According to statistics from the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA), the country’s leather exports rose 10.8% in 2008 to $28.2 billion compared with $25.5 billion in 2007.

The breakdown showed that China exported travel goods worth $13.9 billion compared with $10.8 billion in 2007, a rise of 28.9%. Leather shoe exports rose 2.6% to $9.8 billion from $9.561 billion.

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