Japan's clothing imports up 23.2% to 3,494,110 mn yen in 2022

The imports of textile yarn and fabric were valued at 1,261,222 million yen in January-December 2022, which was 25.7 per cent higher than the same period of last year. Yarn and fabric imports accounted for 1.1 per cent of the total imports by Japan, as per the latest data. 

The imports from China were 1,901,152 million yen in January-December 2022 which was 20.1 per cent higher than the shipment of corresponding period of 2021. The imports were 7.7 per cent of the total imports by Japan from China. The imports of textile yarn and fabric increased by 23.7 per cent to 735,177 million yen during the period under review. 

Japan exported textile yarn and fabric worth 772,688 million yen during January-December 2022, an increase of 15.2 per cent year-on-year. The country’s exports of textile machinery were valued at 301,414 million yen, which was 26 per cent higher than the exports in January-December 2021, contributing 0.3 per cent to the total exports. 

The exports of textile yarn and fabrics to the US were 77,404 million yen which was 10.8 per cent higher than the exports of 2021. The exports of textile yarn and fabrics to the US were 0.4 per cent of the total shipment of 18,258,656 million yen. The export of textile machinery to the US increased by 37.5 per cent to 13,830 million yen in the same period. 

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)