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44Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal

木材及びその製品並びに木炭

HS code 44 is a Chapter (2-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal”. This code has 17 subcategories defined below it.

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In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 44 (Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal) totaled ¥106B (YoY -7.5%), with a volume of 15,900,897 CM at about ¥6,694/CM. The top import sources are Viet Nam (16.8%), People's Republic of China (13.4%), Philippines (11.2%). Exports totaled ¥5B (YoY -5.9%), with a volume of 43,894 CM at about ¥111,452/CM. The top export destinations are People's Republic of China (52.9%), Philippines (19.1%), United States of America (11.6%).

Export (May 2026)
¥5B
YoY: -5.9%
Qty: 43,894 CM
Unit price: ¥111,452/CM
Import (May 2026)
¥106B
YoY: -7.5%
Qty: 15,900,897 CM
Unit price: ¥6,694/CM

Top export destinations (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1People's Republic of China¥32B52.9%70,349¥448,020
2Philippines¥11B19.1%175,878¥64,622
3United States of America¥7B11.6%226,497¥30,483
4Republic of Korea¥3B5.1%11,915¥256,925
5Taiwan¥2B3.9%97,405¥24,076

Top import sources (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1Viet Nam¥224B16.8%3,690,192¥60,802
2People's Republic of China¥180B13.4%149,269,775¥1,203
3Philippines¥150B11.2%839,891¥178,014
4Indonesia¥115B8.6%18,405,391¥6,266
5United States of America¥106B7.9%481,209¥219,762

Subcategories17items

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4401Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms:
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4402Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated:
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4403Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:
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4404Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like:
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4406Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood:
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4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm:
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4408Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm:
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4409Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed:
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4410Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances:
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4411Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances:
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4412Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood:
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4414Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects:
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4415Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood:
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4418Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes:
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4419Tableware and kitchenware, of wood:
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4420Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in Chapter 94:
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4421Other articles of wood:

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