Silk goods: selling to the Japanese market.

International Trade Forum | July 1, 1992| | Copyright

Japan is the world's largest consumer of silk and silk products, although its overall demand for these goods has shown a downward trend during the last several decades. In 1991 its total purchases of silk and silk products came to an estimated 18,000 tons (in raw silk equivalent), or approximately 25% of world raw silk production, with imports accounting for well over half of the total. The record level of raw silk imports that year helped offset a decline in domestic raw silk output that has been underway for some time.

The overall decrease in Japan's consumption of ...

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