Chapter (2-digit)
38Miscellaneous chemical products
各種の化学工業生産品
HS code 38 is a Chapter (2-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “Miscellaneous chemical products”. This code has 15 subcategories defined below it.
Latest trade statistics
In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 38 (Miscellaneous chemical products) totaled ¥102B (YoY +23.0%), with a volume of 2,816,571 NO at about ¥36,234/NO. The top import sources are United States of America (24.1%), People's Republic of China (22.6%), Germany (7.0%). Exports totaled ¥182B (YoY +4.9%), with a volume of 522,334 NO at about ¥348,331/NO. The top export destinations are People's Republic of China (20.4%), Taiwan (18.5%), Republic of Korea (13.7%).
Export (May 2026)
¥182B
YoY: +4.9%
Qty: 522,334 NO
Unit price: ¥348,331/NO
Import (May 2026)
¥102B
YoY: +23.0%
Qty: 2,816,571 NO
Unit price: ¥36,234/NO
Top export destinations (2025)
| # | Country | Value | Share | Qty | Unit price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | ¥424B | 20.4% | 36,613 | ¥11,577,908 |
| 2 | Taiwan | ¥384B | 18.5% | 266,688 | ¥1,439,234 |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | ¥285B | 13.7% | 188,352 | ¥1,510,985 |
| 4 | United States of America | ¥204B | 9.8% | 272,160 | ¥749,299 |
| 5 | India | ¥189B | 9.1% | 30,387,001 | ¥6,216 |
Top import sources (2025)
| # | Country | Value | Share | Qty | Unit price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | ¥254B | 24.1% | 123,387,247 | ¥2,061 |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | ¥238B | 22.6% | 5,689,026 | ¥41,816 |
| 3 | Germany | ¥74B | 7.0% | 46,619,312 | ¥1,586 |
| 4 | Republic of Korea | ¥70B | 6.6% | 88,976,270 | ¥784 |
| 5 | Singapore | ¥52B | 4.9% | 54,693,107 | ¥953 |
Subcategories15items
Heading (4-digit)
3801Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures:
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3802Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black:
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3805Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent:
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3806Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums:
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3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers):
Heading (4-digit)
3809Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included:
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3810Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods:
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3811Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils:
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3812Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics:
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3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included:
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3822Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06; certified reference materials:
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3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols:
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3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included:
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3825Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter:
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3827Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included:
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