Japan's apparel imports from China reached $13.803 billion last year, with jerseys being the top product accounting for 21.15 per cent of the total imports. Trousers and shorts followed as the second most dominant product. China is one of the Far-East nation's prominent suppliers because of its geographical proximity and economic reasons.

Japan imported jerseys worth $2.680 billion in 2022, which constituted 21.15 per cent of the total imports. The inbound shipment of jerseys remained almost stable, with a 1.56 per cent increase from imports of $2.639 billion in 2021. However, 2021's imports were 12.01 per cent higher than the trade of 2020 when it stood at $2.356 billion after a decline of 12.82 per cent due to COVID-19, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro.

Japan's imports of trousers and shorts were $2.085 billion, contributing to 16.45 per cent of the total imports from China. Among the top five products, shirts accounted for 10.72 per cent, innerwear 8.82 per cent, and T-shirts 7.56 per cent of the total. The top five products made up around 65 per cent of the total imports.

Japan's imports from China remained almost stable, with an inbound shipment of $13.804 billion in 2022 compared to the $13.878 billion in 2021. China's imports to Japan were $16.754 billion in 2017, which increased to $16.992 billion in 2018. However, it declined to $15.903 billion in 2019 and $13.342 billion in 2020, as per TexPro.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)

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