Chapter (2-digit)

19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products

穀物、穀粉、でん粉又はミルクの調製品及びベーカリー製品

HS code 19 is a Chapter (2-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products”. This code has 4 subcategories defined below it.

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In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 19 (Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products) totaled ¥19B (YoY -1.4%), with a volume of 45,422,994 KG at about ¥414/KG. The top import sources are People's Republic of China (15.0%), Republic of Korea (11.1%), Italy (8.4%). Exports totaled ¥9B (YoY +6.1%), with a volume of 10,609,359 KG at about ¥839/KG. The top export destinations are United States of America (19.6%), Hong Kong (18.6%), Taiwan (14.1%).

Export (May 2026)

¥9B

YoY: +6.1%

Qty: 10,609,359 KG

Unit price: ¥839/KG

Import (May 2026)

¥19B

YoY: -1.4%

Qty: 45,422,994 KG

Unit price: ¥414/KG

Top export destinations (2025)

#	Country	Value	Share	Qty	Unit price
1	United States of America	¥22B	19.6%	28,406,963	¥773
2	Hong Kong	¥21B	18.6%	25,535,148	¥818
3	Taiwan	¥16B	14.1%	14,279,352	¥1,108
4	Viet Nam	¥10B	8.9%	7,103,104	¥1,399
5	Republic of Korea	¥7B	6.6%	10,001,945	¥740

Top import sources (2025)

#	Country	Value	Share	Qty	Unit price
1	People's Republic of China	¥37B	15.0%	85,993,913	¥426
2	Republic of Korea	¥27B	11.1%	75,360,760	¥358
3	Italy	¥20B	8.4%	75,861,734	¥269
4	Malaysia	¥18B	7.5%	32,645,529	¥563
5	Viet Nam	¥18B	7.2%	36,652,956	¥481

Subcategories4items

Heading (4-digit)

1901Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included:

Heading (4-digit)

1902Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared:

Heading (4-digit)

1904Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included:

Heading (4-digit)

1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products:

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