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Silk

$1.58B traded in 2024 in 2,569 flows, sold by 141 nations and bought by 184: <0.1% of all goods trade, ranked 96 of 96.
Traded
$1.58B2024
Share of all trade
<0.1%rank 96 of 96
Exporters
141nations
Importers
184nations

World trade by year, 1995 to 2024

In current US dollars, not adjusted for prices.

Largest exporters

In 2024, with each one's share of trade in the category.

NationValueShareSince 2000
China$641M
40%
Italy$243M
15%
India$154M
9.7%
Vietnam$140M
8.9%
Romania$91.3M
5.8%
Uzbekistan$54.0M
3.4%
Brazil$31.1M
2.0%
Japan$29.4M
1.9%
France$24.7M
1.6%
United Kingdom$22.6M
1.4%
South Korea$19.6M
1.2%
Austria$18.6M
1.2%
Germany$17.7M
1.1%
Qatar$10.6M
0.7%
Myanmar$8.78M
0.6%
North Korea$6.90M
0.4%
Hong Kong$6.62M
0.4%
Turkey$6.14M
0.4%
Switzerland$5.81M
0.4%
Thailand$5.70M
0.4%

Largest importers

In 2024, with each one's share of trade in the category.

NationValueShareSince 2000
Italy$288M
18%
India$184M
12%
France$103M
6.5%
Romania$99.6M
6.3%
China$95.0M
6.0%
United Arab Emirates$90.6M
5.7%
Japan$83.0M
5.2%
Vietnam$66.7M
4.2%
United States$62.5M
3.9%
Germany$48.8M
3.1%
United Kingdom$31.1M
2.0%
Tunisia$29.2M
1.8%
South Korea$28.2M
1.8%
Turkey$28.1M
1.8%
Sri Lanka$26.7M
1.7%
Pakistan$22.9M
1.4%
Morocco$18.0M
1.1%
Austria$17.4M
1.1%
Hong Kong$16.5M
1.0%
Spain$15.1M
1.0%

Largest flows

From one nation to another in 2024.

FromToValueShareSince 2000
ChinaItaly$149M9.4%
VietnamIndia$103M6.5%
RomaniaItaly$83.1M5.2%
ChinaIndia$75.1M4.7%
IndiaUnited Arab Emirates$69.5M4.4%
ItalyFrance$59.8M3.8%
ChinaRomania$54.2M3.4%
ChinaJapan$47.6M3.0%
ItalyRomania$39.5M2.5%
ChinaVietnam$36.4M2.3%
IndiaChina$34.0M2.1%
ChinaSri Lanka$25.8M1.6%
ChinaGermany$25.0M1.6%
UzbekistanChina$24.0M1.5%
ChinaSouth Korea$23.0M1.5%
ItalyTunisia$22.7M1.4%
ChinaPakistan$22.5M1.4%
VietnamJapan$21.8M1.4%
ChinaTurkey$21.7M1.4%
BrazilFrance$18.5M1.2%

Largest products

The six-digit codes of the Harmonized System within the chapter, by world trade in 2024.

CodeProductValueShareSince 2000
500720Silk: woven fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk$589M37%
500200Silk: raw silk (not thrown)$366M23%
500400Silk: yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste), not put up for retail sale$246M16%
500790Silk: woven fabrics n.e.s. in heading no. 5007$136M8.6%
500390Silk: waste, carded or combed (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock)$119M7.5%
500500Silk: yarn spun from silk waste, not put up for retail sale$92.8M5.9%
500600Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste: put up for retail sale, and silk-worm gut$13.6M0.9%
500710Silk: woven fabrics of noil silk$13.2M0.8%
500100Silk: silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling$8.51M0.5%

Shares are of all trade in this category. The line is each figure’s history from 2000, drawn to its own peak: it shows the shape of the years, and the value shows the size.

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