Japan'S Imports Of Clothing In 2012 Accounted For The First Time In 10 Years, Less Than 80%

< p > in the field of clothing, imports from China in 2012 were lower than 80% for the first time in 10 years.

For garment related enterprises with fierce price competition, the rise of labor costs in China's garment factories constitutes a heavy burden.

The proportion of ASEAN, which is relatively cheap, increased to 12.5%.

The fact that most of the clothing that circulates in Japan is basically from China is undergoing major changes.

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< p > according to the data of Japanese Textile Importers Association, the ratio of imported products in Japan is about 96%.

According to the trade data survey conducted by the association, imports of clothing amounted to 2 trillion and 598 billion 500 million yen in 2012, an increase of 3.2% over 2011.

Among them, China's clothing was 2 trillion and 31 billion 300 million yen, accounting for 78.2% of the total, but the import volume decreased by 0.3%.

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< p > relative to the decreasing sense of existence, China's imports are increasing in the ASEAN centered Asian region.

From the perspective of imports, Indonesia grew by 60.9% compared to the same period last year, and Vietnam grew by 18.2%.

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< p > in addition, the cost of labor in Bangladesh and Burma is only about 1/4 of that in China, and the presence of Japanese enterprises is increasing.

For example, Japan's a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_f.asp" > women's wear < /a > brand honeys opened its own factory in Burma last spring, and is now producing trousers.

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P clothing manufacturers in Japan usually do not build their own factories overseas. In many cases, they use local capital investment foundry factories through the textile business department of the business community.

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< p > Itou Tada commercial is Japan's largest garment production order enterprise, and Itou Tada said that "in low price clothing production, enterprises looking for production bases in low wage ASEAN are increasing."

The company's "a href=" http://cailiao.sjfzxm.com/matertial/show/default.aspx "underwear" /a and uniforms and other practical clothing for Japan are accelerating the pfer of production to Vietnam.

The rate of production in China has dropped rapidly from 75% in 2009 to 25% in 2012.

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Cross Company company operating under a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > women's clothing brand < /a > Earth Music ecology will add an OEM factory in Thailand and Indonesia. In 2012, 95% of China's production ratio in China will fall to 60% in the medium term.

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< p > but there are also points of view that the efficiency of daily sewing in Southeast Asia is still very low compared with that in Japan, which has been conducting technical guidance and sewing proficiency for many years.

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< p > Itochu believes that the production of more decorative and time-consuming garments will still be produced in China with the latest equipment.

However, due to the recent devaluation of Japanese yen and other reasons, the ability of enterprises to resist the pressure of cost growth and other cost growth pressures is decreasing, so the trend of dispersed production base will continue in the future.

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