Japan’s textile and apparel imports were up six per cent year-on-year in July and one per cent month-on-month.

Of these imports from China moved up nine per cent from the same period last year and two per cent compared to last month. Japan’s textile and apparel imports in January to July were up two per cent from the same period last year and two per cent compared with the same period in 2019. Among Japan’s textile and apparel imports, apparel imports had a growth rate of over 40 per cent.Japan’s textile and apparel imports maintained high growth in July. The growth rate exceeded 30 per cent for three consecutive months given the low basis of apparel imports in the second quarter and July of 2021.

In recent years, the proportion of import volume and value of Japan's textile and apparel imported from China in total imports had a certain seasonal rule, accounting for the largest share in September or October every year, then gradually falling back to a relatively low level in April or May of the next year, and then fluctuating. Japan's textile and apparel imports growth hit a new-2022 high because of the low base in the same period of 2020.