Italy’s silk yarn imports increased by 54 per cent to $16 million in September 2023, As per IndexBox estimates, the volume of these imports surged by 47 per cent to 192 tons million during the month. From September 2022-2023, Italy’s silk yarn imports rose by 1.8 per cent in value.

In September 2023, Italy’s silk yarn imports from Romania totaled 125 tons and constituted 65 per cent of its total imports. From September 2022 to September 2023, imports from Romania grew by 3.3 per cent on a monthly basis while imports from China reported a negative growth of -4.2 per cent and from Vietnam imports by -2.3 per cent M-o-M. 

Italy’s silk yarn imports from Romania grew to $11 million in September 2023. It comprised 69 per cent of the country’s total imports. Imports from China totaled $3.3 million and constituted 21 per cent share of total imports.

From September 2022 to September 2023, the value of Italy’s silk yarn imports from Romania grew to 4.7 per cent on a monthly basis, Imports from China grew by -3.8 per cent M-o-M while that from Vietnam grew by -2.4 per cent M-o-M.