As per latest stats, while Japanese textile and apparel imports in March declined by 2 per cent to reach 216,500 tonne, imports from China declined 4 per cent to reach were 105,300 tonne. In the first quarter, Japanese textile and apparel imports totaled 605,000 tonne, declining by 7.5 per cent year-on-year; of this the volume from China totaled 286,000 tonne, down by 13.1 per cent year-on-year.

From the perspective of share, the proportion of China in Japanese textile and apparel import market has gradually declined to 47.2 per cent from the same period last year. The market share of Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh have gradually increased, especially in Southeast Asia. In the first quarter, the main sources of Japanese textile and apparel are as follows.

Although COVID-19 pandemic in China has been gradually controlled, foreign trade was greatly affected. The outbreak of the epidemic outside China was really a great shock to global consumption, and it is expected that Japanese textile and apparel import in April is still not optimistic.