Import of antiseptic solution March drastically increased compared to the same month of the previous year Due to the spread of new corona infection April 13 at 13:56
It was found that the import of antiseptic solutions, whose demand is rapidly increasing due to the spread of new coronavirus, increased significantly in March, increasing by 2.7 times the amount of last year.
According to the latest status of the March trade statistics released by the Ministry of Finance, the disinfectant containing disinfectant solution imported from Japan was 3163 tons, or more than 1,556 million yen.
Compared to the same month last year, the amount was 2.1 times the amount and the amount was 2.7 times the amount, which increased significantly due to the increased demand due to the spread of new coronavirus infection.
By country, China is the largest with 1781 tons and 474 million yen, followed by South Korea with 370 tons and 414 million yen.
Among textile products, the classification including non-woven masks was 8697 tons, or 16.6 billion yen or 77 million yen, a decrease of 10% from the same month last year, but the amount increased by 57%.
Furthermore, the classification including cotton masks such as gauze masks is 466 tons, and the amount is over 1,740 million yen. The amount has increased by 17% and the amount has increased 2.3 times.