Japan's clothing imports increase 29.8% in Apr-Sept 2022

30 Oct '22

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The imports of clothing and accessories by Japan increased by 29.8 per cent year-on-year to 1,794,366 million yen during April-September 2022. The import was 3 per cent of total import of 60,590,442 million yen during the first six months of this year, according to the provisional trade statistics released by the Far Eastern country's ministry of finance.

According to the latest data, the import of textile yarn and fabrics were valued at 647,725 million yen in April-September 2022, which was 30.8 per cent higher than the same period of last year. The import was 1.1 per cent of the total imports by Japan.

Japan's export of textile yarn and fabrics was worth 389,659 million yen during the first half of fiscal 2022, with an increase of 17 per cent year-on-year. The export was 0.8 per cent of the total export of 49,577,804 million yen from Japan during the April-September 2022.

Japan exported textile machinery valued at 145,877 million yen, which was 20.2 per cent higher than April-September 2021. It contributed 0.3 per cent to total export.

During September 2022, Japan's imports of clothing and accessories increased by 40 per cent year-on-year to 401,740 million yen. Clothing imports accounted for 3.7 per cent of the country's total imports of 10,914,496 million yen during the month under review. The imports of textile yarn and fabrics were valued at 110,920 million yen in September 2022, which is 33.5 per cent higher than the same month of last year.

Japan exported textile yarn and fabrics worth 64,808 million yen, an increase of 21.3 per cent year-on-year. The textile yarn and fabric exports accounted for 0.7 per cent of the total exports of 8,820,212 million yen from Japan during September 2022. Japan exported textile machinery worth 24,868 million yen, which was 28.8 per cent higher than August 2021.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)

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