ReturnAccording to statistics from Eurostat, the trade value of silk products in February was 1030 million US dollars, rising 5.66% from the previous month and 2.9% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 544 million US dollars, going up 0.19% month-on-month and 4.85% year-on-year; the export value was 486 million US dollars, jumping 12.54% on a monthly basis and 0.79% from the year earlier. Details were as follows:
Import:The amount of silk filament was 24.5102 million US dollars, rising 28.97% month-on-month and 34.42% YOY, with its quantity jumping 42.84% from the previous month and 26.74% from the year earlier to 417.18 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 46.7655 million US dollars, dropping 16.43% and 31.58% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 473 million US dollars, growing 1% from the previous month and 9.36% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 1.88 million US dollars, growing 8.31% month-on-month and 77.66% YOY, with its quantity dropping 11.45% month-on-month and growing 61.79% YOY to 28.032 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 66.8109 million US dollars, going up 17.94% and down 6.18% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 417 million US dollars, rising 11.74% month-on-month and 1.81% YOY.
2. Silk product trade from January to February
From January to February, the EU’s silk trade value totaled 2004 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 5.44%. Among them, the import value was 1087 million US dollars, up 6.36% YOY; the export value was 917 million US dollars, up 4.37% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 43.5141 million US dollars, growing 15.72%, with its quantity jumping 4.99% to 709.246 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 103 million US dollars, with a drop of 28.39%; Silk madeups amounted to 941 million US dollars, up 11.87%.
The major sources of imports were China (374 million US dollars, down 6.85%, accounting for 34.41%), Turkey (159 million US dollars, down 13.06%, accounting for 14.63%), Bangladesh (139 million US dollars, up 70.46% , accounting for 12.77%), India (54.1854 million US dollars, up 18.94%, accounting for 4.98%), Vietnam (39.0375 million US dollars, up 33.7%, accounting for 3.59%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 70.38%.
Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 3.6157 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 90.51%, with the quantity falling 0.13% to 59.689 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 123 million US dollars, down 2.43% YOY; silk madeups amounted to 790 million US dollars, an increase of 5.3% YOY.
The major export markets were the US (121 million US dollars, down 4.18%, accounting for 13.18%), Switzerland (99.2482 million US dollars, up 27.05%, accounting for 10.82%), the UK (82.4872 million US dollars, down 1.18%, accounting for 8.99%), Japan (76.9934 million US dollars, up 21.42%, accounting for 8.39%), China (67.5829 million US dollars, down 19.45%, accounting for 7.37%). The five markets above accounted for 48.75% of the total.
The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited byesilk. net.
