Japan's clothing imports rise 5.2% to $2.2 bn in April 2025

Imports of textile yarn and fabric increased by 0.3 per cent to 101,204 million yen, representing 1.1 per cent of total imports.

Meanwhile, Japan’s exports of textile yarn and fabric grew by 1.6 per cent to 72,656 million yen during the same period. Exports of textile machinery rose by 3.4 per cent to 21,434 million yen, contributing 0.2 per cent to total exports.

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

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

In fiscal 2023–24, imports of clothing and accessories fell by 1.7 per cent to 3,564,850 million yen (~$23.107 billion), and textile yarn and fabric imports 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, and 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 were 306,781 million yen.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)