EU| 27 EU Countries’ Silk Product Imports & Exports in Jan.-Jun. 2023
1. Silk product trade in June
According to statistics from Eurostat, the trade value of silk products in June was 979 million US dollars, dropping 4.89% from the previous month and 5.16% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 504 million US dollars, falling 9.97% month-on-month and 9.09% year-on-year; the export value was 475 million US dollars, rising 1.18% on a monthly basis and dropping 0.6% from the year earlier. Details were as follows:Import:The amount of silk filament was 17.5332 million US dollars, falling 24.84% month-on-month and growing 10.68% YOY, with its quantity falling 27.41% from the previous month and jumping 0.48% from the year earlier to 288.484 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 51.7071 million US dollars, dropping 15.47% and 25.21% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 435 million US dollars, dropping 8.53% from the previous month and 7.39% YOY.Export: The amount of silk filament was 1.9267 million US dollars, dropping 13.71% month-on-month and rising 20.51% YOY, with its quantity falling 40.66% month-on-month and 47.01% YOY to 23.562 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 62.432 million US dollars, going down 8.15% and 12.93% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 411 million US dollars, rising 2.85% month-on-month and 1.5% YOY.2. Silk product trade from January to JuneFrom January to June, the EU’s silk trade value totaled 6179 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 0.33%. Among them, the import value was 3315 million US dollars, down 3% YOY; the export value was 2865 million US dollars, up 2.96% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 117 million US dollars, growing 20.37%, with its quantity jumping 9.2% to 1912.021 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 318 million US dollars, with a drop of 24.42%; Silk madeups amounted to 2880 million US dollars, down 0.67%.
The major sources of imports were China (1009 million US dollars, down 12.2%, accounting for 30.44%), Turkey (510 million US dollars, down 12.42%, accounting for 15.38%), Bangladesh (397 million US dollars, up 5.83%, accounting for 11.98%), India (169 million US dollars, up 7.31%, accounting for 5.1%), Vietnam (139 million US dollars, up 13.97%, accounting for 4.19%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 67.09%.Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 10.9451 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 42.32%, with the quantity dropping 5.32% to 171.39 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 391 million US dollars, down 6.91% YOY; silk madeups amounted to 2463 million US dollars, an increase of 4.59% YOY.The major export markets were the US (362 million US dollars, down 5.83%, accounting for 12.65%), Switzerland (316 million US dollars, up 13.9%, accounting for 11.05%), the UK (270 million US dollars, down 1.74%, accounting for 9.42%), Japan (230 million US dollars, up 20.91%, accounting for 8.02%), China (205 million US dollars, down 15.09%, accounting for 7.14%). The five markets above accounted for 48.28% of the total.The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited byesilk. net.