China’s leather exports up 9% in first nine months
08/11/2013
Taken month by month compared with 2012, the start of the year saw big increases, the middle few months recorded declines but comparisons picked up again from July.
January’s $8.4 billion of exports was 40% higher than in January 2012; February’s $5.2 billion was 92% higher than the corresponding month the previous year; March’s $4.3 billion was 13% less; April’s $5.8 billion was 2% higher; May saw a decline of 2% to $6.7 billion; June declined 1.2% to $7.2 billion; July was up 0.2% at $6.7 billion; August was up 3% at $7.5 billion; and in September, the industry’s exports were worth 6% more than in September 2012 at $8.4 billion.