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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:

仕上剤、促染剤、媒染剤その他の物品及び調製品（繊維工業、製紙工業、皮革工業その他これらに類する工業において使用する種類のものに限るものとし、他の項に該当するものを除く。）

HS code 3809 is a Heading (4-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “Finishing 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:”. This code has 4 subcategories defined below it.

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In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 3809 (Finishing 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:) totaled ¥675M (YoY +18.5%), with a volume of 1,754,236 KG at about ¥385/KG. The top import sources are United States of America (30.6%), Republic of Korea (17.6%), People's Republic of China (14.7%). Exports totaled ¥1B (YoY +14.5%), with a volume of 1,834,773 KG at about ¥793/KG. The top export destinations are People's Republic of China (36.7%), United States of America (14.7%), Germany (10.7%).

Export (May 2026)
¥1B
YoY: +14.5%
Qty: 1,834,773 KG
Unit price: ¥793/KG
Import (May 2026)
¥675M
YoY: +18.5%
Qty: 1,754,236 KG
Unit price: ¥385/KG

Top export destinations (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1People's Republic of China¥7B36.7%11,221,380 KG¥617/KG
2United States of America¥3B14.7%1,707,460 KG¥1,621/KG
3Germany¥2B10.7%1,001,886 KG¥2,010/KG
4Taiwan¥1B7.4%1,869,491 KG¥751/KG
5Belgium¥1B5.5%739,346 KG¥1,399/KG

Top import sources (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1United States of America¥3B30.6%4,868,157 KG¥555/KG
2Republic of Korea¥2B17.6%6,198,086 KG¥251/KG
3People's Republic of China¥1B14.7%3,353,115 KG¥387/KG
4Viet Nam¥1B12.8%2,656,833 KG¥423/KG
5Taiwan¥537M6.1%5,501,804 KG¥98/KG

Subcategories4items

Subheading (6-digit)
380910With a basis of amylaceous substances
Subheading (6-digit)
380991Of a kind used in the textile or like industries:
Subheading (6-digit)
380992Of a kind used in the paper or like industries
Subheading (6-digit)
380993Of a kind used in the leather or like industries

Related codes

Other codes in the same classification group

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: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):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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