Import And Export Of Silk Goods In Malaysia In January 2021

Silk trade in January

According to the statistics of Malaysian customs, the trade volume of silk goods in January was 21.5857 million US dollars, down 20.84% month on month and 37.57% lower than the same period last year. Among them, the import value was 14.6479 million US dollars, a month on month decrease of 8.76%, a year-on-year decrease of 40.61%; the export volume was 6.9378 million US dollars, a month on month decrease of 38.12%, a year-on-year decrease of 30%. The specific commodity composition is as follows:

Import: the amount of silk was USD 23000, with a month on month decrease of 85.82% and a year-on-year decrease of 67.76%. The quantity of silk was 0.68 tons, with a month on month decrease of 63.87% and a year-on-year decrease of 73.81%; the amount of silk was US $1257300, a month on month decrease of 27.08%, a year-on-year decrease of 60.78%; and the amount of finished products was $13.3884 million, a decrease of 6.47% on a month on month basis, and a year-on-year decrease of 37.59%.

The main sources of imports were China (US $5.9665 million, down 45.18% year-on-year, accounting for 40.73%), Singapore (US $1885100, down 18.03%, accounting for 12.87%), Hong Kong (US $1518900, up 64.38% year-on-year, accounting for 10.37%), India (US $750200, down 35.1%, accounting for 5.12%), Bangladesh (US $707400, down 75.47% year-on-year) %83%. The total proportion of the above five sources was 73.92%.

Export: there was no export of silk; the amount of silk was 590000 US dollars, down 24.03% month on month and 53.74% year on year; the value of finished products was 6.3478 million US dollars, down 39.17% month on month and 26.5% year on year.

The main export markets were Singapore (US $3129700, a year-on-year decrease of 31.37%, accounting for 45.11%), Hong Kong (US $518700, a year-on-year increase of 4.46%, accounting for 7.48%), the Philippines (US $489900, a year-on-year decrease of 19.64%, accounting for 7.06%), Vietnam (US $477700, a year-on-year increase of 581.6%, accounting for 6.88%), Germany (US $373300, up 112.72% year-on-year) 38%). The above five markets together accounted for 71.91%.