Although Japan is no longer a major raw-cotton-importing country, it is a big textile consuming market. Japan is the 4th-largest consumer of cotton at a retail level, and the 4th-largest consumer of overalltextile fibers, including man made fibers (MMFs).Japan's cotton consumption is about 1.3 million tons at the end-user or retail levels. Japan imports only 67,000 tons of raw cotton; therefore the balance is imported as apparel and textile finished goods. Recent data show that more than 96% of cotton and cotton-blend apparel sold at retail in Japan is sourced or imported from overseas, with China as the dominant supplier with 80% of total imported apparel.
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