Manufacturers of finished leathergoods in the US have seen an annualised growth in revenue of 1.4% from 2009 to the start of 2013 and should see another 2.6% rise to $4.1 billion this year, according to market researcher IBISWorld. However, imports from China and Vietnam now making up 88.4% of leathergoods bought in the country, it said, and this ...

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