Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports
The release date for April 2026 figures has been changed, and they will now be released at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22, 2026. For details, please refer to the revision notice, "Revisions to the Research Data 'Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports'" (published on May 20, 2026).
In order to assess the developments in exports and imports consistently with real GDP, it is useful to look at those developments on a real-value basis, after excluding the effects of price fluctuations. Moreover, as for real exports, data broken down by region and by goods enable a more multi-faceted analysis on the developments in Japan's real exports.
From this viewpoint, the Research and Statistics Department of the Bank of Japan prepares data on real exports and real imports, and calculates real exports broken down by region and by goods. These data are released on the Bank's website on a regular basis.
For the April 2026 data onward, the data will, in principle, be released at 4:00 p.m., one business day after the release of the Ministry of Finance's "Trade Statistics (Provisional)." The release schedule is subject to change.
Please note that these data may be revised retroactively due to revisions to the statistics used for calculation, changes in the base years, annual revisions, etc. and that the compilation method may be changed for the purpose of economic assessment by the Bank of Japan.
For details on the compilation methodology, please refer to Explanation of "Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports" and the following research paper.
Research Data
| Date | Title | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Apr. 27, 2026 | Charts | [PDF 20KB] |
| Apr. 27, 2026 | Data(reference series) | [XLSX 75KB] |
| Apr. 22, 2026 | Data(main series) | [XLSX 37KB] |
Explanation and Related Materials
- Explanation of "Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports."
- Yorozu, Shibasaki, Osada, and Higashi "Real Exports and Real Imports: Methodology and Tips for Analysis," Bank of Japan Research Papers, April 2017
Notices of Changes
- May 20, 2026
- Revisions to the Research Data "Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports"
- Apr. 22, 2026
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- July 23, 2025
- Revisions to Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 17, 2025
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 17, 2024
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 20, 2023
- Revisions to Real Exports and Real Imports
- June 16, 2022
- Compilation Method of "Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports" in Response to the Rebasing of the Corporate Goods Price Index to the Base Year 2020
- Apr. 20, 2022
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 19, 2021
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 20, 2020
- Revisions to Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 17, 2019
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 18, 2018
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- Apr. 20, 2017
- Revisions to Real Exports and Real Imports
- Feb. 20, 2017
- Compilation Method of "Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports" in Response to the Rebasing of the Corporate Goods Price Index to the Base Year 2015
- Apr. 20, 2016
- Revision of Seasonally-Adjusted Data for Real Exports and Real Imports
- Feb. 1, 2016
- Release of Research Data "Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports"
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