Chinese leather production worth $170 billion in 2012
10/04/2013
In the course of the year, Mr Su said the sector produced material with a value of around $170.3 billion, an increase of 14% on 2011.
He said that 72% of the material Chinese tanners produced last year had gone to domestic customers. Exports to Germany, France, Spain and Italy all fell, by 8.5%, 8.5%, 3.3% and 14.2% respectively. Mr Su described this as confirmation that Chinese tanners have “reduced their reliance” on exports.
Exports to the US, EU and Japan accounted for 53.5% of all industry exports in 2012. One further interesting point is that exports of Chinese leather to African countries increased by 31.8% in 2012 compared to the year before.
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