Japan's textile and apparel imports grew by 8.8 per cent Y-o-Y but declined by 3.7 per cent M-o-M to 209 kt in June. As per a CCF Group report, imports from China surged by 9.3 per cent from the same period last year but declined by 4.1 per cent compared to last month. Japan’s textile and apparel imports during January-June surged by 1.3 per cent to 1,271ktfrom the same period last year and by 10.7 per cent compared with the same period in 2019. Japan's imports in June totaled 331.7billion yen, among which apparel imports grew by 30 per cent last year to 217.8billion yen.

Japan's textile and apparel imports grew by 31.6 per cent in June, a high level even in the same period of previous years.

This year, the proportion of Japan's textile and apparel imported from China maintained at around 56.5 per cent in last two months, which is stable in general.