EU–Japan › Leather articles & handbags
EU–Japan trade in leather articles & handbags
In May 2026, the EU exported €155M of leather articles & handbags to Japan and imported €16M — a €140M surplus in this category.
The EU's leather articles & handbags surplus with Japan has narrowed by about 22% over the past year, from €180M to €140M.
Japan supplied about 2% of the EU's extra-EU imports of leather articles & handbags in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€155M
EU imports
€16M
Balance
€140M
Top sub-categories traded with Japan
EU exports →
- 4202Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper€145M
- 4203Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or composition leather (excl. footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95, e.g. shin guards, fencing masks)€8.7M
- 4205Articles of leather or composition leather (excl. saddlery and harness bags; cases and similar containers; apparel and clothing accessories; whips, riding-crops and similar of heading 6602; furniture; lighting appliances; toys; games; sports articles; buttons and parts thereof; cuff links, bracelets or other imitation jewellery; made-up articles of netting of heading 5608; and articles of plaiting materials)€1.4M
- 4201Saddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602)€0.6M
- 4206Articles of gut, goldbeater's skin, bladders or tendons (excl. silkworm gut, sterile catgut, other sterile surgical suture material and strings for musical instruments)€0.0M
← EU imports
- 4202Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper€15M
- 4203Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or composition leather (excl. footware and headgear and parts thereof, and goods of chapter 95, e.g. shin guards, fencing masks)€0.3M
- 4205Articles of leather or composition leather (excl. saddlery and harness bags; cases and similar containers; apparel and clothing accessories; whips, riding-crops and similar of heading 6602; furniture; lighting appliances; toys; games; sports articles; buttons and parts thereof; cuff links, bracelets or other imitation jewellery; made-up articles of netting of heading 5608; and articles of plaiting materials)€0.1M
- 4206Articles of gut, goldbeater's skin, bladders or tendons (excl. silkworm gut, sterile catgut, other sterile surgical suture material and strings for musical instruments)€0.0M
- 4201Saddlery and harness for any animal, incl. traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddlebags, dog coats and the like, of any material (excl. harnesses for children and adults, riding whips and other goods of heading 6602)€0.0M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €155M | €16M | €140M |
| April 2026 | €203M | €13M | €190M |
| March 2026 | €207M | €12M | €195M |
| February 2026 | €188M | €11M | €177M |
| January 2026 | €197M | €9.6M | €188M |
| December 2025 | €206M | €11M | €195M |
| November 2025 | €197M | €11M | €186M |
| October 2025 | €234M | €13M | €221M |
| September 2025 | €190M | €9.1M | €181M |
| August 2025 | €150M | €9.3M | €141M |
| July 2025 | €203M | €9.7M | €193M |
| June 2025 | €193M | €11M | €182M |
| May 2025 | €189M | €9.7M | €180M |
| April 2025 | €220M | €9.3M | €211M |
| March 2025 | €203M | €14M | €189M |
| February 2025 | €217M | €9.8M | €208M |
| January 2025 | €229M | €8.6M | €221M |
| December 2024 | €225M | €9.8M | €215M |
| November 2024 | €214M | €8.0M | €206M |
| October 2024 | €259M | €9.9M | €249M |
| September 2024 | €179M | €8.0M | €171M |
| August 2024 | €203M | €7.3M | €196M |
| July 2024 | €240M | €8.6M | €231M |
| June 2024 | €240M | €7.3M | €233M |
EU exports, imports and balance by month — extra-EU, EU27 reporter, latest 24 months.
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Source: Eurostat — Comext DS-059341 · EU27 reporter · extra-EU trade · value in EUR. Figures are indicative and may be revised; verify against Eurostat before relying on them.