China Posts a Drop in Semi-Finished Leather Export in 2011
The semi-finished leather was reported declines in export both for volume and value in 2011, and 9366 tons of such leather were exported with value of US$32.31 million, dropped 26.7% and 1.3% respectively. The growth rate saw a 134.5 percentage points less in volume and 154.3 percentage points less in value than previous year.
The import of the same leather reported a moderate growth of 2% in volume and 9.5% in value, 75.3 tons of the leather valued at US$1.4 billion were imported in 2011,compared with year earlier the growth rate in volume and value saw 14.3 percentage points and 31.7 percentage points down respectively.
SOURCE: CHINA LEATHER NET