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Japan's clothing & accessories imports ease 1.1% in Apr-Sept 2023

In the first half of current fiscal ****-** (April-March), imports of textile yarn and fabric amounted to ***,*** million yen, marking a **.* per cent decline compared to the same period in the previous year. These imports accounted for *.* per cent of Japan’s total imports.

Meanwhile, during the same period, Japan’s exports of textile yarn and fabric were valued at ***,*** million yen, an increase of *.* per cent year-on-year. Likewise, the country’s textile machinery exports rose to ***,*** million yen, a significant increase of **.* per cent from the corresponding period of ****. These exports contributed *.* per cent to Japan’s total exports.