JAPAN: Japanese Apparel Imports increase in value for first time in 5 months.
According to a Japan Textiles Importers Association report on apparel imports, based on Ministry of Finance statistics, October imports increased by 4% from the same month of last year to 190,790 million yen. Quantitatively, imports decreased by 1.6% to 307.98 million units.
Egytex News Desk
Source: www.yarnsandfibers.com
The value increased for the first time in five months, while the volume decreased for the second consecutive month.
Imports from China rose by 3.1% in value to 166,668 million yen, while the quantity decreased by 2.8% to 278.17 million units.
As for imports from Asian countries other than China, imports from Vietnam rose by 14.2% to 8,472 million yen, along with those from Bangladesh by 11.5% to 1,090 million yen, and Indonesia by 21.1% to 1,072 million yen.
Imports from ASEAN rose by 15.0% in value to 13,900 million yen, and by 12.2% in volume to 19.87 million units.
Imports from Italy fell by 8.8% to 2,351 million yen, while those from France rose by 8.9% to 597 million yen.
Imports from the EU decreased by 3.3% in value to 3,900 million yen, but climbed 14.5% in volume to 690,000 units.
Source: www.yarnsandfibers.com
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 27 December 2010. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
