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

1. Silk Commodity Trade Situation in June

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Finance of Japan, the trade volume of silk commodities in June was 115 million US dollars, a decrease of 14.75% from the previous month, and a decrease of 11.14% from the same period last year. Among them, the import value was US$101 million, a decrease of 15.73% month-on-month and 10.32% year-on-year; the export value was US$14.7383 million, a decrease of 7.41% month-on-month and 16.37% year-on-year. The specific product composition is as follows:

Import: The amount of silk was 6.0286 million US dollars, a month-on-month decrease of 12.44%, and a year-on-year decrease of 8.32%. A year-on-year decrease of 42.45%; the amount of finished products was 88.9726 million US dollars, a month-on-month decrease of 16.46% and a year-on-year decrease of 7.13%.

Export: the amount of silk was 187,800 US dollars, an increase of 58.49% from the previous month, an increase of 0.91% from the previous year, and the volume was 1.76 tons, a decrease of 34.83% from the previous month, and a decrease of 24.71% from the previous year; A year-on-year decrease of 20.72%; the amount of finished products was US$3.162 million, a month-on-month decrease of 11.99% and a year-on-year increase of 2.95%.

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

From January to June, Japan's silk trade volume was US$911 million, a year-on-year decrease of 1.44%. Among them, the import value was 824 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 0.76%; the export value was 86.5274 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 7.47%. The details are as follows:

The composition of imported goods is 31.5962 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 11.25%, the volume is 547.12 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.74%;

The main sources of imports are China (amount of 415 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 9.76%, accounting for 50.34%), Vietnam (amount of 148 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 10.62%, accounting for 17.92%), Italy (amount of 57.4115 million US dollars , an increase of 16.52% year-on-year, accounting for 6.97%, Bangladesh (amount of 36.504 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 0.13%, accounting for 4.43%), Cambodia (amount of 34.7898 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 33.84%, accounting for 4.22%. Above 5 The total proportion of the sources is 83.88%.

The composition of export commodities was $1,126,500 silk, down 18.41% year-on-year; the quantity was 13.66 tons, down 28.91% year-on-year;

The main export markets are China (amount of US$37.5885 million, up 1.05% year-on-year, accounting for 43.44%), Vietnam (amount of US$25.5318 million, up 0.3% year-on-year, accounting for 29.51%), Thailand (amount of US$3.2136 million, A year-on-year increase of 19.92%, accounting for 3.71%), Hong Kong, China (amount of US$2.4859 million, a year-on-year decrease of 68.6%, accounting for 2.87%), China Taiwan (amount of US$2.46 million, a year-on-year increase of 20.5%, accounting for 2.84%). The above five markets together accounted for 82.37%.