Japan's clothing imports increase 47.3% YoY in August 2022

The imports of textile yarn and fabrics were valued at 118,233 million yen in August 2022, which is 43.1 per cent higher than the same month of last year. Textile yarn and fabric imports were 1.1 per cent of the total imports of Japan, according to the data. 

Japan exported textile yarn and fabrics worth 62,810 million yen, an increase of 19 per cent year-on-year. The textile yarn and fabric exports accounted for 0.8 per cent of the total exports of 8,061,925 million yen from Japan during August 2022. 

Moreover, Japan exported textile machinery worth 25,223 million yen, which was 13.1 per cent higher than August 2021. It contributed 0.3 per cent to the total exports. 

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)