生丝是我国近代最重要的出口商品之一 ,美国是我国近代生丝出口的重要市场 ,中美生丝贸易与美国丝绸业的发展密切相关。本文在简要回顾十九世纪美国蚕丝绸业发展的基础上 ,以中美两国的历年生丝贸易量等统计数据为依据 ,就十九世纪中美生丝贸易与美国丝绸业发展的关系 ,对美生丝出口在中国生丝贸易上的地位 ,以及中国生丝在美国生丝市场上地位变化的时期及其背景进行了实证分析 Raw silk is one of the most important export commodities in modern China. The United States is an important market for the export of modern silk in our country. The Sino-US silk trade is closely related to the development of the U.S. silk industry. On the basis of a brief review of the development of American silk industry in the 19th century, based on the statistics of the volume of raw silk trade between China and the United States in the past years, this paper analyzes the relationship between the Sino-U.S. Silk trade and the development of American silk industry in the 19th century, The status of raw silk exports in China’s raw silk trade and the period and background of China’s raw silk changes in the U.S. raw silk market are analyzed empirically