Apparel / Textiles & Accessories

1. Silk commodity trade in March

According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance of Japan, the trade volume of silk commodities in March was US$179 million, an increase of 12.97% month-on-month and a decrease of 22.28% year-on-year. Among them, the import value was US$164 million, an increase of 11.83% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 23.71%; the export value was US$15.871 million, a month-on-month increase of 26.16% and a year-on-year decrease of 3.69%. The specific product composition is as follows:

Imports: The amount of silk was US$3.043 million, a month-on-month decrease of 23.47%, a year-on-year decrease of 61.72%, and the quantity was 59.82 tons, a decrease of 40.09% from the previous month, and a year-on-year decrease of 60.51%; the amount of silk and satin was US$11,796,600, a month-on-month increase of 15.17%, and a year-on-year increase of 11.99 %; The amount of finished products was 149 million US dollars, an increase of 12.63% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 24.09%.

Export: The amount of silk was US$189,700, down 50.31% month-on-month and 46% year-on-year. The quantity was 2.23 tons, down 66.47% month-on-month and down 44.39% year-on-year; the amount of silk and satin was US$1,364,400, up 36.57% month-on-month and down 3.55 year-on-year. %; The amount of finished products was US$2.0351 million, a decrease of 7.75% month-on-month and an increase of 2.82% year-on-year.

2. Silk commodity trade from January to March

From January to March, the trade volume of Japanese silk was US$473 million, a year-on-year decrease of 16.23%. Among them, the import value was 433 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 16.87%; the export value was 39.5209 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 8.62%. Details are as follows:

The composition of imported goods was 11.317 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 38.55%, and the quantity was 262.65 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 24.26%; silks and satin were 32.184 million, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%; finished products were US$390 million, a year-on-year decrease of 17.7%.

The main sources of imports are China (amount of US$227 million, down 6.43% year-on-year, accounting for 52.3%), Vietnam (amount of US$66,293,900, down 23.96% year-on-year, accounting for 15.3%), Italy (amount of US$31.651 million, down year-on-year) 8.52%, accounting for 7.3%), Cambodia (amount of 23.1042 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 30.6%, accounting for 5.33%), Indonesia (amount of 17.243 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 44.45%, accounting for 3.98%. The above 5 sources are combined. It accounts for 84.21%.

The composition of export commodities was US$686,700 for silk, a year-on-year decrease of 42.66%, and the quantity was 10.38 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 17.94%; silk and satin were 3,263,800, a year-on-year decrease of 9.14%; finished products were US$6.1964 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.13%.

The main export markets were China (amount of US$15.036 million, an increase of 1.72% year-on-year, accounting for 38.05%), Vietnam (amount of US$13,325,800, a year-on-year decrease of 12.01%, accounting for 33.72%), Taiwan (amount of US$1.407 million, a year-on-year decrease of 17.04) %, accounting for 3.54%), Thailand (amount of US$1.3695 million, a year-on-year decrease of 16.28%, accounting for 3.47%), Hong Kong (amount of US$1,294,700, a year-on-year decrease of 40.97%, accounting for 3.28%). The above five markets together accounted for 82.06%.