Attention: Analysis Of Import And Export Trade Of China'S Cocoon And Silk Industry In 2020

In 2019, the export volume of real silk goods dropped significantly compared with that of the previous year, which was the lowest in recent years. According to the statistics of China Customs, in 2019, the export value of real silk goods reached 2.169 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 26.7%, an increase of 9.8 percentage points over the previous year and a decrease of 42.2% compared with 2005.

From the perspective of export countries and regions, the top five markets of China's real silk exports in 2019 are the European Union, the United States, Italy, India and Hong Kong, China, accounting for 61.6% of China's total exports of real silk goods. Among them, exports to the United States and the European Union decreased by 39.4% and 32.5% respectively, accounting for a decrease of 3.1 and 2.1 percentage points compared with the previous year.

In addition, exports to Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates increased rapidly, with the growth rates of 654.8%, 125.2% and 33.9%, respectively, with their proportions increasing by 4.2%, 4.3% and 2.4 percentage points respectively.

From the perspective of export sources, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Shandong ranked the top five provinces (cities) in the export volume of Real Silk Commodities in 2019, accounting for 86.1% of the total export volume of real silk commodities, down 0.9% compared with the previous year. Among them, Zhejiang's share of total exports increased by 3.9 percentage points over the previous year, ranking up one to the first;

Guangdong's export volume decreased by 43% year-on-year, accounting for 8.8 percentage points lower than that of the previous year, falling to the second place; the export volume of Jiangsu, Shanghai and Shandong increased by 2, 1.3 and 0.7 percentage points respectively. In addition, Henan's share increased by 0.6 percentage points, ranking up two places to the eighth; Liaoning's proportion increased by 0.3 percentage points to enter the top ten.

From the perspective of export trade mode, the export volume of general trade mode accounted for the highest proportion, accounting for 73.8%, an increase of 10.1 percentage points over the previous year. In terms of growth rate, the export volume of other trade modes, inbound and outbound goods in bonded warehouses and re export goods in bonded areas decreased significantly year-on-year. Specifically, the export of silk products in general trade mode was 1.601 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 15.1%; the export of other trade modes was 467 million US dollars, with a year-on-year decrease of 51.3%.