Cambodia's apparel exports to Japan grow further in 2022

Cambodia's apparel exports to Japan have continued to grow for the second consecutive year in 2022, despite a dip in shipments in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the shipment increased to $1,201.698 million after a recovery in 2021. Notably, the exports recorded a remarkable increase in the third quarter (July-September) of last year.

The exports increased from $842.179 million in 2017 to $1,065.331 million in 2018, and further to $1,147.483 million in 2019 before slipping to $1,043.171 million in 2020. Cambodia managed to recover positively in 2021, and the shipment increased to $1,105.338 million, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.

Quarterly trade data shows an interesting aspect of the shipment, as it grew more than 60 per cent in the July-September 2022 period compared to the previous quarter. The trade increased to $380.611 million in the quarter from $237.491 million in Q2 2022. The shipment slipped to $280.554 million in the fourth quarter of last year. Cambodia had exported garments worth $303.040 million in Q1 2022, $296.524 million in Q4 2021, and $325.256 million in Q3 2021.

Trousers and shorts were the largest product segment exported from Cambodia to Japan, contributing 38.88 per cent to the total segment. Among the other top five products were jerseys (13.16 per cent), T-shirts (10.62 per cent), shirts (9.07 per cent), and innerwear (5.71 per cent), as per TexPro.