Japan Trade Balance
The goods trade balance in Japan was -556,479 million JPY in September 2026, according to Ministry of Finance, Japan (Trade Statistics, Japan Customs).
Japan Trade Balance, Goods (Monthly, NSA, Ministry of Finance) · Monthly · million JPY
- Latest
- -556,479
- million JPY · September 2026 · provisional
- Previous
- -1,120,637
- million JPY · August 2026
- A year earlier
- -277,703
- million JPY · September 2025
- Release
- n/a
- No publisher release time recorded for this series
Recent readings
| Period | Value (million JPY) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | -556,479 | provisional |
| 2026-08 | -1,120,637 | No publisher status flag |
| 2026-07 | -644,920 | No publisher status flag |
| 2026-06 | -412,257 | No publisher status flag |
| 2026-05 | -395,110 | No publisher status flag |
| 2026-04 | 282,325 | No publisher status flag |
| 2026-03 | 631,235 | No publisher status flag |
| 2026-02 | 36,568 | No publisher status flag |
| 2026-01 | -1,165,804 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-12 | 94,749 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-11 | 305,991 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-10 | -242,910 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-09 | -277,703 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-08 | -294,090 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-07 | -156,284 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-06 | 122,270 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-05 | -662,469 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-04 | -149,522 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-03 | 529,809 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-02 | 559,181 | No publisher status flag |
| 2025-01 | -2,758,666 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-12 | 120,298 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-11 | -120,809 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-10 | -499,950 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-09 | -333,574 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-08 | -745,615 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-07 | -640,481 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-06 | 215,431 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-05 | -1,229,866 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-04 | -515,354 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-03 | 343,930 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-02 | -430,232 | No publisher status flag |
| 2024-01 | -1,792,226 | No publisher status flag |
| 2023-12 | 32,354 | No publisher status flag |
| 2023-11 | -813,869 | No publisher status flag |
| 2023-10 | -702,859 | No publisher status flag |
Source: Ministry of Finance, Japan (Trade Statistics, Japan Customs). Newest 36 readings shown.
Definition and source
Japan goods trade balance: exports (F.O.B.) minus imports (C.I.F.), all countries, million yen, not seasonally adjusted, as the Ministry of Finance publishes it in its Trade Statistics (from January 1979). Release times are unknown.
- Publisher status
- Provisional
- Adjustment
- not seasonally adjusted
- Measure
- Goods trade balance: exports valued F.O.B. minus imports valued C.I.F., customs basis
- Consistency check
- The Ministry printed △556,479 million yen: exports 10,953,854 minus imports 11,510,333 in the release, equal to the totals file rounded to the million yen.
- Original source number
- △556,479
- Reuse scope
- Japan Customs site: Public Data License 1.0 (CC BY 4.0 compatible) unless stated; commercial reuse with the source credited.
Also reviewed on SOTW: OECD goods balance · US dollars. The OECD's copy, converted to US dollars at market exchange rates; it usually reaches SOTW weeks after the Ministry of Finance's release.