Japan’s clothing and accessories imports increased by 21.6 per cent to 308,847 million yen (approximately $2,301.96 million) in January 2023, accounting for 3.1 per cent of the total imports of 10,047,783 million yen during the period under review, according to the provisional trade statistics released by the Far Eastern country's ministry of finance.
The imports of textile yarn and fabric were valued at 101,826 million yen in January 2023, a 5.6 per cent increase from the same period last year. Yarn and fabric imports accounted for 1 per cent of the total imports by Japan.
The imports of yarn and fabric from China were 10,076 million yen in January 2023, which was 4.3 per cent higher than the corresponding period in 2022. The imports accounted for 1 per cent of Japan's total imports from China, as per the data.
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