Return1.Silk product trade in August
According to statistics from Eurostat, the trade value of silk products in August was 860 million US dollars, dropping 8.72% from the previous month and growing 7.88% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 526 million US dollars, going up 4.22% month-on-month and 27.23% year-on-year; the export value was 334 million US dollars, falling 23.63% on a monthly basis and 12.95% from the year earlier. Details were as follows:
Import: The amount of silk filament was 14.4292 million US dollars, dropping 30.39% month-on-month and growing 190.95% YOY, with its quantity dropping 7.4% from the previous month and growing 222.82% from the year earlier to 318.895 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 54.3988 million US dollars, dropping 11.65% and growing 9.94% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 457 million US dollars, growing 8.23% from the previous month and 27.35% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 0.8864 million US dollars, falling 46.49% month-on-month and rising 56.43% YOY, with its quantity dropping 46.03% month-on-month and growing 33.19% YOY to 12.626 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 37.4125 million US dollars, going down 44.14% and 13.97% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 296 million US dollars, dropping 19.81% month-on-month and 12.94% YOY.
2. Silk product trade from January to August
From January to August, the EU’s silk trade value totaled 7993 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 14.81%. Among them, the import value was 4439 million
US dollars, up 25.1% YOY; the export value was 3554 million US dollars, up 4.11% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 132 million US dollars, growing 61.67%, with its quantity jumping 39.2% to 2414.114 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 537 million US dollars, with a rise of 22.03%; Silk madeups amounted to 3770 million US dollars, up 24.56%.
The major sources of imports were China (1568 million US dollars, up 41.32%, accounting for 35.34%), Turkey (734 million US dollars, up 8.82%, accounting for 16.54%), Bangladesh (453 million US dollars, up 38.35% , accounting for 10.2%), India (200 million US dollars, up 23.24%, accounting for 4.51%), Vietnam (161 million US dollars, up 30.74%, accounting for 3.62%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 70.21%.
Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 10.2335 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 16.71%, with the quantity jumping 18.3% to 216.841 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 524 million US dollars, up 12.38% YOY; silk madeups amounted to 3019 million US dollars, an increase of 2.76% YOY.
The major export markets were the US (494 million US dollars, up 37.64%, accounting for 13.9%), Switzerland 358 million US dollars, up 1.68%, accounting for 10.08%), the UK (325 million US dollars, down 0.09%, accounting for 9.14%), China (311 million US dollars, down 33.46%, accounting for 8.76%), Japan (252 million US dollars, up 65.88%, accounting for 7.08%). The five markets above accounted for 48.96% of the total.
The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
