Market Report On Leather Industry In Europe

The European leather industry market reports that Europe plays an important role in the international leather trade.

It has 25% of the world's leather output and has the most extensive and active market for leather goods.

The European leather and tanning sector has a turnover of nearly US $10 billion, with more than 3000 companies, employing 50 thousand employees directly, and is highly competitive in the international market.

In the field of leather tanning in Europe, SMEs are mostly flexible and responsive to demand.

Cutting-edge technology, popular styles, innovative designs, excellent quality, selected raw materials, excellent service awareness, and investment in training, environmental protection, research, development, and export are the strength that European leather tanning enterprises can continue to develop.

1. Spain leather industry 1, Spain leather industry is in the leading position in Europe, the Spanish leather industry is in the leading position in Europe, and is famous for its excellent leather products and fashion design.

Leather for both leather and leather is a famous brand in Spain.

Spain now has nearly 300 factories, employing more than 8000 people. The scale of production is basically the same as that of Italy, which is gathered by small and medium-sized enterprises.

Spanish leather industry enterprises are mainly concentrated in Valencia and Catalonia.

Catalonia leather production accounts for 55% of Spanish leather output, with cattle leather (5%), garment leather (26.5%) and leather and leather (17.6%). It is the leather production base that Spain wants.

The Spanish tannery industry started from centuries ago, and gradually developed from the pure handicraft industry to the modern high-tech industry.

In 2004, the Spanish leather industry employs more than 101 thousand people, and its total industrial output value is 6 billion 240 million euros, accounting for 13% of Spain's industrial GDP, and its export volume reaches 2 billion 781 million euros.

The trade surplus of leather industry is 294 million euros, and the trade turnover rate is 111.8%.

The Spanish tanning factory is mainly distributed in the four tanneries of Fagafaga Tai Lohia, Valencia, Madrid and Malaysia.

Leather varieties are mainly classified into three categories: cattle leather, sheepskin leather and other leather (goat leather, pig leather, rabbit leather and reptile leather), accounting for 50%, 33% and 15% respectively.

2, the Spanish leather industry is highly competitive in international trade. The main export market of Spanish leather is Europe, accounting for 55% of total exports. The main export countries are Italy, France, Hongkong, Portugal, Turkey, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, Morocco and Romania. The leather products produced in Spain are of high quality because of their fashionable design and high technology content, especially the quality of raw leather, and they have a good reputation in the international market.

At present, the Spanish leather industry is in a downward trend, and the finished leather will inevitably suffer the same fate.

Since 2001, the tannery industry in Spain has undergone a wide range of structural adjustment, resulting in a series of changes, especially European tanning enterprises ushered in an important turning point.

This is mainly due to the rapid development of leather industry in developing countries, resulting in a substantial increase in the world's leather and its products.

Compared with the developed countries, the labor cost of developing countries is relatively low, the pressure of environmental protection is relatively small, and the restrictions of national policies on tanning industry are not strict with European countries. Therefore, tannery enterprises in the labor and environmental protection costs are relatively much lower, which has virtually increased their competitiveness in the international market.

Faced with market competition from neighboring Italy, especially from developing countries, the Spanish tannery industry has its own set of countermeasures.

Despite the increasingly stringent environmental regulations and high labor costs, Spain has advanced production technology and equipment.

Modern production management methods, high quality, innovative products, perfect design level, believe that we can overcome all aspects of competition and walk in the forefront of leather industry in the world.

Two. Italy leather industry 1 and Italy leather production occupy the leading position in the world. Italy, the traditional leather producing country that has no doubt in the leading position in Europe and the world, produces 20% of the world's total production, accounting for 65% of the total European production.

Italy tanning enterprises are international oriented enterprises, and most of them have close cooperation with foreign suppliers and customers.

At present, there are 2300 leather making enterprises in Italy, employing 30 thousand employees, of which only 600-700 enterprises have a full range of production and processing capabilities, and others are just service, intermediary and Valet processing enterprises.

Sales amounted to 6 billion 200 million euros in 2002.

Sales account for 65% of the total sales of the European Union, and output value accounts for 20% of the world's total output value.

According to the statistics of the Italy Federation of tanneries, in 2002, the export volume of Italy finished leather exports accounted for about 2/3 of the total sales volume of 127 countries and regions.

And 85% of raw materials for leather industry in Italy are imported from 120 countries and regions.

Figures show that in the past few years, the production of leather industry in Italy has been decreasing gradually.

In 2006, the leather industry in Italy once again experienced a downturn in 2001, reversing the market and putting leather exports to China and other Asian countries. The number of leather exported to Asia increased by 50% and exports increased by 70%, of which 5200 to 5200 square meters of leather exported to mainland China and Hongkong.

Italy pays more attention to environmental protection. Italy's tannery sewage treatment is centrally discharged into the regional joint purification plant to conduct unified treatment.

At present, there are 9 sewage purification plants in Italy, which basically can meet 95% of tannery sewage treatment.

30% of sewage sludge is mainly used for the production of building materials.

