Spain’s leather exports fall in value as imports of finished leather rise
Exports of leather from Spain in the first eight months of this year had a total value of €388 million. This represents a fall of 9.5% compared to the same months in 2023.
A breakdown of this year’s figures shows export values of €269.7 million for finished leather, down by 5.9% year on year.
Semi-finished leather brought in export revenues of €36.7 million, down by 33% compared to the January-August period last year.
Finally, shipments of raw hides from Spain brought in €81.6 million, down by 5.8%.
Italy was the top importer of each of the three categories of material.
Over the same eight-month period, Spanish manufacturers imported leather with a value of €280.5 million, also down compared to the previous year, in this case by 7.2%.
On their own, though, imports of finished leather were up, reaching €183.9 million, an increase of 4.5% year on year.
Imports of semi-finished leather fell by 21.5% to reach €61 million, while imports into Spain of raw hides were down by 26.6% at €35.6 million.
Italy was the main source of finished and semi-finished leather, while France and Portugal were the main countries of origin of raw hides.
