Return1. Silk product trade in March
According to statistics from Eurostat, the trade value of silk products in March was 1120 million US dollars, up 11.86% from the previous month and 10.74% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 641 million US dollars, up 23.63% month-on-month and 21.49% year-on-year; the export value was 478 million US dollars, down 0.78% on a monthly basis and 1% from the year earlier. The specific product composition was as follows:
Import: The amount of silk filament was 14.7835 million US dollars, down by 18.94% month-on-month and up by 36.65% YOY, the quantity falling 14.82% from the previous month and growing 22.01% from the year earlier to 280.53 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 80.2214 million US dollars, jumping 17% and 24.4% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 546 million US dollars, up by 26.47% from the previous month and 20.71% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 1.3244 million US dollars, an increase of 25.15% month-on-month and 3.63% YOY, the quantity jumping 47.39% month-on-month and dropping 43.62% YOY to 25.536 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 78.6478 million US dollars, growing 10.12% and 23.19% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 398 million US dollars, decreasing 2.75% month-on-month and 4.71% YOY.
2. Silk product trade from January to March
From January to March, the trade value of EU’s silk totaled 3.019 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 17.17%. Among them, the import value was 1.661 billion US dollars, up 24.98% YOY; the export value was 1.358 billion US dollars, up 8.86% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 52.3876 million US dollars, growing 63%, the quantity jumping 37.65% to 956.249 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 224 million US dollars, with a rise of 34.27%; Silk madeups amounted to 1385 million US dollars,up 22.52% .
The major sources of imports were China (630 million US dollars, up 43.9%, accounting for 37.94%), Turkey (293 million US dollars, up 9.48%, accounting for 17.61%), Bangladesh (159 million US dollars, up 37.18% , accounting for 9.6%), India (73.6682 million US dollars, up 12.35%, accounting for 4.43%), Tunisia (62.0517 million US dollars, up 33.24%, accounting for 3.74%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 73.32%.
Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 3.2223 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 0.58%, the quantity jumping 7.69% to 85.309 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 206 million US dollars, up 23.44% YOY; silk madeups were 1.149 billion US dollars, an increase of 6.63% YOY.
The major export markets were the US (193 million US dollars, up 46.42%, accounting for 14.18%), China (137 million US dollars, down 4.83%, accounting for 10.11%), Switzerland (128 million US dollars, down 8.33%, accounting for 9.43%), Japan (97.8231 million US dollars, up 60.78%, accounting for 7.2%), Hongkong (92.2634 million US dollars, up 0.24%, accounting for 6.79%). The five markets above accounted for 47.71% of the total.
The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
