Japan returns 90 shipments to Vietnam in 2022: trade official

Consequently, the number of shipments returned to Vietnam from Japan rose almost twofold to 90 in 2022 from 54 in 2018, Hung said. Aside from the agro-fishery sector, the textile-garment sector has encountered multiple obstacles as buyers demanded that textile-garment products should be of good quality, various designs and sizes, and eco-friendly nature. The trade official said that Japan imported US$23.8 billion worth of textile-garment products last year, of which the value of Vietnamese textile-garment items accounted for a mere 12.1 percent. Consequently, the number of shipments returned to Vietnam from Japan rose almost twofold to 90 in 2022 from 54 in 2018, Hung said. The trade official said that Japan imported US$23.8 billion worth of textile-garment products last year, of which the value of Vietnamese textile-garment items accounted for a mere 12.1 percent.