1. Silk commodity trade situation in March
According to Thai Customs statistics, the silk merchandise trade volume in March was US$65.2438 million, a month-on-month increase of 26.17% and a year-on-year increase of 10.04%. Among them, the import value was US$27.4845 million, a month-on-month increase of 28.52%, and a year-on-year increase of 15.59%; the export value was 37.7593 million US dollars, a month-on-month increase of 24.52%, a year-on-year increase of 6.33%. The specific product composition is as follows:
Imports: The value of silk was US$430,400, a month-on-month increase of 155.81%, a year-on-year increase of 45.64%, and the quantity was 28.35 tons, a month-on-month increase of 225.34%, a year-on-year increase of 138.96%; the silk satin value was US$15.8188 million, a month-on-month increase of 48.61%, A year-on-year increase of 29.34%; the amount of finished products was US$11.2353 million, a month-on-month increase of 6.27%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.15%.
Exports: Silk value was US$400,900, down 43.45% month-on-month, down 31.24% year-on-year, quantity was 11.16 tons, down 70.87% month-on-month, down 16.5% year-on-year; satin value was US$9.3135 million, up 32.05% month-on-month, A year-on-year increase of 20.12%; the amount of finished products was US$28.0449 million, a month-on-month increase of 24.3%, and a year-on-year increase of 3.2%.
Second, Silk Commodity Trade Situation from January to March
From January to March, Thailand’s silk trade volume was US$173 million, a year-on-year increase of 8.36%. Among them, the import value was US$76.0425 million, a year-on-year increase of 0.02%; the export value was US$97.0541 million, a year-on-year increase of 15.94%. The specific situation is as follows:
The composition of imported goods is silk, which is US$1.7247 million, a year-on-year increase of 71.78%, and the quantity is 80.43 tons, a year-on-year increase of 20.29%; satin is US$40.1475 million, a year-on-year increase of 0.96%; finished products are US$34.1703 million, a year-on-year decrease of 3.09%.
The main sources of imports are China (amount of US$30.3246 million, a year-on-year decrease of 7.37%, accounting for 39.88%), Taiwan (amount of US$12.7524 million, a year-on-year increase of 51.03%, accounting for 16.77%), Vietnam (amount of US$9.3821 million, a year-on-year increase of 51.03%, accounting for 16.77%) US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 17.24%, accounting for 12.34%), Italy (amount of US$5.4829 million, a year-on-year increase of 77.82%, accounting for 7.21%), Hong Kong, China (amount of US$3.4289 million, a year-on-year decrease of 29.52%, accounting for 4.51%. Above The total proportion of the five origins is 80.71%.
The export commodities were composed of silk products worth 2.0103 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 45.88%, and the quantity was 84.44 tons, a year-on-year increase of 71.49%; satins were 22.0411 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 20.28%; finished products were 73.0027 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 14.06%.
The main export markets are the United States (amount of US$18.7899 million, a year-on-year increase of 33.25%, accounting for 19.36%), Belgium (amount of US$13.0311 million, a year-on-year increase of 23.01%, accounting for 13.43%), Japan (amount of US$8.219 million, A year-on-year increase of 1.41%, accounting for 8.47%), Germany (amount of US$6.3449 million, a year-on-year increase of 29.5%, accounting for 6.54%), Vietnam (amount of US$4.323 million, a year-on-year decrease of 31.98%, accounting for 4.45%). The total share of the above five markets is 52.25%. </p