Japan's clothing imports fell 6.9% to $1.7 bn in Feb 2025

21 Mar '25

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Japan's clothing imports fell 6.9% to $1.7 bn in Feb 2025

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Japan's imports of clothing and accessories fell by 6.9 per cent to 265,663 million yen, while textile yarn and fabric imports declined by 6.3 per cent.
However, exports of textile yarn and fabric grew by 12.7 per cent, and textile machinery exports rose by 7.3 per cent.
In 2024, clothing imports increased by 3.5 per cent, but textile machinery exports dropped by 17.7 per cent.

After a period of impressive growth, Japan’s imports of clothing and accessories fell by 6.9 per cent to 265,663 million yen (approximately $1.787 billion). These imports accounted for 3.1 per cent of the nation's total imports, which stood at 8,606,634 million yen, according to provisional data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

The country’s imports of textile yarn and fabric declined by 6.3 per cent to 78,061 million yen, representing 0.9 per cent of total imports.

Meanwhile, Japan's exports of textile yarn and fabric grew by 12.7 per cent during the same period, reaching 69,560 million yen. Exports of textile machinery increased by 7.3 per cent to 26,101 million yen, contributing 0.3 per cent to total exports.

In 2024, Japan’s imports of clothing and accessories rose by 3.5 per cent to 3,674,140 million yen (approximately $23.619 billion). However, imports of textile yarn and fabric declined by 0.4 per cent to 1,157,919 million yen. During the same period, Japan's exports of textile yarn and fabric increased by 6.9 per cent to 839,583 million yen, while exports of textile machinery fell by 17.7 per cent to 270,557 million yen.

For fiscal 2023-24 (April-March), Japan’s imports of clothing and accessories totalled 3,564,850 million yen (approximately $23.107 billion), marking a 1.7 per cent decline. Imports of textile yarn and fabric fell by 10.4 per cent to 1,143,805 million yen. In the same fiscal, Japan exported textile yarn and fabric worth 802,178 million yen, while exports of textile machinery reached 320,947 million yen.

In fiscal 2022-23, Japan’s imports of clothing and accessories amounted to 3,619,550 million yen (approximately $25.05 billion), while imports of textile yarn and fabric totalled 1,275,608 million yen. During that fiscal, Japan exported textile yarn and fabric worth 776,999 million yen, while exports of textile machinery reached 306,781 million yen.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)

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