Japan's textile and apparel import volume in Sep increases slightly year-on-year

The latest data show that Japan's imports of textile and apparel in September were 254kt, an increase of 5.1% year-on-year and a decrease of 5.1% month-on-month, and hit the second highest in recent years. However, the volume from China decreased by 1.9% year-on-year and 5.5% month-on-month.

From January to September, Japan's total textile and apparel imports toppled 2.007 million tons, up by 4% year-on-year, yet down 0.8% from the same period in 2019.

In terms of import value, the import value in September reached 500.405 billion yen, up 40% year-on-year. Of which the import value of garment was 384.1 billion yen, up 41.7% from the same period last year. The growth rate of textile and apparel imports declined slightly in September.