China Occupies An Important Position In The World Leather Market.

China is currently an important producer and consumer of leather industry in the world. Its development momentum is strong, and the import and export volume of leather industry still ranks first in the world. In the first half of this year, China Leatherwear Industry imports $3 billion 970 million, an increase of 5.9% over the same period last year. Although the growth rate has dropped, it is still regarded by the international industry as an important market for further development.

This is learned from the 2013 China International Leather Fair, China International Footwear Exhibition and China International luggage and leather garment and apparel exhibition held at the New International Expo Center in Pudong, Shanghai recently.

Statistics show that 1-6 months of this year, all over the country leather, Fur And products and Shoemaking industry Sales revenue of 538 billion 650 million yuan, the growth rate dropped 0.8 percentage points, and the cumulative growth rate gradually declined. The total profit was 31 billion 350 million yuan, the growth rate dropped 4.5 percentage points, and the growth rate was not as fast as that of sales revenue. The industry exported 37 billion 580 million US dollars, an increase of 12.3% compared with the same period last year, and exports declined year-on-year.

Insiders pointed out that in the face of many risks such as the international market downturn, the increase of production costs and the rise of the RMB exchange rate, China's leather industry has achieved steady economic growth in the first half of the year, and the main economic indicators such as income and profit growth have slowed down, and the downward pressure has increased.

According to the briefing, the exhibition, jointly organized by China Leather Association and Asia Pacific Leather Exhibition Co., Ltd., has an exhibition area of 92 thousand square meters, exhibiting more than 1100 exhibitors, and exhibitors from 19 countries, including the first national exhibition group of the American Leather Industry Federation. In addition, the exhibition area of German and Turkey exhibitors from Europe also increased significantly.