Import and export of silk commodities in Türkiye from January to June 2023

1. Silk Commodity Trade Situation in June

According to the statistics of the Turkish National Statistics Office, the trade volume of silk commodities in June was 195 million US dollars, a decrease of 11.97% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 13%. Among them, the import value was US$27.8084 million, a decrease of 19.41% month-on-month and 4.35% year-on-year; the export value was US$167 million, a decrease of 10.6% month-on-month and 14.28% year-on-year. The specific product composition is as follows:

Import: the amount of silk was 537,300 US dollars, an increase of 95.57% from the previous month, and a year-on-year increase of 39.49%. A year-on-year decrease of 14.53%; the amount of finished products was US$17.7007 million, a decrease of 21% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 1.2%.

Export: the amount of silk was 233,800 US dollars, a month-on-month increase of 978.44%, a year-on-year increase of 770.85%, the quantity was 12.43 tons, a month-on-month increase of 274.35%, and a year-on-year increase of 21.91%; the amount of silk satin was 50.2634 million US dollars, a month-on-month decrease of 10.4%, A year-on-year decrease of 13.28%; the amount of finished products was US$117 million, a month-on-month decrease of 10.85% and a year-on-year decrease of 14.86%.

Second, the trade situation of silk commodities from January to June

From January to June, the trade volume of Turkish silk was US$1.252 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.04%. Among them, the import value was 178 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 15.79%; the export value was 1.075 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 2.17%. The details are as follows:

The composition of imported goods is 2.749 million US dollars, an increase of 37.38% year-on-year; the quantity is 62.65 tons, a year-on-year increase of 23.84%; 68.2231 million silks and satins, a year-on-year increase of 6.06%;

The main sources of imports are China (amount of 37.1636 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 31.97%, accounting for 20.89%), Georgia (amount of 33.978 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 10.46%, accounting for 19.1%), Italy (amount of 27.8725 million US dollars , an increase of 17.86% year-on-year, accounting for 15.67%, South Korea (amount of 17.2659 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 15.75%, accounting for 9.71%), Bangladesh (amount of 7.7245 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 65.27%, accounting for 4.34%. The above 5 The total proportion of the sources is 69.71%.

The composition of export commodities is $663,500 for silk, an increase of 349.47% year-on-year; the quantity is 44.87 tons, an increase of 49.98% year-on-year; silk and satin are 338 million yuan, an increase of 0.59% year-on-year; finished products are $736 million, a year-on-year decrease of 3.45%.

The main export markets are Germany (amount of 156 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 15.09%, accounting for 14.54%), Belarus (amount of 95.3235 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 98.17%, accounting for 8.87%), Spain (amount of 89.9498 million US dollars, A year-on-year decrease of 7.71%, accounting for 8.37%), the Netherlands (amount of US$67.0605 million, a year-on-year decrease of 0%, accounting for 6.24%), Italy (amount of US$59.4306 million, a year-on-year decrease of 15.55%, accounting for 5.53%). The above five markets together accounted for 43.55%.