Ministry Of Commerce: Import And Export Of Silk Goods In Japan From January To April 2021

        1、 Silk trade in April

According to the statistics of Japan's Ministry of finance, the trade volume of silk goods in April was 188 million US dollars, an increase of 4.23% on a month on month basis, and a decrease of 9.48% on a year-on-year basis. Among them, the import volume was 172 million US dollars, up 4.73% month on month and 10.03% lower than the same period last year; The export volume was US $15.7171 million, down 0.94% month on month and 2.93% year on year. The specific commodity composition is as follows:

Import: the amount of silk was US $3.5317 million, up 16.1% month on month, 14.89% year on year, 84.14 tons in volume, 40.67% in month on month and 55.79% in year-on-year; The amount of silk and satin was 11.2163 million US dollars, down 4.89% month on month and 1.74% year on year; The amount of manufactured goods was 158 million US dollars, up 5.26% month on month and 11% lower than the same period last year.

Export: the amount of silk was 259600 US dollars, up 36.9% month on month, 26.58% year on year, the quantity was 2.62 tons, with a month on month increase of 17.2% and a year-on-year decrease of 36.41%; The amount of silk and satin was 13.6845 million US dollars, up 0.31% month on month and 7.7% lower than the same period last year; The amount of manufactured goods was 1.773 million US dollars, down 12.85% month on month and increased by 52.89% year on year.

2. Silk commodity trade from January to April

From January to April, Japan's silk trade volume was 662 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 14.32%. Among them, the import volume was 607 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 14.92%; The export volume was US $55.2336 million, down 7.12% year on year. The details are as follows:

The composition of imported goods was 14.8479 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 30.95%, and the quantity was 346.8 tons, with a year-on-year decrease of 13.47%; Silk 43.3972 million, a year-on-year increase of 6.93%; The finished products reached 549 million US dollars, down 15.75% year on year.

The main sources of imports were China (US $330 million, down 9.52% year-on-year, accounting for 54.29%), Vietnam (US $94.5514 million, down 18.58%, accounting for 15.58%), Italy (US $38.1146 million, a year-on-year increase of 3.08%, accounting for 6.28%), Cambodia (US $28.9845 million, a year-on-year decrease of 35.85%, accounting for 4.78%), Indonesia (the amount of US $22.3451 million, The year-on-year decrease was 38.45%, accounting for 3.68%. The total proportion of the above five sources was 84.61%.

The composition of export commodities was 946200 US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 32.56%, and the quantity was 12.99 tons, with a year-on-year decrease of 22.48%; Satin 46.3185 million, a year-on-year decrease of 8.78%; The finished products were 7.9689 million US dollars, up 9.32% year on year.

The main export markets were China (US $21.144 million, down 2.33% year-on-year, accounting for 38.28%), Vietnam (US $19164400, down 7.41%, accounting for 34.7%), Thailand (US $2019500, down 7.78% year-on-year, accounting for 3.66%), Taiwan (US $1.9753 million, down 8.17% year-on-year, accounting for 3.58%), Hong Kong (US $1.604 million, down 36.41% year-on-year), 9%). The above five markets together accounted for 83.12%.