Growth across the board for French leathergoods production
In its full-year report for the leather industry’s performance in France in 2024, representative body Alliance France Cuir has given a figure of €5.9 billion as turnover for leathergoods manufacturing.
It has explained that this figure relates to the production revenues that France’s 387 active leathergoods manufacturers generated last year. It represents growth of 4.4% year on year.
It also gives a figure of €13 billion for the value of leathergoods exports from France in 2024, an increase of 2.4% compared to the previous year.
Alliance France Cuir has confirmed to Leatherbiz that the €5.9 billion figure corresponds to “the amount invoiced ex works” by the companies that make handbags and other leathergoods products.
For obvious reasons, distributors and exporters that sell those products to customers outside France apply margins and service charges. This is why the export revenues for the sector were €13 billion.
It is important to point out that a large proportion of the output of France’s leathergoods factories did not go for export, but were sold to consumers in France and to tourists visiting the country.
The number of manufacturing companies, 387, is down slightly on the previous year’s figure of 392. However, the total number of people involved in leathergoods production is up, increasing by 4% to reach 32,011.
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