Japan's clothing imports up 18.6% to 258,588 mn yen in Dec 2022

The imports of textile yarn and fabric were valued at 100,215 million yen in December 2022, which was 14.1 per cent higher than the same period of last year. Yarn and fabric imports were 1 per cent of the total imports by Japan, as per the latest data. 

Japan exported textile yarn and fabric worth 72,355 million yen during December 2022, an increase of 8.7 per cent year-on-year. The country’s exports of textile machinery were valued at 27,199 million yen, which was 19 per cent higher than the exports in December 2021, contributing 0.3 per cent to the total exports. 

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)