Return1. Silk product trade in April
According to statistics from Eurostat, the trade value of silk products in April was 990 million US dollars, down 16.05% from the previous month and up 3.9% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 578 million US dollars, down 12.03% month-on-month and up 18.14% year-on-year; the export value was 412 million US dollars, down 21.1% on a monthly basis and 11.11% from the year earlier. Details were as follows:
Import: The amount of silk filament was 13.4064 million US dollars, down by 9.45% month-on-month and up by 34.89% YOY, with its quantity falling 12.43% from the previous month and growing 10.56% from the year earlier to 245.774 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 60.4742 million US dollars, dropping 25.72% and jumping 9.67% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 504 million US dollars, down by 10.11% from the previous month and up by 18.84% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 1.1445 million US dollars, decreasing 21.45% month-on-month and 11.29% YOY, with its quantity jumping 3.1% month-on-month and dropping 0.24% YOY to 27.885 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 66.4764 million US dollars, falling 17.61% and rising 9.06% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 345 million US dollars, dropping 21.74% month-on-month and 14.18% YOY.
2. Silk product trade from January to April
From January to April, the trade value of EU’s silk totaled 4069 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 15.29%. Among them, the import value was 2255 million US dollars, up 24.02% YOY; the export value was 1814 million US dollars, up 6.01% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 65.8179 million US dollars, growing 56.42%, with its quantity jumping 31.1% to 1202.151 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 286 million US dollars, with a rise of 28.7%; Silk madeups amounted to 1904 million US dollars,up 22.47% .
The major sources of imports were China (799 million US dollars, up 42.64%, accounting for 35.45%), Turkey (390 million US dollars, up 9.33%, accounting for 17.29%), Bangladesh (246 million US dollars, up 28.4% , accounting for 10.9%), India (104 million US dollars, up 13.81%, accounting for 4.59%), Tunisia (81.9434 million US dollars, up 35.87%, accounting for 3.63%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 71.86%.
Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 4.4994 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 0.12%, with the quantity jumping 7.03% to 114.705 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 274 million US dollars, up 20.36% YOY; silk madeups amounted to 1536 million US dollars, an increase of 3.82% YOY.
The major export markets were the US (253 million US dollars, up 42.02%, accounting for 13.93%), Switzerland (173 million US dollars, down 6.91%, accounting for 9.54%), China (164 million US dollars, down 25.21%, accounting for 9.06%), the UK (144 million US dollars, down 7.13%, accounting for 7.96%), Japan (134 million US dollars, up 79.38%, accounting for 7.38%). The five markets above accounted for 47.87% of the total.
The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
