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Japan's clothing imports up 21.4% to 3,16,332 mn yen in Nov 2022

20 Dec '22
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The imports of clothing and accessories by Japan increased by 21.4 per cent year-on-year to 3,16,332 million yen ($2327.08 million) in November 2022. They were 2.9 per cent of the total imports of 10,864,947 million yen during the period under review, according to the provisional trade statistics released by the Far Eastern country's ministry of finance. 

The imports of textile yarn and fabric were valued at 1,19,093 million yen in November 2022, which was 22.2 per cent higher than the same period of last year. Yarn and fabric imports were 1.1 per cent of the total imports by Japan, as per the latest data. 

Japan exported textile yarn and fabric worth 68,967 million yen during November 2022, an increase of 16.9 per cent year-on-year. The country’s exports of textile machinery were valued at 30,163 million yen, which was 32.7 per cent higher than the exports in November 2021, contributing 0.3 per cent to the total exports. 

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)

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