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Chinese leather and leather goods imports/exports January-July 2003

23/10/2003

According to the China Leather Industries Association (CLIA), during the period January - July 2003, the country’s imports and exports of leather and leather products continued to grow.

 

Exports increased 21.3% to $8.93 billion, compared with the same period in 2002, accounting for 3.9% of China’s total export value. Growth was the greatest in the fur garments and leather gloves sector, increasing 136.2% to $100 million and 55.7% to $1.07 billion respectively. Leather garments increased 28.3% to $1.07 billion, raw hides rose 26.4% to $670million and leather shoes went up 13.5% to $3.04 billion. The export of footwear from January - July 2003, increased 15.3% to 2.87 billion pairs by quantity and 17.1% to $6.98 billion by value.

 

China’s imports of raw hides, leather and leather goods, meanwhile, increased 18.9 % from $2.45 billion, accounting for 1.1% of the total import value.

 

Top 10 importers of raw materials and leather (excluding fur) from China mainland

 

All figures x $1,000

 

Country and region

Export value

% of the total

Increase (%)

Hong Kong

396,247

58.8

32.1

South Korea

60,363

9.0

7.8

Taiwan

47,627

7.1

135.9

Italy

47,125

7.0

15.8

Spain

28,551

4.2

4.7

Vietnam

18,286

2.7

89.2

USA

16,634

2.5

10.1

Thailand

10,342

1.5

-13.3

Indonesia

7,815

1.2

-41.8

Singapore

6,248

0.9

92.5

Sub total of above

639,238

94.9

28.5

Total

673,579

100.0

26.4

 

Top 10 exporters to China by country

 

All figures x $1,000

 

Country and region

Value

% of the total

Increase (%)

South Korea

360,028

16.5

-10.8

Taiwan

359,451

16.5

9.5

USA

347,101

15.9

33.5

Italy

180,280

8.3

-13.7

Australia

142,211

6.5

49.9

Brazil

96,897

4.4

68.3

Canada

65,431

3.0

28.6

Argentina

55,167

2.5

4.5

New Zealand

52,565

2.4

109.1

Japan

45,246

2.1

9.0

Sub total of above

1,704,377

78.2

11.9

Total

2,179,929

100.0

19.2

 

Exports of leather and leather goods (Jan - July 2003)

 

All figures x $1,000

Item

Unit

Jan - July 2003

Jan - July 2002

% (value)

   

quantity

value

quantity

value

  

Leather shoes

10,000 pairs

61,121

3,044,694

53,672

2,649,199

14.9

Leather case

    

2,892,552

  

2,486,748

16.3

Leather garments

10,000 pieces

3,323

1,072,288

2,744

835,789

28.3

Fur garments

ton

1,177

100,949

770

42,741

136.2

Leather and Raw hides (excluding fur)

1,000 ton

137

673,579

103

532,779

26.4

Leather gloves

10,000 pairs

54,702

812,363

43,744

521,665

55.7

Foot ball, volley ball, basketball

10,000 pieces

5,971

75,932

5,127

65,720

15.5

Components

ton

66,093

253,662

60,308

223,409

13.5

Total

    

8,926,019

  

7,358,051

21.3

Exports of Footwear (Jan - July 2003)

 

All figures x $1,000

Item

Unit

Jan - July 2003

Jan - July 2002

Increase (%)

   

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Leather shoes

10,000pairs

61,121

3,044,694

53,672

2,649,199

13.9

14.9

Rubber & plastic shoes

10,000pairs

158,064

2,710,210

136,306

2,310,195

16.0

17.3

Textile shoes

10,000pairs

47,685

951,782

43,359

841,354

10.0

13.1

Other shoes

10,000pairs

20,061

276,643

15,421

162,813

30.1

69.9

Total

10,000pairs

286,931

6,983,329

248,759

5,963,561

15.3

17.1

Imports of Footwear (Jan – July 2003)

 

All figures x $1,000

Item

Unit

Jan - July 2003

Variation with last year (%)

   

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

Leather shoes

10,000pairs

121

27,685

42.2

58.0

Rubber & plastic shoes

10,000pairs

330

8,100

142.3

93.2

Textile shoes

10,000pairs

65

7,245

122.0

77.6

Other shoes

10,000pairs

9

789

-87.2

-13.0

Total

10,000pairs

524

43,819

65.0

64.1

Imports of leather and leather goods (Jan - July 2003)

 

All figures x $1,000

Item

Unit

Jan - July 2003

Jan - July 2003

% (Value)

   

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

  

Raw hides (excluding fur)

1,000 ton

394

504,645

328

383,770

31.5

Leather

1,000 ton

544


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