According to statistics promulgated by China Customs, total export value of silk commodities was 1.776 billion USD from January to March of 2007, down by 5.05% compared with the same period of last year Among the export commodities, pure sfik commodities export was 803 million USD, a decrease of 10.17% year-on-year, man-made silk commodmes export was 972 mfihon USD, descended by 0.35%.