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

        1、 Silk trade in April

According to the statistics of Turkey's National Bureau of statistics, the trade volume of silk goods in April was 211 million US dollars, down 6.03% month on month and up 221% year on year. Among them, the import volume was 18.6888 million US dollars, down 9.18% month on month, with a year-on-year increase of 97.81%; The export volume was 193 million US dollars, down 5.71% month on month and up 241.63% year on year. The specific commodity composition is as follows:

Import: the amount of silk was 390800 US dollars, a decrease of 48.86% on a month on month basis, an increase of 73.14% on a year-on-year basis, and a quantity of 10.99 tons, with a month on month decrease of 52.52% and a year-on-year increase of 339.26%; The amount of silk and satin was US $6.7736 million, down 2.41% month on month and 7.86% year on year; The amount of manufactured goods was US $11.5243 million, down 10.47% month on month and increased by 475.45% year on year.

Export: the amount of silk was 72000 US dollars, with a month on month increase of 82.14%, a year-on-year increase of 13176.01%, and a volume of 6.84 tons, with a month on month increase of 4.88% and a year-on-year increase of 3994.01%; The amount of silk and satin was $70.7102 million, down 6.69% month on month, up 451.18% year on year; The amount of manufactured goods was US $122 million, down 5.17% month on month and up 179.8% year on year.

2. Silk commodity trade from January to April

From January to April, Turkey's silk trade volume was 795 million US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 37.44%. Among them, the import volume was 67.163 million US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 7.07%; The export volume was 728 million US dollars, up 41.13% year on year. The details are as follows:

The composition of imported goods was 1.4092 million US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 47.6%, and the quantity was 49.49 tons, with a year-on-year increase of 57.75%; Silk and satin 26.6804 million, a year-on-year decrease of 25.96%; Manufactured goods were 39.0734 million US dollars, up 51.8% year on year.

The main sources of imports were Georgia (US $1945.03 million, up 439.92% year-on-year, accounting for 28.96%), China (US $11.3018 million, down 24.94%, accounting for 16.83%), Italy (US $11.0862 million, up 57.21% year-on-year, accounting for 16.51%), South Korea (US $6.06100, down 62.11% year-on-year, accounting for 8.94%), Spain (US $1881800), 44%, accounting for 2.8%. The total proportion of the above five sources was 74.04%.

The composition of export commodities was 240300 US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 282.48%, and the quantity was 35.18 tons, with a year-on-year increase of 123.64%; Silk and satin were 283 million, up 83.71% year on year; Manufactured goods reached 444 million US dollars, up 22.91% year on year.

The main export markets were Germany (US $122 million, up 6.15% year-on-year, accounting for 16.79%), Italy (US $62.5306 million, up 109.63%, accounting for 8.59%), Spain (US $49.6102 million, up 28.22% year-on-year, accounting for 6.82%), the Netherlands (US $39.6959 million, up 37.94% year-on-year, accounting for 5.46%), and the United Kingdom (US $38.4354 million), 39%, accounting for 5.28%. The above five markets together accounted for 42.94%.