These four maps were produced by Mark Graham and are
based on data gathered mostly from UNCTAD/WTO (2002), Datta and
Nanavaty (2005), and correspondence with Ron Currie, the former
Secretary General of the now defunct International Silk Association. It
should be noted that these maps are not intended to present an
absolute or comprehensive picture of the global silk industry. There
are undoubtedly a number of significant omissions in the maps due the
unavailability of countrywide data for a number of nations.
Furthermore, the symbology and shading of countries is not an attempt
to convey any sort of binary information; it is instead simply a
strategy to highlight dominant players at a national scale. Arrows
indicating flows of silk also do not convey any qualitative or
quantitative aspects of those flows. For example, the arrows emanating
from Brazil are all of the same width and shading despite the fact that
Brazil exports around 75% of its raw silk to Japan. Finally, any
arrows starting or ending in Europe are intended to refer to the E.U.
as a whole. However, it should be noted that Italy, France,
Switzerland, and the U.K. are the dominant European participants in the
silk industry.
For further details about the Thai Silk Industry, please follow this link.
For questions or requests for high resolution images please contact Mark Graham.
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