ReturnThe import and export situation of silk products in Jan.-Nov.
From January to November, the total import and export value of silk products was 1902 million dollars, up 22.76%, accounting for 0.58% of China’s total textile and apparel imports and exports.1. Export situationThe export value of pure silk products was 1565 million US dollars , a year-on-year increase of 32.41%, accounting for 0.51% of China's textile and apparel exports. During the same period, the export value of textile and apparel increased by 4.93%.
1.1 Export products structure
In November 2022, the proportion of silk exports on the three categories had no obvious change, which were all narrowed compared with last year. From January to November 2022, the export value of silk filament was 445 million dollars, soaring 92.93%, accounting for 28.41%, and the quantity of which was 8200 tons, growing 62.24%, with export unit price of 54.04 dollars/kilo, up 18.9%; silk fabrics amounted to 431 million dollars, growing 26.5%, accounting for 27.52%, with export unit price of 6.29 dollars/meter, up 2.78%; the exports of silk madeups totaled 690 million dollars, growing 12.88%, accounting for 44.07%.
1.2 Major export marketsSilk product exports maintained an upward trend, while the export growth to EU market continued to narrow, the ranking of export markets had no change from the previous month. The top five export markets were the EU (up 36.20%, accounting for 27.92%), the US (up 18.40%, accounting for 16.82%), India (up 193.48%, accounting for 11.32%), Japan (up 15.69%, accounting for 6.58%), Hong Kong, China (down 11.93%, accounting for 5.96%).
1.2.1 Export situation of silk filamentThe ranking of the main export markets of silk filament had no change from the previous month. The export growth of EU and Indian market continued to narrow YOY, while the export growth of the US expanded YOY. The top five export markets were the EU (up 58.52%, accounting for 33.26%), India (up 298.36%, accounting for 31.50%), Japan (up 30.54%, accounting for 9.97%), Vietnam (up 309.79%, accounting for 8.57%), the US (up 28.90%, accounting for 2.52%).
1.2.2 Export situation of Silk fabrics
The ranking of main export markets of silk madeups was stable, in which the growth rate of the EU market expanded and exports to Japan showed an increase from the decrease. The top five export markets were the US (up 16.95%, accounting for 35.25%), the EU (up 19.98%, accounting for 24.20%), Hong Kong, China (up 13.01%, accounting for 9.48%), Japan (up 5.07%, accounting for 6.53%), the UK (down 9.40%, accounting for 5.83%).
1.3 Export situation of provinces and municipalitiesThe main export provinces and municipalities of silk products ranked stable, with narrowing growth rate YOY. The top five in order were Zhejiang (up 41.82%, accounting for 37.54%), Jiangsu (up 41.77%, accounting for 18.34%), Guangdong (up 35.57%, accounting for 11.41%), Shanghai (up 25.47%, accounting for 7.72%), Shandong (up 14.33%, accounting for 7.28%). The five provinces and municipalities above accounted for 82.28% of the total.
2. Import situationFrom January to November, the import value of silk products was 337 million dollars, down 8.32% year-on-year, accounting for 1.59% of textiles and apparel. In the same period, the import value of textiles and apparel fell by 18.52%.
2.1 Import structureThe imports of the three major categories of silk continued the downward trend, with no obvious change. The import value of silk filament was 59.9341 million dollars, dropping 5.89%, accounting for 17.81%, the quantity of which amounted to 6200 tons, dropping 6.42%, and the unit price of which jumped by 0.52% to 9.69 dollars/kilo; the import of pure silk fabrics was 14.3509 million dollars, decreasing 26.49%, accounting for 4.26%, and the unit price of which jumped 7.63% to 13.96 dollars/meter; imports of silk madeups fell 7.61% to 262 million dollars, accounting for 77.92%.
2.2 Import situation of sourcesFrom January to November, among the main import provinces and municipalities of silk, Beijing City surpassed Liaoning Province to rank fifth with a slight advantage, and Yunnan maintained a surge momentum and its proportion continued to increase.The details were as follows: Shanghai (down 9.03%, accounting for 72.95%), Zhejiang (down 15.26%, accounting for 8.66%), Guangdong (down 38.67%, accounting for 3.08%), Yunnan (up 4887.12%, accounting for 2.69%), Beijing (up 10.87%, accounting for 2.13%). The five provinces and municipalities above accounted for 89.56% of the total.
Source: The Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
