1. Silk commodity trade situation in March
According to statistics from the Japanese Ministry of Finance, the silk merchandise trade volume in March was US$186 million, a month-on-month increase of 21.02% and a year-on-year increase of 2.89%. Among them, the import value was US$167 million, a month-on-month increase of 20.94%, and a year-on-year increase of 1.3%; the export value was 18.9571 million US dollars, a month-on-month increase of 21.8%, a year-on-year increase of 19.48%. The specific product composition is as follows:
Imports: The value of silk was US$7.2024 million, a month-on-month increase of 55.5%, a year-on-year increase of 136.76%, and the quantity was 127.7 tons, a month-on-month increase of 58.5%, a year-on-year increase of 113.47%; the silk satin value was US$9.4471 million, a month-on-month increase of 11.45%, A year-on-year decrease of 19.89%; the amount of finished products was US$150 million, a month-on-month increase of 20.3%, and a year-on-year increase of 0.21%.
Exports: The value of silk was US$375,800, a month-on-month increase of 19.38%, a year-on-year increase of 98.21%, the quantity was 4.1 tons, a month-on-month decrease of 13.75%, a year-on-year increase of 83.87%; the silk and satin value was US$13.0194 million, a month-on-month increase of 15.33%, A year-on-year decrease of 4.57%; the amount of finished products was US$5.5619 million, a month-on-month increase of 40.42%, and a year-on-year increase of 173.37%.
Second, Silk Commodity Trade Situation from January to March
From January to March, Japan’s silk trade volume was US$486 million, a year-on-year increase of 2.62%. Among them, the import value was US$442 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.82%; the export value was US$44.0463 million, a year-on-year increase of 11.46%. The specific situation is as follows:
The composition of imported goods is silk, which is US$17.454 million, a year-on-year increase of 54.24%, and the quantity is 310.48 tons, a year-on-year increase of 18.21%; satin is US$31.9334 million, a year-on-year decrease of 0.77%; finished products are US$393 million, a year-on-year increase of 0.52%.
The main sources of imports are China (amount of US$240 million, a year-on-year increase of 5.63%, accounting for 54.32%), Vietnam (amount of US$67.2049 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.09%, accounting for 15.19%), Italy (amount of US$27.6805 million) , a year-on-year decrease of 12.54%, accounting for 6.26%), Bangladesh (amount of US$20.0791 million, a year-on-year increase of 44.2%, accounting for 4.54%), Indonesia (amount of US$18.825 million, a year-on-year increase of 8.86%, accounting for 4.26%). The above 5 The total proportion of these origins is 84.57%.
The export commodities were composed of silk products of US$746,500, a year-on-year increase of 8.73%, and quantity of 9.3 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.34%; silk and satin products of US$31,131,100, a year-on-year decrease of 4.61%; manufactured products of US$12,168,700, a year-on-year increase of 96.4%.
The main export markets are China (amount of US$18.2723 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.54%, accounting for 41.48%), Vietnam (amount of US$10.8018 million, a year-on-year decrease of 18.93%, accounting for 24.52%), and Hong Kong, China (amount of US$4.1004 million) , a year-on-year increase of 216.72%, accounting for 9.31%), Bangladesh (amount of US$1.3628 million, a year-on-year increase of 13517.99%, accounting for 3.09%), Thailand (amount of US$1.2355 million, a year-on-year decrease of 9.77%, accounting for 2.81%). The total share of the above five markets is 81.21%. </p
