# Japan Trade Balance – Aug 19, 2026: -638.345

> Canonical page: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/trade-balance/announcements/jpy_trade_balance_2026-08-19
> Publisher: FXMacroData (https://fxmacrodata.com) — official-source macroeconomic release records
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Released |
| Actual | -638.345 |
| Previous | -412.258 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Reference period | 2026-07-31 |
| Release time (local) | 2026-08-20 08:50 Asia/Tokyo |
| Release time (UTC) | 2026-08-19 23:50 UTC |
| Release ID | jpy_trade_balance_2026-08-19 |

Japan Trade Balance came in at -638.345 on Aug 19, 2026, compared with -412.258 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Japan context, and API access for this series.

## Recent release history

| Release date | Actual | Previous | Forecast |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-19 | -638.345 | -412.258 | -- |
| 2026-07-21 | -412.258 | -395.109 | -- |
| 2026-06-16 | -395.109 | 282.326 | -- |
| 2026-05-20 | 282.326 | 631.234 | -- |
| 2026-04-21 | 631.234 | 36.568 | -- |
| 2026-03-17 | 36.568 | -1,165.80 | -- |
| 2026-02-17 | -1,165.80 | 94.749 | -- |
| 2026-01-21 | 94.749 | 305.991 | -- |
| 2025-12-21 | 305.991 | -242.91 | -- |
| 2025-11-19 | -242.91 | -277.703 | -- |
| 2025-10-19 | -277.703 | -294.09 | -- |
| 2025-09-21 | -294.09 | -156.284 | -- |

## API access

```
GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/jpy/trade_balance?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
```

The endpoint returns the full announcement history for this series, including point-in-time release timestamps.

## Related

- Previous release: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/trade-balance/announcements/jpy_trade_balance_2026-07-21
- Full series and chart: https://fxmacrodata.com/japan/trade-balance
- Machine-readable surfaces index: https://fxmacrodata.com/llms.txt