EXPORTS
The Ministry of Textiles has anticipated
that the value of silk export earnings
will reach around 900 million US$
(Rs. 3770 crore) during the year
2007-08. The export of 390.49 million
US$ (Rs. 1588.92 crore) has been achieved
during April-October period of the year
2007-08, which is 43.4% achievement
of the target in dollar terms (42.1% in
rupee terms) as compared to corresponding
period of the year 2006-07 which was
409.38 million US $ (Rs. 1877.43 crore).
The data about the status of silk export
earnings during April-October period
of the year 2007-08 compared to the
corresponding period of the year 2006-07
is given in Table 1.
TABLE-I : TOTAL EXPORT EARNINGS OF SILK ITEMS
|
(Value : Crore Rs. / Million US $) |
Itemwise
exports |
APRIL |
% Increase /Decrease |
2007 |
2006 |
|
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
Natural Silk Yarn, Fabrics,
Madeups |
125.87 |
31.86 |
145.07 |
31.91 |
-13.2 |
-0.1 |
Readymade Garments |
135.75 |
34.36 |
83.62 |
18.39 |
62.3 |
86.8 |
Silk Carpet |
1.78 |
0.45 |
25.11 |
5.52 |
-92.9 |
-91.8 |
Silkwaste |
0.31 |
0.08 |
2.60 |
0.57 |
-88.1 |
-86.3 |
Total |
263.71 |
66.75 |
256.40 |
56.39 |
2.9 |
18.4 |
| Itemwise
exports |
April-October |
%Increase / Decrease |
2008-08 |
2006-07 |
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
Natural Silk Yarn, Fabrics,
Madeups |
876.90 |
215.52 |
1154.44 |
251.72 |
-24.0 |
-14.4 |
Readymade Garments |
681.63 |
167.52 |
645.15 |
140.68 |
5.7 |
19.1 |
Silk Carpet |
23.46 |
5.77 |
64.47 |
14.47 |
-63.6 |
-59.0 |
Silkwaste |
6.93 |
1.70 |
13.37 |
2.92 |
-48.2 |
-41.6 |
Total |
1588.92 |
390.49 |
1877.43 |
409.39 |
-15.4 |
-4.6 |
COUNTRYWISE SILK EXPORTS
U.S.A., U.K., U.A.E., Honduras and
Italy are the top five countries importing
Indian silk goods (in value terms) during
April-October period of the year
2007-08 and accounted for 21.4%, 13.9%,
9.9%, 6.6% and 5.1%, respectively of
total export earnings. They altogether
accounted for 222.50 million US$
(Rs. 905.30 crore) which was 57.0% of
total export earnings of 390.49 million
US$ (Rs.1588.92 crore) during the period.
The country-wise silk export earnings
during the April to October period of
the year 2007-08 alongwith the data of
corresponding period of the year 2006-07
are shown in Table II.
TABLE-II: COUNTRYWISE SILK EXPORT EARNINGS |
(Value : Crore Rs. / Million
US $) |
|
April to October |
Country Share |
Country + |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
|
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
% |
% |
U.S.A. |
339.63 |
83.47 |
525.12 |
114.51 |
21.4 |
28.0 |
U.K. |
221.39 |
54.41 |
215.76 |
47.05 |
13.9 |
11.5 |
HONDURAS |
105.09 |
25.83 |
106.06 |
23.13 |
6.6 |
5.6 |
| U.A.E. |
157.87 |
38.80 |
103.75 |
22.62 |
9.9 |
5.5 |
| GERMAN P. REP |
77.81 |
19.12 |
104.77 |
22.58 |
4.9 |
5.6 |
ITALY |
81.32 |
19.99 |
119.00 |
25.95 |
5.1 |
6.3 |
| SPAIN |
77.96 |
19.16 |
96.97 |
21.14 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
| SAUDI ARABIA |
54.15 |
13.31 |
46.85 |
10.22 |
3.4 |
2.5 |
| FRANCE |
47.67 |
11.72 |
73.24 |
15.97 |
3.0 |
3.9 |
| HONGKONG |
27.37 |
6.73 |
36.26 |
7.91 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
OTHERS |
398.66 |
97.95 |
449.65 |
98.03 |
25.1 |
24.0 |
| Total
|
1588.92 |
390.49 |
1877.43 |
409.38 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
+ Refers to top 10 importing
countries |
ITEMWISE ANALYSIS
(I) Natural Silk Yarn, Fabrics, made-up etc : I) Natural Silk Yarn, Fabrics, madeup
etc.: Natural Silk Yarn, Fabrics,
made-ups etc. accounted for 55.2%
approximately to the total silk goods
exports. During April-October period of
the year 2007-08, exports of these items
touched 215.51 million US$ (Rs. 876.90
crore) showing a decrease of 14.4%
in dollar terms (24.0% in rupee terms)
as compared to corresponding period of
the year 2006-07 i.e., 251.73 million US$
(Rs. 1154.44 crore). The major importing
countries were U.S.A., U.K., Honduras,
Italy, German P. Rep., UAE, Spain,
Hong Kong, France, and Singapore.
