In terms of export volume, China was Japan's largest export market of shuttleless looms, importing 10,775 units from Japan last year, up by 3.5% year on year. Japan's exports to Korea increased by 157.5% to reach 1,326 units. Besides, Japan exported 806 units and 1,847 units of shuttleless looms to Indonesia and India respectively, up by 8.5% and 15.9% year on year.

In terms of export value, Japan's exports of shuttleless looms to China saw a year-on-year decrease of 4.7%, down to 30.45 billion yen (approximately US$388 million).