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Negative numbers, but leather is still an $80 billion industry in China

04/03/2026

Final figures for 2025 show that China’s leather industry brought in export revenues of $82.7 billion, which the China Leather Industry Association said was a fall of 10.9% compared to the previous year.

It put the sales revenues achieved by the country’s main leather manufacturing companies at a collective total of around $7.5 billion, down by 9.8% year on year.

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