Chinese leather and leather goods imports/exports Ja

Chinese leather and leather goods imports/exports January – April, 2003

10/06/2003

According to the China Leather Industries Association (CLIA), during the period January to April 2003, the country’s imports and exports of leather and leather products continued to grow. Growth in China’s footwear market was significantly higher compared with the year earlier period. The growth rate for imports, meanwhile, was higher than that of exports.

The top ten leather and raw materials importers (excluding fur) were Hong Kong (accounting for 54.3% of the total export value), South Korea (8.8%), Italy (6.9%), Taiwan (6.6%), Spain (4.3%), Vietnam (2.5%), the US (2.1%), Thailand (1.4%), Indonesia (1.2%) and Singapore (1.0%) The import value of the latter countries and regions accounted for 89% of the total.

The top five export markets were Taiwan (accounting for 16.8% of the total export value), South Korea (16.4%), the US (15.5%), Italy (7.8%) and Australia (7%).

Exports of leather and leather goods (January - April, 2003)

All figures x$1,000

Item	Unit	Jan.-April, 2003		Jan.-April, 2002		% (value)
		quantity	value	quantity	value
leather shoes	10,000 pairs	32,341	1,568,335	26,825	1,283,738	22.2
leather case			1,542,695		1,297,359	18.9
leather garments	10,000 pieces	1,348	516,913	988	337,975	52.9
fur garments	ton	467	33,908	367	18,239	85.9
Leather and Raw hides (excluding fur)	1,000 ton	70	335,192	53	272,312	23.1
leather gloves	10,000 pairs	27,647	390,685	23,579	278,642	40.2
Foot ball, volley ball, basketball	10,000 pieces	3,181	38,881	2,771	35,865	8.4
Components	ton	35,745	137,805	32,341	120,892	14.0
Total			4,564,413		3,645,022	25.2

Exports of footwear (January - April, 2003)

All figures x$1,000

Item	Unit	Jan.-April,2003		Jan.-April,2002		%
		Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
Leather shoes	10,000pairs	32,341	1,568,335	26,825	1,283,738	20.6	22.2
Rubber & plastic shoes	10,000pairs	92,047	1,508,214	79,422	1,269,714	15.9	18.8
Textile shoes	10,000pairs	28,886	557,802	26,356	506,513	9.6	10.1
Other shoes	10,000pairs	9,393	119,007	7,220	72,658	30.1	63.8
Total	10,000pairs	162,667	3,753,357	139,824	3,132,623	16.3	19.8

Imports of footwear (January -April, 2003)

All figures x$1,000

Item	Unit	Jan.-April,2003		Jan.-April,2002		%
		Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
Leather shoes	10,000pairs	74	18,804	55	11,927	33.4	57.7
Rubber & plastic shoes	10,000pairs	177	4,134	80	1,557	120.3	165.5
Textile shoes	10,000pairs	41	4,330	17	2,168	144.7	99.7
Other shoes	10,000pairs	5	373	37	573	-87.0	-34.9
Total	10,000pairs	296	27,641	189	16,225	56.6	70.4

Imports of leather and leather goods (January - April, 2003)

All figures x$1,000

Item	Unit	Jan.-April, 2003		Jan.-April, 2003		% (value)
		quantity	value	quantity	value
Raw hides (excluding fur)	1,000 ton	228	277,530	185	213,571	29.9
Leather	1,000 ton	294	852,451	247	691,644	23.2
shoes components	1,000 ton	11	86,225	12	78,620	9.7
leather & leather shoe equipment	set	6,405	32,012	7,222	27,688	15.6
traveling goods& suitcases			18,465		13,006	42.0
leather shoes	10,000 pairs	74	18,804	55	11,927	57.7
leather garments	1000 pieces	13	754	5	404	86.7
leather gloves	1,000 pairs	53	100	17	57	76.8
fur garments	kg	754	148	331	24	511.1
total			1,286,490		1,036,941	24.1

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Chinese leather and leather goods imports/exports January – April, 2003