Japan's clothing imports decline 2.9% to $1.7 bn in May 2025

Imports of textile yarn and fabric dropped by 8.9 per cent to 93,495 million yen, representing 1.1 per cent of total imports.

Meanwhile, Japan’s exports of textile yarn and fabric rose by 2.5 per cent to 69,307 million yen during the same period. Exports of textile machinery increased by 13.3 per cent to 24,271 million yen, contributing 0.3 per cent to total exports, which stood at 8,134,992 million yen in the same month.

In fiscal 2024–25 (April–March), imports of clothing and accessories rose by 5.2 per cent to 3,764,657 million yen (~$26.440 billion), while imports of textile yarn and fabric increased by 2.7 per cent to 1,174,598 million yen.

Exports of textile yarn and fabric during the fiscal grew by 6 per cent to 850,139 million yen, whereas textile machinery exports declined by 12.6 per cent to 280,408 million yen.

In fiscal 2023–24, imports of clothing and accessories declined by 1.7 per cent to 3,564,850 million yen (~$23.107 billion), and imports of textile yarn and fabric dropped by 10.4 per cent to 1,143,805 million yen. During the same period, exports of textile yarn and fabric stood at 802,178 million yen, while textile machinery exports totalled 320,947 million yen.

In fiscal 2022–23, clothing and accessories imports reached 3,619,550 million yen (~$25.05 billion), while textile machinery exports amounted to 306,781 million yen.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)