Full-year figures show that France exported raw hides with a value €197.4 million in 2025, a fall of 3% compared to the previous year.

Tanners in Italy were still by far the biggest buyers, spending €137.6 million on raw hides from France last year. But this was a downturn of 8% compared to the previous year.

This was offset only partially by an increase in the value of exports of French hides to China, where tanners spent €29.8 million on the material last year, up by 30% year on year.

Industry organization Alliance France Cuir pointed out that this was the third year in succession in which the value of raw hide exports from France had fallen.

Share this story: