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 439.9 | 0.00 | 270.8 | 62.47 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 14,922.1 | 0.01 | 13,971.8 | 6.80 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 71.5 | 0.00 | 148.9 | -51.96 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 29,370.1 | 0.02 | 16,929.0 | 73.49 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 165.6 | 0.00 | 22.5 | 637.42 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 147.3 | 0.00 | 253.3 | -41.84 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 33.5 | 0.00 | 80.3 | -58.27 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 368,012.5 | 0.25 | 393,197.2 | -6.41 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 56,253.0 | 0.04 | 58,464.0 | -3.78 |
| 50 | Silk | 1,416.9 | 0.00 | 1,743.7 | -18.74 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 1,868.3 | 0.00 | 2,607.9 | -28.36 |
| 52 | Cotton | 55,435.0 | 0.04 | 64,990.8 | -14.70 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 573.3 | 0.00 | 674.6 | -15.01 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 88,356.5 | 0.06 | 86,614.3 | 2.01 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 115,559.1 | 0.08 | 109,011.3 | 6.01 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 180,592.3 | 0.12 | 159,308.8 | 13.36 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 933.4 | 0.00 | 1,069.9 | -12.76 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 8,394.8 | 0.01 | 9,880.1 | -15.03 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 170,367.4 | 0.12 | 158,300.6 | 7.62 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 12,132.4 | 0.01 | 14,800.2 | -18.03 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 36,049.4 | 0.02 | 25,192.6 | 43.10 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 59,945.3 | 0.04 | 53,669.0 | 11.69 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 25,614.6 | 0.02 | 25,317.7 | 1.17 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,802.4 | 0.00 | 3,038.9 | 58.03 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 32,674.4 | 0.02 | 23,666.5 | 38.06 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 95.9 | 0.00 | 72.5 | 32.24 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,421.0 | 0.00 | 1,023.7 | 38.80 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 413,799.9 | 0.28 | 380,992.0 | 8.61 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 443,124.3 | 0.30 | 383,727.3 | 15.48 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 299,140.4 | 0.20 | 297,225.5 | 0.64 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 236,366.2 | 0.16 | 238,346.4 | -0.83 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,214,037.2 | 0.83 | 1,349,626.0 | -10.05 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,819,663.2 | 1.25 | 1,732,666.6 | 5.02 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 289,117.4 | 0.20 | 218,572.4 | 32.28 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 123,083.5 | 0.08 | 98,889.9 | 24.47 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 415,997.5 | 0.28 | 295,590.1 | 40.73 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 53.7 | 0.00 | 56.2 | -4.46 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3,645.8 | 0.00 | 3,565.6 | 2.25 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 9,044.8 | 0.01 | 5,250.1 | 72.28 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 423,621.3 | 0.29 | 328,617.1 | 28.91 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 935,541.4 | 0.64 | 902,988.8 | 3.60 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 402,433.6 | 0.28 | 425,735.0 | -5.47 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 33,029,794.3 | 22.61 | 31,706,154.5 | 4.17 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 18,081,970.1 | 12.38 | 17,496,271.8 | 3.35 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 156,065.0 | 0.11 | 187,855.8 | -16.92 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 52,482,725.6 | 35.93 | 51,713,439.0 | 1.49 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 4,198,301.3 | 2.87 | 4,016,554.9 | 4.52 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,435.1 | 0.00 | 10,116.3 | -56.16 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,212,697.0 | 4.94 | 6,763,052.0 | 6.65 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 745,310.6 | 0.51 | 806,369.5 | -7.57 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 154,192.8 | 0.11 | 140,154.1 | 10.02 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 151,607.0 | 0.10 | 85,355.0 | 77.62 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 333,329.7 | 0.23 | 285,701.5 | 16.67 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 261,945.4 | 0.18 | 218,217.8 | 20.04 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 344,614.2 | 0.24 | 369,404.6 | -6.71 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 299,965.0 | 0.21 | 277,370.1 | 8.15 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 3,917,431.3 | 2.68 | 3,416,539.0 | 14.66 |