Heading (4-digit)

8401Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation:

原子炉、原子炉用核燃料要素(カートリッジ式で未使用のものに限る。)及び同位体分離用機器

HS code 8401 is a Heading (4-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation:. This code has 4 subcategories defined below it.

Latest trade statistics

In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 8401 (Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation:) totaled ¥6B (YoY +26044.0%), with a volume of 28,391 KG at about ¥202,496/KG. The top import sources are France (99.6%), United States of America (0.4%), People's Republic of China (0.0%). Exports totaled ¥292M (YoY +394.7%), with a volume of 2,076 KG at about ¥140,821/KG. The top export destinations are United States of America (79.0%), Belgium (19.4%), Canada (0.8%).

Export (May 2026)
¥292M
YoY: +394.7%
Qty: 2,076 KG
Unit price: ¥140,821/KG
Import (May 2026)
¥6B
YoY: +26044.0%
Qty: 28,391 KG
Unit price: ¥202,496/KG

Top export destinations (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1United States of America¥8B79.0%91,728 KG¥85,357/KG
2Belgium¥2B19.4%807,600 KG¥2,385/KG
3Canada¥78M0.8%31 KG¥2,519,452/KG
4Spain¥77M0.8%610 KG¥126,285/KG
5Singapore¥256,0000.0%2 KG¥128,000/KG

Top import sources (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1France¥49B99.6%21,419 KG¥2,265,768/KG
2United States of America¥202M0.4%1,296 KG¥155,662/KG
3People's Republic of China¥2M0.0%16 KG¥129,313/KG

Related codes

Other codes in the same classification group

8402Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers:8403Central heating boilers other than those of heading 84.02:8404Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 84.02 or 84.03 (for example, economisers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam or other vapour power units:8405Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers; acetylene gas generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers:8406Steam turbines and other vapour turbines:8407Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines:8408Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines):8409Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 84.07 or 84.08:8410Hydraulic turbines, water wheels, and regulators therefor:8411Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines:8412Other engines and motors:8413Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators:8414Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters; gas-tight biological safety cabinets, whether or not fitted with filters:8415Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated:8416Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverised solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stokers, including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances:8417Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, non-electric:8418Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15:8419Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric:8420Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders therefor:8421Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases:8422Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery); machinery for aerating beverages:8423Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds:8424Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines:8425Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks:8426Ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane:8427Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment:8428Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics):8429Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers:8430Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snow-ploughs and snow-blowers:8431Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30:8432Agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation; lawn or sports-ground rollers:8433Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading 84.37:8434Milking machines and dairy machinery:8435Presses, crushers and similar machinery used in the manufacture of wine, cider, fruit juices or similar beverages:8436Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders:8437Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables; machinery used in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than farm-type machinery:+47

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