Japan’s garments imports declined from $2.66 billion in January 2020 to $1.85 billion in January 2021, reports Apparel Resources. In terms of weight, the country’s apparel imports declined from 643.68 million kg in January 2020 to 492.22 million kg in January ’21.

Of the total imports, the share of knitted garments declined 26.60 per cent to $940 million, while that of woven garments declined to 34.43 per cent to $ 910 million. Compared to December ’20, import of woven garments increased by 10.44 per cent in January ’21. However, imports of knitted declined by 11.90 per cent on M-o-M basis.

In terms of weight, Japan’s apparel imports increased 9.33 per cent in January ’21 over December ’20. Both knitted and woven garments imports by Japan increased by 7.94 per cent and 14.13 per cent, respectively, in the first month of 2021 as compared to the last month of 2020.