Raw silk (not thrown) — Export quantity by country

Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.

Countries reporting
54
Highest
3,684 t
China, mainland
Lowest
0 t
Oman
Median
0.75 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
873

What the numbers show

Raw silk (not thrown) — Export quantity is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 3,684 t in China, mainland; the lowest is 0 t in Oman.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.75 t, and the mean is 194.65 t.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 61,902.5%), and the largest decrease in Australia and New Zealand (down 99.2%).

Raw silk (not thrown) — Export quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 3,684 t 2023 down 44.9% falling
1 China 3,684 t 2023 down 45.0% falling
3 Viet Nam 1,592 t 2023 up 3,879.1% volatile
4 Italy 454.73 t 2023 up 31.4% rising
5 Uzbekistan 434.52 t 2023 up 152.6% rising
6 Slovenia 248.01 t 2023 up 61,902.5% volatile
7 Romania 99.7 t 2023 down 9.4% falling
8 United Arab Emirates 45.66 t 2023 volatile
9 Hungary 41.5 t 2016 volatile
10 Germany 33.51 t 2023 down 49.2% falling
11 India 29.49 t 2023 up 227.7% volatile
12 Australia 25 t 2022 up 733.3% volatile
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 25 t 2021 up 177.8% volatile
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24.37 t 2023 up 121.5% volatile
15 Portugal 12.8 t 2019 volatile
16 Russian Federation 12.02 t 2023 volatile
17 Azerbaijan 11 t 2023 up 1,000.0% volatile
18 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9.47 t 2017 down 83.4% volatile
19 Tajikistan 8.77 t 2020 volatile
19 Kyrgyzstan 8.77 t 2020 volatile
21 Kazakhstan 7 t 2018 volatile
22 Thailand 3.99 t 2023 volatile
23 Malaysia 3.64 t 2023 volatile
24 Turkmenistan 3.31 t 2019 down 83.5% volatile
25 Czechia 2.52 t 2023 volatile
26 Cambodia 2.4 t 2022 volatile
27 Bulgaria 0.84 t 2023 volatile
28 Tunisia 0.66 t 2023 volatile
29 Brazil 0.59 t 2022 volatile
30 Indonesia 0.46 t 2022 volatile
31 Austria 0.34 t 2022 down 66.0% volatile
32 Poland 0.33 t 2023 down 67.0% volatile
33 Pakistan 0.27 t 2022 volatile
34 Switzerland 0.23 t 2023 volatile
35 Peru 0.15 t 2023 volatile
36 Canada 0.13 t 2022 volatile
37 China, Taiwan Province of 0.11 t 2019 volatile
38 United Republic of Tanzania 0.1 t 2019 volatile
39 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.09 t 2022 volatile
39 France 0.09 t 2023 down 91.0% volatile
41 Belgium 0.08 t 2023 volatile
42 Republic of Korea 0.04 t 2021 down 96.0% volatile
42 Australia and New Zealand 0.04 t 2023 down 99.2% volatile
42 New Zealand 0.04 t 2023 up 300.0% volatile
45 Spain 0.01 t 2023 volatile
45 Denmark 0.01 t 2023 volatile
45 Lithuania 0.01 t 2023 volatile
48 Sweden 0 t 2023 volatile
48 Georgia 0 t 2023 flat
48 Türkiye 0 t 2023 volatile
48 Ireland 0 t 2023 volatile
48 Saudi Arabia 0 t 2023 flat
48 Nepal 0 t 2023 volatile
48 Oman 0 t 2022 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Raw silk (not thrown) — Export quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
81 places, 873 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.