Nine-month figures confirm ongoing falls for China’s leather sector
The China Leather Industry Association has given a figure of $63.1 billion for the value of the sector’s exports in the first nine months of 2025, a fall of 8.8% year on year.
Imports of leather, leather footwear and leathergoods over the nine-month period had a value of $11.5 billion, down by 11.6% compared to the January-September period in 2024.
Over the first nine months of this year, tanners and traders in China imported just over 1 million tonnes of raw hides and skins, with a combined value of $840 million. These figures represent declines of 5.1% in volume and of 17.2% in value.
The volume of semi-finished leather that came into China in the same period was 438,000 tonnes, for which importers paid $650 million, falls of 5% in volume and of 16.1% in value.
Imports of finished leather reached 28,000 tonnes in volume and $430 million in value, down by 15.7% and 16.9% respectively.
