Italy Silk Goods Trade Statistics from January to December 2024
Source: China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles
Author: Silk Department
Date: February 26, 2025
In the previous article, we explored Turkey’s silk trade imports and exports in January 2025. If you’re interested, you can click on this link to check it out. https://blog.docsunhomeandliving.com/turkey-silk-goods-trade-statistics-2/ Today, we will focus on analyzing Italy’s silk trade imports and exports from January to December 2024.
According to Eurostat data, from January to December 2024, Italy’s total foreign trade volume of silk goods reached $5.203 billion, reflecting a 4.48% decline year-on-year.
- Exports: $3.489 billion (-4.78% YoY)
- Imports: $1.714 billion (-3.87% YoY)
(See tables below for details)

Italy Silk Goods Trade Exports:
Table 1: Italy’s Exports of All Silk Goods to Major Markets (Jan–Dec 2024)
Unit: $10,000
Country/Region | Export Value | Share (%) | YoY Change (%) |
Total | 348,856.28 | 100.00 | -4.78 |
France | 46,717.61 | 13.39 | -8.00 |
USA | 32,048.18 | 9.19 | -4.30 |
Germany | 22,820.39 | 6.54 | -8.20 |
China | 18,075.79 | 5.18 | 0.03 |
Hong Kong | 15,456.60 | 4.43 | -7.56 |
Spain | 14,579.35 | 4.18 | -2.33 |
Russia | 13,564.96 | 3.89 | -4.83 |
South Korea | 11,868.57 | 3.40 | -13.35 |
UK | 11,780.23 | 3.38 | -4.03 |
(Source: GTF)
Table 2: Italy’s Exports of Raw Silk and Yarn to Major Markets (Jan–Dec 2024)
Unit: $10,000
Country/Region | Export Value | Share (%) | YoY Change (%) |
Total | 8,770.33 | 100.00 | 5.88 |
Romania | 3,381.05 | 38.55 | -1.70 |
France | 1,214.60 | 13.85 | -17.74 |
Germany | 1,116.02 | 12.72 | 79.85 |
Austria | 903.18 | 10.30 | 138.11 |
(Source: GTF)

Table 3: Italy’s Exports of Raw Silk and Yarn Volume to Major Markets (Jan–Dec 2024)
Unit: Tons, $/kg
Country/Region | Export Volume | YoY Change (%) | Export Price | YoY Change (%) |
Total | 1,127.92 | 7.64 | 77.76 | -1.63 |
Romania | 451.70 | -7.13 | 74.85 | 5.85 |
France | 234.38 | 59.50 | 51.82 | -48.42 |
Germany | 79.32 | 71.72 | 140.70 | 4.74 |
Austria | 71.85 | 85.20 | 125.71 | 28.57 |
Tunisia | 64.77 | 3.37 | 54.68 | 20.73 |
(Source: GTF)
Table 4: Italy’s Exports of Silk Fabrics to Major Markets (Jan–Dec 2024)
Unit: $10,000
Country/Region | Export Value | Share (%) | YoY Change (%) |
Total | 68,384.65 | 100.00 | -8.26 |
France | 7,973.07 | 11.66 | -23.49 |
Sri Lanka | 6,598.29 | 9.65 | 12.78 |
Tunisia | 4,511.86 | 6.60 | -20.17 |
Germany | 4,020.03 | 5.88 | -20.05 |
China | 3,663.51 | 5.36 | 5.03 |
Serbia | 3,011.29 | 4.40 | -20.71 |
Romania | 2,781.93 | 4.07 | -13.06 |
Bulgaria | 2,730.26 | 3.99 | -20.39 |
(Source: GTF)

Italy Silk Goods Trade Imports :
Table 6: Italy’s Imports of All Silk Goods from Major Sources (Jan–Dec 2024)
Unit: $10,000
Country/Region | Import Value | Share (%) | YoY Change (%) |
Total | 171,415.50 | 100.00 | -3.87 |
China | 38,583.96 | 22.51 | 2.00 |
France | 15,589.54 | 9.09 | -8.95 |
Romania | 13,323.38 | 7.77 | -16.88 |
Spain | 12,476.00 | 7.28 | 19.74 |
Germany | 10,708.01 | 6.25 | 26.33 |
Turkey | 9,813.96 | 5.73 | -18.76 |
Netherlands | 6,224.96 | 3.63 | -1.92 |
(Source: GTF)
Table 9: Italy’s Imports of Silk Fabrics from Major Sources (Jan–Dec 2024)
Unit: $10,000
Country/Region | Import Value | Share (%) | YoY Change (%) |
Total | 33,384.95 | 100.00 | -8.77 |
China | 14,604.10 | 43.74 | 4.78 |
Turkey | 7,263.00 | 21.76 | -8.68 |
France | 2,300.29 | 6.89 | -11.52 |
Serbia | 1,096.61 | 3.28 | -7.80 |
South Korea | 1,050.23 | 3.15 | -32.16 |
Ethiopia | 981.68 | 2.94 | 11.68 |
(Source: GTF)
Table 10: Italy’s Imports of Silk Finished Products from Major Sources (Jan–Dec 2024)
Unit: $10,000
Country/Region | Import Value | Share (%) | YoY Change (%) |
Total | 117,298.56 | 100.00 | -2.36 |
China | 16,066.34 | 13.70 | 2.63 |
France | 13,231.38 | 11.28 | -8.40 |
Spain | 11,976.30 | 10.21 | 24.96 |
Germany | 8,502.43 | 7.25 | 30.74 |
Netherlands | 6,213.16 | 5.30 | 0.30 |
Belgium | 6,042.37 | 5.15 | -5.98 |
Bangladesh | 5,986.12 | 5.10 | -4.85 |
(Source: GTF)
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