Despite falls, China exported bags worth $20 billion from January to August
Rounding up its reports of the performance of the leather industry in China in the first eight months of this year, the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) has given a figure of $20.6 billion for exports of bags and luggage products to overseas markets. This represents a fall of 11.5% year on year.
Between January and August, China imported bags and luggage with a value of more than $3.4 billion, also a fall of 11.5% compared to the same period last year.
CLIA put at $81.2 million the value of the country’s exports of leather garments over that timeframe. This is a reduction of 2.8% year on year.
Over the same period, traders and retail groups in China imported leather garments with a value of $73 million, which is a fall of 6.6% year on year.
