Japan’s imports of clothing and accessories increased by 38 percent year-on-year to 279,930 mn yen in July 2022. The import was 2.7 per cent of the country’s total import of 10,189,162 mn yen during the month under review, according to the provisional trade statistics released recently by the Far Eastern Country’s Ministry of Finance.
According to the latest data, the import of textile yarn and fabrics were valued at 110,172 mn yen in July 2022, which was 33.9 percent higher than the same month of last year. The import was 1.1 percent of the total import of Japan.
Japan’s export of textile yarn and fabrics was worth 68,392 mn yen, with increase of 20.5 percent year-on-year. The export was 0.8 percent of total export of 8,755,226 mn yen from Japan during July 2022.
Japan exported textile machinery of 25,733 mn yen, which was 28.1 percent higher than July 2021. It contributed 0.3 percent in total export.