Apparel / Textiles & Accessories

1. Silk commodity trade in April

According to statistics from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Trade, the trade volume of silk commodities in April was 15.462 million US dollars, a decrease of 17.06% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 100.67%. Among them, the import value was 9.487 million US dollars, a decrease of 31.69% month-on-month and an increase of 110.71% year-on-year; the export value was US$5.9758 million, a month-on-month increase of 25.68% and an increase of 86.56%. The specific product composition is as follows:

Import: The amount of silk was 533,600 US dollars, a month-on-month increase of 1477.52%, a year-on-year increase of 245.17%, and the quantity was 3.45 tons, a month-on-month increase of 468.37%, and a year-on-year increase of 1168.38%; the amount of silk and satin was US$4.668 million, a month-on-month decrease of 37.99%, and a year-on-year increase of 546.16 %; The amount of finished products was US$4.2854 million, a month-on-month decrease of 32.26% and a year-on-year increase of 18.2%.

Exports: The amount of silk was US$2.4515 million, an increase of 56.83% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 4.95%. The quantity was 37.4 tons, a month-on-month increase of 39.25% and a year-on-year decrease of 26.1%; the amount of silk and satin was US$3.018 million, a month-on-month increase of 18.53% and a year-on-year increase of 484.87 %; The amount of finished products was US$506,100, a decrease of 21.57% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 369.38%.

2. Silk commodity trade from January to April

From January to April, the Brazilian silk trade volume was 63.4183 million U.S. dollars, down 0.17% year-on-year. Among them, the import value was 46,0873 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 0.94%; the export value was 17.331 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 3.02%. Details are as follows:

The composition of imported goods was US$1.2024 million, a year-on-year increase of 3.97%, and the quantity was 10.24 tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.08%; silks and satin were 22,945,200, a year-on-year increase of 21.87%; finished products were US$21,939,600, a year-on-year decrease of 14.54%.

The main sources of imports are China (amount of US$30,580,500, a year-on-year increase of 3.21%, accounting for 66.35%), Paraguay (amount of US$3.2355 million, a year-on-year increase of 150.66%, accounting for 7.02%), Cambodia (amount of US$1.5182 million, a year-on-year decrease 4.41%, accounting for 3.29%), Vietnam (amount of 1,274,700 US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 6.56%, accounting for 2.77%), Italy (amount of 1,129,200 US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 14.01%, accounting for 2.45%. The above 5 sources are combined. Accounted for 81.88%.

The composition of export commodities was US$7.2628 million of silk, a year-on-year decrease of 28.55%, and the quantity was 120.76 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 37.9%; silk and satin were 8,148,700, a year-on-year increase of 42.44%; finished products were US$1.919 million, a year-on-year decrease of 3.34%.

The main export markets are France (amount of US$3.6978 million, a year-on-year increase of 31.91%, accounting for 21.34%), Argentina (amount of US$3.1716 million, a year-on-year increase of 28.13%, accounting for 18.3%), and Paraguay (amount of US$1.8836 million, a year-on-year increase of 45.02) %, accounting for 10.87%), the United States (amount of US$1.5187 million, a year-on-year increase of 30.73%, accounting for 8.76%), Japan (amount of US$1.3858 million, a year-on-year decrease of 61.12%, accounting for 8%). The above five markets together accounted for 67.27%.