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China's share dips to 46.8% in Japan's apparel market, still leads

Japan’s total apparel imports amounted to $*.*** billion in the first four months of the current year. Imports from China were valued at $*.*** billion, representing **.** per cent of the total. During the same period in ****, Japan had imported $*.*** billion worth of apparel from China, which was **.** per cent of its total apparel imports valued at $*.*** billion, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.

Japan’s total apparel imports grew by *.** per cent in the first four months of ****, while imports from China rose by only *.** per cent. The relatively higher overall growth in imports contributed to China’s declining market share.