Return1. Silk products trade in July
According to Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Trade, the trade value of silk products in July was 19.7194 million US dollars, dropping 0.3% from the previous month and 16.33% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 13.0453 million US dollars, decreasing 3.13% month-on-month and 24.93% year-on-year; the export value was 6.674 million US dollars, growing 5.72% on a monthly basis and 7.79% from the year earlier. The specific product composition was as follows:
Import:The amount of silk filament was 0.1083 million US dollars, plunging 75.73% YOY and 87.34% month-on month, with the quantity dropping 74.74% from the previous month and 94.08% from a year ago to 0.59 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 5.1348 million US dollars, growing 3.28% and falling 25.98% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 7.8022 million US dollars, dropping 3.06% from the previous month and 18.59% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 2.7533 million US dollars, down by 6.61% month-on-month and up by 6.14% YOY, with the quantity jumping 20.68% month-on-month and 17.71% YOY to 42.19 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 3.2164 million US dollars, jumping 19.85% and 13.93% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 0.7043 million US dollars, a rise of 3.39% month-on-month and a drop of 9.06% YOY.
2. Trade in silk products from January to July
From January to July, silk trade value of Brazil totaled 129 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 8.59%. Among them, the import value was 92.2881 million US dollars, down by 6.83% YOY; the export value was 36.7799 million US dollars, down by 12.74% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows：
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 2.6428 million US dollars, dropping 5.11%, with its quantity dropping 16.43% to 20.18 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 36.1492 million US dollars, with a drop of 17.94%; Silk madeups amounted to 53.4961 million US dollars, up 2.46% .
The major sources of imports were China (49.5515 million US dollars, down 15.72% , accounting for 53.69%), Paraguay (7.1499 million US dollars, down 4.01%, accounting for 7.75%), Vietnam (6.7415 million US dollars, up 4.2% , accounting for 7.3%), Thailand (4.6553 million US dollars, up 40.48% , accounting for 5.04%), Italy (4.4868 million US dollars, up 7.73%, accounting for 4.86%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 78.64%.
Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 15.5982 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 5.73%, with the quantity falling 15.17% to 237.24 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 16.2965 million US dollars, down 19.62% YOY; silk madeups amounted to 4.8852 million US dollars, a decrease of 8.27% YOY.
The major export markets were France (8.0535 million US dollars, up 109.53%, accounting for 21.9%), Argentina (7.3741 million US dollars, down 10.03%, accounting for 20.05%), Japan (4.7424 million US dollars, down 16.17%, accounting for 12.89%), Paraguay (4.4208 million US dollars, up 4.92%, accounting for 12.02%), the USA (1.9792 million US dollars, down 35.02%, accounting for 5.38%). The five markets above accounted for 72.24% of the total.
The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
