Return1. Silk products trade in January
According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance of Japan, the trade value of silk products in January was 156 million US dollars, growing 19.23% from the previous month and 6.01% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 145 million US dollars, growing 27.18% month-on-month and 5.51% year-on-year; the export value was 10.7806 million US dollars, dropping 35.24% on a monthly basis and growing 13.18% from the year earlier. Details were as follows:
Import:The amount of silk filament was 5.811 million US dollars, jumping 16.68% month-on-month and 3.4% YOY, with its quantity jumping 17.27% from the previous month and dropping 5.24% from the year earlier to 96.86 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 6.5057 million US dollars, jumping 22.2% and dropping 53.56% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 133 million US dollars, growing 27.94% from the previous month and 12.63% YOY.
Export: The amount of silk filament was 0.2171 million US dollars, decreasing 32.44% month-on-month and surging 288.53% YOY, with its quantity dropping 13.15% month-on-month and surging 362.59% YOY to 2.04 tons; the amount of silk fabrics was 8.2287 million US dollars, falling 41.42% and growing 20.6% from the previous month and year respectively; The amount of silk madeups was 2.3348 million US dollars, jumping 2.46% month-on-month and dropping 11.76% YOY.
2. Silk products trade in January
In January, Japan’s silk trade value totaled 156 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 6.01%. Among them, the import value was 145 million US dollars, up 5.51% YOY; the export value was 10.7806 million US dollars, up 13.18% YOY(the same below). Details were as follows:
The major sources of imports were China (76.5699 million US dollars, down 0.39%, accounting for 52.73%), Vietnam (27.7671 million US dollars, up 20.49%, accounting for 19.12%), Italy (10.3594 million US dollars, up 7.31% , accounting for 7.13%), Bangladesh (4.8909 million US dollars, down 13.32%, accounting for 3.37%), Myanmar (4.4765 million US dollars, up 101.61%, accounting for 3.08%). The total proportion of the 5 sources above was 85.43%.
The major export markets were China (4.3395 million US dollars, up 36.38%, accounting for 40.25%), Vietnam (2.9009 million US dollars, up 13.4%, accounting for 26.91%), Thailand (0.6205 million US dollars, up 99.15%, accounting for 5.76%), Dominican Republic (0.3633 million US dollars, up 42.26%, accounting for 3.37%), Taiwan China (0.3563 million US dollars, up 188.15%, accounting for 3.31%). The five markets above accounted for 79.6% of the total.