II) Readymade garments: Readymade
garments account for 42.9%
approximately to the total silk goods
exports. They are also high value-added
items. Ready-made garments recorded
an export earning of 167.52 million US$
(Rs. 681.63 crore) during April-October
period of the year 2007-08, showing an
increase of 19.1% in dollar terms (5.7%
in rupee terms), when compared to the
corresponding period of the year 2006-07
which was 140.68 million US$ (Rs. 645.15
crore). The major importing countries
were U.S.A., U.K., U.A.E., Italy, Spain,
France, Saudi Arabia, German P. Rep.,
Tanzania Republic and Denmark.
III) Silk Carpets: Silk carpets accounted
for 1.5% approximately to the total silk
goods exports. This segment recorded
export earnings of 5.77 million US$
(Rs 23.46 crore) during April-October
period of the year 2007-08, showing
a decrease of 59% in dollar terms (63.6%
in rupee terms), when compared to the
corresponding period of the year 2006-07
which was 14.06 million US$ (Rs. 64.47
crore). The major importing countries
were U.S.A., German P. Rep., U.A.E.,U.K. France, Greece, Canada, Denmark,
Turkey and Italy.
IV) Silk waste: Silkwaste, which is the
raw material for the spun silk industry
is also exported. This segment recorded
export earnings of 1.70 million US$
(Rs. 6.93 crore) during April-October
period of the year 2007-08, showing
a decrease of 41.8% in dollar terms
(48.2% in rupee terms) when compared
to the corresponding period of the year
2006-07 which was 2.92 million US$
(Rs 13.37 crore). The major importing
countries were Thailand, China P.
Republic, Bangladesh and Hong Kong.
Export of silk waste during April-October
period of the year 2007-08 as compared
to the corresponding period of the year
2006-07 are shown in Table -III.
TABLE-III
: EXPORT OF SILKWASTE |
|
Quantity |
Value |
(MT) |
(Crore Rs.) |
(Mn. Us $) |
2007-08 |
477.178 |
6.93 |
1.70 |
2006-07 |
995.406 |
13.37 |
|
Share of sector-wise silk goods export
earnings could be seen from graphical
representation.
Region-wise silk export performance
during the month of October 2007 and
April - October period of year 2007-08
along with the corresponding data of
the year 2006-07 are shown in Table IV.
|
TABLE-IV: REGIONWISE SILK EXPORT EARNINGS
|
(Value : Crore Rs. / Million US $) |
REGION |
APRIL |
% Increase/Decrease |
2007
|
2006 |
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
| WEST EUROPE |
96.33 |
24.38 |
100.40 |
22.08 |
-4.1 |
10.4 |
| U.S.A.& OTHERS |
75.82 |
19.19 |
96.25 |
21.17 |
-21.2 |
-9.3 |
| ASIA |
67.26 |
17.02 |
46.37 |
10.20 |
45.1 |
66.9 |
| JAPAN & OTHERS |
5.82 |
1.47 |
5.67 |
1.25 |
2.6 |
18.1 |
| AFRICA |
15.29 |
3.87 |
4.80 |
1.06 |
|
|
| EAST EUROPE |
3.19 |
0.82 |
2.92 |
0.63 |
9.6 |
26.2 |
| TOTAL |
263.71 |
66.75 |
256.40 |
56.39 |
2.9 |
18.4 |
It is observed from data shown in
Table IV that, West Europe (38.3%) and
U.S.A. & others (30.8%) appeared to be
prominent regions for Indian silk export
followed by Asian Countries (23.4%) and
others (7.5%) during April to October
period of the year 2007-08.
PORTWISE EXPORTS
Export earnings through the six major
ports viz., Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata,
Chennai, Mumbai and Nhava Sheva
Sea is accounted to 333.05 million US$
(Rs. 1355.20 crore) [85.29%] against
the total export earnings of 390.49
million US$ (Rs. 1588.92 crore) during
April-October period of the year
2007-08, as compared to corresponding
period of the year 2006-07 it was 352.13
million US$ (Rs. 1614.87 crore) [86.01%]
against the total export earnings of 409.38
million US$ (Rs.1877.43 crore).
IMPORTS
The import of raw silk during April
to October period of the year 2007-08
increased by 59.9% (i.e., 1866 MT more)
as compared to the corresponding period
of the year 2006-07. Data on import of raw
silk, silk yarn & fabrics during October
2007 and April to October period of the
year 2007-08 along with corresponding
data of 2006-07 is given in Table-V.
TABLE-V: IMPORT OF RAW SILK, SILK YARN & FABRICS |
(Qty.: MT, Value: Crore Rs.
