Heading (4-digit)
2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products:
放射性の元素及び同位元素（核分裂性を有する又は核分裂性物質への転換可能な元素及び同位元素を含む。）並びにこれらの化合物並びにこれらの物品を含有する混合物及び残留物
HS code 2844 is a Heading (4-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products:”. This code has 8 subcategories defined below it.
Latest trade statistics
In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 2844 (Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products:) totaled ¥9B (YoY +5.1%), with a volume of 313,801 KG at about ¥28,542/KG. The top import sources are France (24.2%), United Kingdom (23.5%), United States of America (22.4%). Exports totaled ¥7M (YoY -61.2%), with a volume of 6 KG at about ¥1,247,167/KG. The top export destinations are United States of America (60.1%), Australia (16.4%), Republic of Korea (12.4%).
Export (May 2026)
¥7M
YoY: -61.2%
Qty: 6 KG
Unit price: ¥1,247,167/KG
Import (May 2026)
¥9B
YoY: +5.1%
Qty: 313,801 KG
Unit price: ¥28,542/KG
Top export destinations (2025)
| # | Country | Value | Share | Qty | Unit price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | ¥163M | 60.1% | 316 KG | ¥514,975/KG |
| 2 | Australia | ¥44M | 16.4% | — | — |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | ¥34M | 12.4% | 58 KG | ¥578,017/KG |
| 4 | People's Republic of China | ¥18M | 6.7% | 7 KG | ¥2,583,429/KG |
| 5 | Thailand | ¥8M | 2.8% | 10 KG | ¥761,800/KG |
Top import sources (2025)
| # | Country | Value | Share | Qty | Unit price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | ¥21B | 24.2% | 108,963 GR | ¥196,508/GR |
| 2 | United Kingdom | ¥21B | 23.5% | 2,585,748 KG | ¥8,036/KG |
| 3 | United States of America | ¥20B | 22.4% | 557,186 GR | ¥35,653/GR |
| 4 | Canada | ¥15B | 16.5% | 641,511 GR | ¥22,774/GR |
| 5 | Spain | ¥5B | 5.2% | 78,690 GR | ¥58,858/GR |
Subcategories8items
Subheading (6-digit)
284410Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds
Subheading (6-digit)
284420Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products
Subheading (6-digit)
284430Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products
Subheading (6-digit)
284441Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds Ⓘ
Subheading (6-digit)
284442Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds Ⓘ
Subheading (6-digit)
284443Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds Ⓘ
Subheading (6-digit)
284444Radioactive residues Ⓘ
Subheading (6-digit)
284450Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors
Related codes
Other codes in the same classification group
2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine:2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals:2805Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury:2806Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid:2809Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined:2811Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals:2812Halides and halide oxides of non-metals:2813Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide:2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution:2815Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium:2816Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium:2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide:2819Chromium oxides and hydroxides:2820Manganese oxides:2821Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3:2824Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead:2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides:2826Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts:2827Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides:2828Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites:2829Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates:2830Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined:2831Dithionites and sulphoxylates:2832Sulphites; thiosulphates:2833Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates):2834Nitrites; nitrates:2835Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined:2836Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate:2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides:2839Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates:2840Borates; peroxoborates (perborates):2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids:2842Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides:2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals:2845Isotopes other than those of heading 28.44; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined:2846Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals:+3
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