Return1. Silk product trade in June
According to statistics from Eurostat, the trade value of silk products in June was 976 million US dollars, down 6.34% from the previous month and up 8.81% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 539 million US dollars, down 8.58% month-on-month and up 18.78% year-on-year; the export value was 437 million US dollars, down 3.43% on a monthly basis and 1.41% from the year earlier. Details were as follows:
Import: The amount of silk filament was 15.831 million US dollars, up by 3.15% month-on-month and 40.7% YOY, with its quantity growing 9.72% from the previous month and 21.28% from the year earlier to 287.05 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 67.6468 million US dollars, jumping 5.3% and 11.13% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 455 million US dollars, down by 10.68% from the previous month and up by 19.36% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 1.3263 million US dollars, increasing 0.15% month-on-month and 37.7% YOY, with its quantity growing 111.98% month-on-month and 68.79% YOY to 41.305 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 69.1377 million US dollars, dropping 4.7% and rising 11.15% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 367 million US dollars, dropping 3.2% month-on-month and 3.56% YOY.
2. Silk product trade from January to June
From January to June, EU’s silk trade value totaled 6134 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 16.43%. Among them, the import value was 3393 million US dollars, up 26% YOY; the export value was 2742 million US dollars, up 6.42% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 96.9102 million US dollars, growing 53.54%, with its quantity jumping 29% to 1750.841 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 419 million US dollars, with a rise of 25.94%; Silk madeups amounted to 2877 million US dollars, up 25.26% .
The major sources of imports were China (1153 million US dollars, up 42.26%, accounting for 33.98%), Turkey (580 million US dollars, up 11.77%, accounting for 17.11%), Bangladesh (372 million US dollars, up 36.14% , accounting for 10.98%), India (157 million US dollars, up 22.16%, accounting for 4.62%), Tunisia (122 million US dollars, up 32.99%, accounting for 3.6%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 70.29%.
Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 7.4174 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%, with the quantity jumping 19.48% to 177.65 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 417 million US dollars, up 17.96% YOY; silk madeups amounted to 2317 million US dollars, an increase of 4.57% YOY.
The major export markets were the US (385 million US dollars, up 45.24%, accounting for 14.02%), Switzerland (278 million US dollars, up 1.34%, accounting for 10.15%), China (241 million US dollars, down 31.21%, accounting for 8.79%), the UK (234 million US dollars, down 4.66%, accounting for 8.55%), Japan (190 million US dollars, up 72.88%, accounting for 6.93%). The five markets above accounted for 48.44% of the total.
The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