/ Million US $) |
Itemwise
Import
|
April |
% Increase
/Decrease
|
2007 |
2006 |
Qty. (Tons)
|
Value |
Qty
|
Value |
Qty
|
Rs. |
US$ |
Rs. |
US$ |
Raw Silk |
708 |
66.02 |
16.71 |
491 |
58.41 |
12.85 |
44.2 |
| Silk Yarn & Fabrics |
N.A |
73.05 |
18.49 |
N.A |
88.35 |
19.43 |
- |
| Total |
|
139.07 |
35.20 |
- |
146.76 |
32.28 |
- |
It is seen that 4918 MT (98.8%) of raw
silk, out of 4980 MT imported during
period April-October of the year 2007-
08, was imported from China P. Republic
only. Value of imported raw silk including
silk yarn and fabrics during the period
April-October of the year 2007-08 was
245.73 million US$ (Rs. 999.86 crore)
as compared to 210.21 million US$ (Rs.
964.04 crore) during the corresponding
period of the year 2006-07, indicating an
increase of 16.9% in dollar terms (3.7%
in rupee terms).
Country-wise quantum of import of raw
silk for April-October period of the year
2007-08 as compared to the corresponding
period of the year 2006-07 is given in
Table VI.
TABLE-VI:
COUNTRYWISE IMPORT OF RAW SILK |
(Qty.: MT, Value:
Crore Rs. / Million US $) |
|
April |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
Qty. |
Value |
Qty. |
Value |
(Tons) |
Rs. |
US$ |
(Tons) |
Rs. |
US$ |
China P. Republic |
4918 |
465.97 |
114.52 |
3007 |
378.81 |
82.60 |
Uzbekistan |
19 |
1.14 |
0.28 |
70 |
4.67 |
1.02 |
Korea R. P. |
9 |
0.82 |
0.20 |
- |
- |
- |
Brazil |
34 |
3.13 |
0.77 |
25 |
3.04 |
0.66 |
Others |
- |
- |
|
12 |
1.14 |
0.25 |
TOTAL |
4980 |
471.06 |
115.77 |
3114 |
387.66 |
84.53 |
SHARE OF SILK GOODS EXPORTS IN OVERALL TEXTILE AND TOTAL EXPORTS
The Share of silk goods export in the
overall textile exports and total exports
of the country during October 2007
and April-October period of the year
2007-08 along with corresponding data of
the year 2006-07 is given in Table VII.
TABLE-VII:
SHARE OF SILK GOODS EXPORT IN THE
OVERALL TEXTILE EXPORTS AND TOTAL EXPORT |
Particulars |
Valie (Rs. In Crore) |
Oct'07 |
April-oct'07 |
Oct'06 |
April-Oct'06 |
Total Export |
56516.53 |
350362.27 |
44588.66 |
325354.19 |
totle Textile Export |
6637.35 |
43420.92 |
5847.03 |
48224.19 |
Totle Silk goods expoers |
263.71 |
1588.92 |
256.40 |
1877.44 |
%of silk goods export over the textile exports |
3.97 |
3.66 |
4.39 |
3.89 |
%of silk good export over the total exports |
0.47 |
045 |
0.58 |
0.58 |
From Table - VII, it can be inferred
that the percentage share of silk goods
export earnings during April to October
period of the year 2007-08, in the total
textile export earnings of the country
was 3.66% as compared to 3.89% during
the corresponding period of the year
2006-07, showing a decrease of 5.9%.
Besides, the silk goods share in the
total export earnings is around 0.47%
in the April to October period of the year
2007-08.
SHARE OF SILK GOODS IMPORTS AS COMPARED TO TEXTILE AND TOTAL IMPORTS
VValue of silk goods imports as compared
to textiles and total imports during
October 2007 and April to October
period of the year 2007-08 along with
data of the year 2006-07 is give in Table
No VIII.
TABLE-VII:
SHARE OF SILK GOODS IMPORTS AS COMPARED TO
OVERALL TEXTILE AND TOTAL IMPORT |
| Particulars |
Value (Rs.in Crore) |
Oct'07 |
April-oct'07 |
Oct'06 |
April-Oct'06 |
| Total Imports |
83407.11 |
540024.03 |
76046.70 |
477498.27 |
| Total Textile Imports |
1905.32 |
7896.04 |
1080.69 |
7894.39 |
| Total Silk Goods Imports |
139.07 |
999.86 |
146.76 |
964.04 |
| %of silk Goods imports over the Textile Imports |
7.30 |
12.66 |
13.58 |
12.21 |
| %Of silk GoodsImports tha Total Imports |
0.17 |
0.19 |
0.19 |
0.20 |
It could be seen from Table No VIII
that during April to October period of
the year 2007-08, the share of imports
of silk goods in total textiles import was
12.66% as compared to 12.21% during
corresponding period of year 2006-07,
showing an increase of 3.68%. Besides,
the share of silk goods in the total imports
is around 0.19% during April-October
period of the year 2007-08.
Compiled by Statistics & ForecastingSection CBS, Banglore - Kshama Girdhar,J.C. Mahanta, B.M. Kantharaju andS. Nagesh
Source: Foreign Trade Statistics of India(Principal Commodities & Countries),DGCI&S, Kolkata. (Provisional figures)
