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:

人造黒鉛及びコロイド状又は半コロイド状の黒鉛並びに黒鉛その他の炭素をもととした調製品（ペースト状、塊状、板状その他半製品の形状にしたものに限る。）

HS code 3801 is a Heading (4-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures:”. This code has 4 subcategories defined below it.

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In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 3801 (Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures:) totaled ¥2B (YoY +7.5%), with a volume of 8,672,386 KG at about ¥232/KG. The top import sources are People's Republic of China (70.4%), United States of America (7.1%), Poland (5.7%). Exports totaled ¥2B (YoY -5.3%), with a volume of 1,471,371 KG at about ¥1,279/KG. The top export destinations are People's Republic of China (27.0%), Republic of Korea (24.4%), France (14.1%).

Export (May 2026)

¥2B

YoY: -5.3%

Qty: 1,471,371 KG

Unit price: ¥1,279/KG

Import (May 2026)

¥2B

YoY: +7.5%

Qty: 8,672,386 KG

Unit price: ¥232/KG

Top export destinations (2025)

#	Country	Value	Share	Qty	Unit price
1	People's Republic of China	¥8B	27.0%	4,569,735 KG	¥1,657/KG
2	Republic of Korea	¥7B	24.4%	5,531,276 KG	¥1,233/KG
3	France	¥4B	14.1%	3,148,571 KG	¥1,256/KG
4	United States of America	¥2B	5.8%	1,267,087 KG	¥1,284/KG
5	Belgium	¥1B	4.8%	940,693 KG	¥1,428/KG

Top import sources (2025)

#	Country	Value	Share	Qty	Unit price
1	People's Republic of China	¥16B	70.4%	89,161,916 KG	¥175/KG
2	United States of America	¥2B	7.1%	1,138,004 KG	¥1,379/KG
3	Poland	¥1B	5.7%	596,658 KG	¥2,125/KG
4	Republic of Korea	¥1B	4.8%	627,733 KG	¥1,684/KG
5	Switzerland	¥912M	4.1%	956,345 KG	¥954/KG

Subcategories4items

Subheading (6-digit)

380110Artificial graphite

Subheading (6-digit)

380120Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite

Subheading (6-digit)

380130Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings

Subheading (6-digit)

380190Other

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Other codes in the same classification group

3802Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black: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:3806Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums: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):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: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: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: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:3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included: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:3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols: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: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:3827Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included:

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