Untanned tanning by-products (hydrolysate of raw materials in the water field) are hydrolyzed into agricultural fertilisers, and recycled chromium from waste chrome tanning liquor for recycling. Tanned dried leather leftovers are used to produce regenerated leather.

2. The export of Italy leather industry has increased year by year in the late twentieth Century and early twenty-first Century. The export volume of leather products in Italy tannery industry is about 159 million square meters and 3 billion 400 million US dollars respectively, accounting for 47.5% of the total output value, of which 60% for European exports and 30% in the Far East.

The main products are shoe upper leather, furniture leather, garment leather, leather leather and so on. The raw material skin 2/3 is imported to meet the needs.

Despite the fact that the leather industry in Italy has been accompanied by various problems such as the reduction of the currency exchange rate in the US dollar area, the trade protection policies in some countries, and the increase in the cost of tannery raw materials, the overall export volume of Italy leather industry in 2006 is gratifying. Besides the large increase in leather exports to China, the number of leather exported to Indonesia, India and Russia is also on the rise. In addition, the tanning export market of Italy will also extend to the Far East.

Three, Turkey leather industry 1, Turkey leather industry overview Turkey leather industry has always been known for a long history, once was the center of the world fur industry, is still known as one of the six largest leather market in the world.

Turkey leather industry has made great progress in recent years. Now Turkey not only exports leather products, but also exports leather processing technology, equipment and proprietary technology.

The annual slaughtering of cattle in Turkey is 3 million, the slaughter of sheep is 1500 - 17 million, and the slaughter of goats is 400 - 5 million.

The leather industry in Turkey consumes 80 million sheepskins and 5 million 500 thousand pieces of cowhide annually.

The number of sheepskin imported annually is 75% of domestic consumption, and the number of cowhide is 46% of domestic consumption.

2. The import and export of leather industry in Turkey. Leather products are one of the pillar industries of Turkey's economy.

Leather garments, accessories and bags are the top three products of Turkey leather industry.

In recent years, Turkey has not only exported leather products, but also exported leather processing technology and equipment.

According to official statistics from Turkey, the import of Turkey goats skin is 49 million. The main importing countries are Britain, Spain, Australia and the United States. Among them, the United States is the largest supplier, and its imports account for 75% of the total exports of the United States.

The importer of cowhide was the former Soviet Union, with 3 million 200 thousand imports (cowhide), followed by the United States (Jin Liucheng exported to Turkey in 2003).

Turkey's exports of leather and its products are 8-10 billion US dollars annually, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, France and Russia are their important export markets.

In the first 6 months of 2006, Turkey's fur export reached US $78 million 800 thousand, an increase of 29.1% over the same period last year of 61 million US dollars.

For two consecutive years, Russia has become the largest importer of fur in Turkey, with an import volume of US $38 million 170 thousand.

Germany is the second largest importer of fur in Turkey, with an import volume of US $8 million 880 thousand, an increase of 18.1% over the same period last year.

Four, the German leather industry 1, the German leather industry, Germany's leather industry with fist products, the leading countries in the 25 EU Member States, its production, import and export, etc., despite the impact of the import wave, a decline, but its degree is not as bitter as other EU countries, it can use its strength and unique market advantage to maintain its leading position in Europe.

Germany has the world's largest footwear exhibition "GDS", which is held two times a year in the city of Texas and provides extremely convenient conditions for German shoe exports.

The leather industry in Germany is an important pillar of the leather industry. It is the most powerful in Europe and the world. It wins by relying on its fist products and relying on the quality of its products.

The production of leather industry in Germany is mainly characterized by automobile seat cover leather and furniture leather. At the same time, it also takes into account the production of high-grade upper leather and leather leather.

Because of its high grade and directional fist products, the development of leather industry in Germany has been successful in recent years.

However, the domestic economic recession and the depreciation of the US dollar and the impact of imported products have also created many pressures on the development of leather industry in Germany.

At present, the German leather industry is making every effort to use its advanced equipment and competitive products (tanning leather and upholstery leather) to maintain its important position in the international market.

2, the German leather industry internationalization road wins by the technical innovation, although Germany meets such as various kinds of shocks, dangers and difficulties, but Germany's development prospect is hopeful, hopes to place in the high and new technology domain!

Because hi-tech is the strength of Germany.

It is worth mentioning that the high-tech content technology in aerospace and automobile manufacturing industry has been used in the design of shoe making and leather machinery equipment. For example, -KlochnerDesma, the shoe molding machine manufacturer, directly introduces the finite element method and shaft grinding technology of aerospace industry to shoemaking machinery. The patent technology of vacuum embossing produced by -Hornschuh in the finishing machinery factory can copy the very complicated patterns without any difference, and its accuracy is higher than that of anywhere else in the world.

All these are incomparable to other countries.

In addition, Germany is still a powerful chemical industry. The largest chemical industrial production area in Europe is concentrated on the Rhine river. Large quantities of chemical products are continuously pported to all parts of the world.

BayerMaterialScience and Elastogran are important production companies of PU and TPR, as well as the pioneer of technology development in the industry.

In short, the German leather industry will be able to win high and new technology in the fierce competition in the international market, and the future is optimistic.

Five. Russia leather industry