Japanese clothing and accessories imports increased 21.6% in January 2023 to 308.847 billion yen (approximately US$2.30196 billion), accounting for 3.1% of the total import volume of 10.047783 billion yen during the reporting period % Ministry of Finance of the Far Eastern Countries.
In January 2023, imports of textile yarns and fabrics amounted to 101.826 billion yen, an increase of 5.6% over the same period last year. Yarn and fabric imports account for 1% of Japan’s total imports.
Data show thatImports of yarn and fabrics from China in January 2023 were 10.076 billion yen, an increase of 4.3% over the same period in 2022, accounting for 1% of Japan’s total imports from China.
In January 2023, Japan exported textile yarns and fabrics worth 31.372 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The country’s textile machinery exports were 15.697 billion yen, an increase of 12.1% from January 2022, accounting for 0.5% of total exports.
Japan’s clothing imports in 2022 will be 3,494.11 billion yen, an increase of 23.2% over 2021. The import value of textile yarn and fabrics in 2022 will be 1,261.222 billion yen, an increase of 25.7%. In 2022, Japan’s exports of textile yarns and fabrics were worth 772.688 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 15.2%. Its textile machinery exports increased by 26% to 301.414 billion yen in 2022.
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