May apparel imports up 3% in volume

The Japan Textiles Importers' Association reported that May apparel imports increased by 3% in volume from the same month of last year to 258.78 million units, thus increasing for the third straight month. However, the value decreased by 3% to 112.0 million yen.

Imports from China headed downward last year, but began to grow this year and have come to account for 90% …