Among the Asian countries, imports from China stood at 1,880.791 billion yen ($16.77 billion), which was actually a decline of 16.1 per cent year-on-year, the data showed.
During April-March 2016-17, Japan imported apparel and accessories worth 155.688 billion yen ($1.39 billion) from the EU, down 7.6 per cent year-on-year. The Far Eastern country also imported 13.743 billion yen ($122.55 million) worth of clothing and accessories from the US, down 24.7 per cent.
Meanwhile, the value of Japan’s import of textile yarn and fabrics dropped 9.6 per cent year-on-year to 872.606 billion yen ($7.78 billion) during the period under review. A bulk of these imports valued at 775.505 billion yen ($6.92 billion) were supplied by the countries in the Asian region, with China alone accounting for 487.880 billion yen ($4.35 billion), while imports from Asean nations stood at 176.384 billion yen ($1.57 billion).
Japan imported yarn and fabric worth 57.748 billion yen ($514.94 million) from the EU countries, whereas its imports from the US were valued at 24.166 billion yen ($215.49 million), during the 12-month period. (RKS)
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