Return1. Silk products trade in September
According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance of Japan, the trade value of silk products in September was 115 million US dollars, down 9.4% from the previous month and up 15.38% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 103 million US dollars, down 9.04% month-on-month and up 18.75% year-on-year; the export value was 11.6635 million US dollars, dropping 12.43% on a monthly basis and 7.8% from the year earlier. Details were as follows:
Import: The amount of silk filament was 5.2508 million US dollars, down by 27.99% month-on-month and up by 14.43% YOY, with its quantity dropping 18.9% from the previous month and growing 9.99% from the year earlier to 95.72 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 5.7924 million US dollars, falling 15.24% and 33.25% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 92.3302 million US dollars, down by 7.23% from the previous month and up by 25.14% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 0.2563 million US dollars, increasing 35.38% month-on-month and 44.78% YOY, with its quantity rising 25.81% month-on-month and 31.62% YOY to 2.76 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 9.896 million US dollars, falling 11.76% and 4.66% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 1.5111 million US dollars, dropping 21.08% month-on-month and 27.8% YOY.
2. Silk products trade from January to September
From January to September, Japan’s silk trade value totaled 1284 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 3.68%. Among them, the import value was 1150 million US dollars, up 3.37% YOY; the export value was 134 million US dollars, up 6.43% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
Among the imported products, silk filament amounted to 54.7086 million US dollars, growing 38%, with its quantity jumping 13.95% to 947.68 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 80.9526 million US dollars, with a decrease of 16.51%; Silk madeups amounted to 1014 million US dollars, up 3.94% .
The major sources of imports were China (620 million US dollars, up 2.81%, accounting for 53.97%), Vietnam (194 million US dollars, up 4.36%, accounting for 16.85%), Italy (67.6951 million US dollars, down 3.99% , accounting for 5.89%), Bangladesh (50.9714 million US dollars, up 20.17%, accounting for 4.43%), Indonesia (47.6541 million US dollars, up 27.35%, accounting for 4.14%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 85.28%.
Among the export products, silk filament amounted to 2.1209 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%, with the quantity jumping 7.25% to 26.63 tons; silk fabrics amounted to 105 million US dollars, down 1.24% YOY; silk madeups amounted to 26.7409 million US dollars, an increase of 53.24% YOY.
The major export markets were China (54.1108 million US dollars, up 10.25%, accounting for 40.46%), Vietnam (37.6553 million US dollars, down 8.12%, accounting for 28.15%), Hongkong, China (9.2329 million US dollars, up 74.73%, accounting for 6.9%), Bangladesh (4.3734 million US dollars, up 2705.55%, accounting for 3.27%), Thailand (4.3344 million US dollars, up 8.55%, accounting for 3.24%). The five markets above accounted for 82.02% of the total.
The original Chinese edition is from CCCT, translated and edited by esilk. net.
