Chinese tanneries produce almost $300 billion worth of leather in first five months

18/07/2011
The China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) has reported that the value of the output of the leather its tanneries produced during the first five months of 2011 was $299.3 billion, an increase of 26.9% year-on-year.

Exports had a value of $23.1 billion, an increase of 28.8% over last year.