Return1. Silk products trade situation in March
According to statistics from the United States Department of Commerce, the trade value of silk products in March was 461 million US dollars, climbing 21.37% from the previous month and 16.8% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 404 million US dollars, increasing 20.49% month-on-month and 14.78% year-on-year; the export value was 56.296 million US dollars, with an increase of 28.08% on a monthly basis and a rise of 33.72% from the year earlier. The specific product composition was as follows:
Import: The amount of silk filament was 686.4 thousand US dollars, down by 31.88% month-on-month and 4.93% YOY, with whose quantity dropping 58.68% from the previous month to 10.53 tons and falling 4.37% from the year earlier; the amount of silk fabrics was 15.2408 million US dollars, decreasing 0.47% and increasing 0.52% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 389 million US dollars, up by 21.66% from the previous month and 15.47% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 154.4 thousand US dollars, a rise of 470.85% month-on-month and a drop of 4.54% YOY, with whose quantity surging 419.79% month-on-month and 15.88% YOY to 3.47 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 16.7121 million US dollars, growing 23.57% and dropping 14.33% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 39.4294 million US dollars, up by 29.7% month-on-month and 75.79% YOY.
2. Silk products trade from January to March
From January to March, the trade value of US’ silk totaled 1.187 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 6.84%. Among them, the import value was 1.046 billion US dollars, down 8.48% YOY; the export value was 141 million US dollars, up 7.41% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
The composition of imported products: silk amounted to 2.4896 million US dollars, climbing 36.35%, with whose quantity growing 75.43% to 52.14 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 46.2251 million US dollars, with a drop of 9.28%; Silk madeups amounted to 997 million US dollars, declining 8.52%.
The major sources of imports: China (347 million US dollars, up 7%, accounting for 33.13%), Vietnam (73.522 million US dollars, down 23.72%, accounting for 7.03%), India (69.2733 million US dollars, down 13.67%, accounting for 6.62%), Italy (56.6147 million US dollars, down 18.22%, accounting for 5.41%), Honduras (48.6251 million US dollars, up 13.51%, accounting for 4.65%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 56.84%.
The composition of export products: silk filament amounted to 239.1 thousand million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 43.23%, with whose quantity up 193.55% to 44.12 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 44.1681 million US dollars, down 18.86%; and silk madeups were 96.6589 million US dollars, an increase of 26.38% .
The major export markets were Mexico (51.7562 million US dollars, up 95.08%, accounting for 36.69%), Canada (25.5172 million US dollars, up 2.32%, accounting for 18.09%), Honduras (11.9761 million US dollars, down 7.93%, accounting for 8.49%), Salvador (4.6586 million US dollars, up 6.3%, accounting for 3.3%), Guatemala (4.5532 million US dollars, up 30.65%, accounting for 3.23%). The five markets above accounted for 69.8% of the total.
Table Directory:
Table 1: Statistics on US' Import and Export Structure of Silk Products in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 2: Statistics on US' Major Import Sources of Silk Products in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 3: Statistics on US' Major Import Sources of Silk Filament in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 4: Statistics on US' Major Import Sources of Silk Fabrics in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 5: Statistics on US' Major Import Sources of Silk Madeups in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 6: Statistics on US' Major Export Markets of Silk Products in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 7: Statistics on US' Major Export Markets of Silk Filament in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 8: Statistics on US' Major Export Markets of Silk Fabrics in Jan.-Mar. 2021
Table 9: Statistics on US' Major Export Markets of Silk Madeups in Jan.-Mar. 2021
The original Chinese edition of this article is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
