Market and Policy Analyses of Raw Materials, Horticulture and Tropical Products Team

World Statistical Compendium for raw hides and skins,

leather and leather footwear1993-2012

Trade and Markets DivisionFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD v

GLOBAL HIDES, SKINS AND LEATHER MARKETS: A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND SHORT TERM OUTLOOK vi - xii

SUMMARY TABLES I-XI xiii - xxiv

STATISTICAL TABLES

I. LIVESTOCK POPULATION 2 - 16

Table 1: Number of bovine animalsTable 2: Number of sheep and lambsTable 3: Number of goats and kids

II. RAW HIDES AND SKINS 18 - 96

Table 4: Production of bovine hides and skins (million pieces)Table 5: Production of bovine hides and skins (thousand tonnes)Table 6: Production of sheepskins and lambskins (million pieces)Table 7: Production of sheepskins and lambskins (thousand tonnesTable 8: Production of goatskins and kidskins (million pieces)Table 9: Production of goatskins and kidskins (thousand tonnes)

Table 10: Imports of bovine hides and skinsTable 11: Imports of sheepskins and lambskinsTable 12: Imports of goatskins and kidskinsTable 13: Exports of bovine hides and skinsTable 14: Exports of sheepskins and lambskinsTable 15: Exports of goatskins and kidskinsTable 16: Export values of bovine hides and skinsTable 17: Export values of sheepskins and lambskinsTable 18: Export values of goatskins and kidskins

Table 19: Apparent availability of bovine hides and skinsTable 20: Apparent availability of sheepskins and lambskinsTable 21: Apparent availability of goatskins and kidskins

III. LEATHER 98 - 146

Table 22: Production of heavy leather from bovine animalsTable 23: Production of light leather from bovine animalsTable 24: Production of light leather from sheep and goats

Table 25: Imports of heavy leather from bovine animalsTable 26: Imports of light leather from bovine animalsTable 27: Imports of light leather from sheep and goatsTable 28: Exports of heavy leather from bovine animals

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Table 29: Exports of light leather from bovine animalsTable 30: Exports of light leather from sheep and goatsTable 31: Export values of heavy leather from bovine animalsTable 32: Export values of light leather from bovine animalsTable 33: Export values of light leather from sheep and goats

Table 34: Apparent availability of heavy leather from bovine animalsTable 35: Apparent availability of light leather from bovine animalsTable 36: Apparent availability of light leather from sheep and goats

IV. FOOTWEAR 148 - 169

Table 37: Production of leather shoes, all types

Table 38: Imports of leather shoes, all typesTable 39: Exports of leather shoes, all typesTable 40: Export values of leather shoes, all types

Table 41: Apparent availability of leather shoes, all types

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FOREWORD

The Market and Policy Analyses of Raw Materials, Horticulture and Tropical Products Team provides economic data and analyses on major agricultural raw materials and horticultural and tropical products. Commodities covered under the Team include, bananas and tropical fruits, citrus fruits, cotton, hides and skins, jute, kenaf and allied fibres, sugar, and tea. The Team also undertakes market reviews, outlook appraisals and projections, and provides assistance to developing countries in designing and implementing national policies for those agricultural commodities which enter into international trade.

This document is the fifteenth edition of the World Statistical Compendium, whose first issue was published in 1980.

The present edition, prepared in response to the ever growing demand for coherent statistical data in the hides, skins and derived products sector, contains up-dated figures up to 2012. Country series have been revised in cases where new information has become available and an integrated approach used in the previous compendia has been adopted.

The compendium contains results of statistical analysis of some 190 countries linking stages of processing from the raw hide to the finished product stage. The methodological approach adopted is described in more detail in the 1986 edition.

Please note that some countries are listed under two different country groups, for different years, according to their change in economic aggregation. In particular: Cyprus appears in Near East up to 2003 and in EU (25) from 2004; Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia appear in Rest of Europe up to 2003 and in EU (25) from 2004; Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania appear in Area Former USSR up to 2003 and in EU (25) from 2004. Bulgaria and Romania appear in Rest of Europe up to 2006 and in EU (27) from 2007.

The detailed statistical data on production, utilization and trade of hides and skins, leather and leather footwear are preceded by eleven summary tables highlighting the salient features and changes which have taken place in the hides and skins and leather sector.

Despite progress in enhancing the coherence and comparability of the data presented, shortcomings still exist. In particular, the growing difficulty encountered during the years in finding and collecting comprehensive and reliable data on leather and footwear production at world level, has led to the total estimation of the figures shown for heavy leather, light leather from bovine and light leather from sheep and goats. Production estimates are based on the availability of raw material and on volume of exports.

Please note that subheading 4103.10 (goatskins and kidskins) has been deleted from the harmonized commodity coding system of the World Customs Organization as of 1.1.2007 because of low volume of trade. Therefore, collection of trade data on raw goatskins and kidskins is discontinued. This change affects tables IV, V, 12, 15, 18 and 21.

Symbols:0.0 means that figures are less than one-half of the unit statedtonnes means metric tonnesAfrica excludes Near East in Africa (i.e. Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Sudan)Latin America includes the Caribbean

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GLOBAL HIDES, SKINS AND LEATHER MARKETS:A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION

AND SHORT TERM OUTLOOK

1. Highlights

The global financial crisis of the late 2000s had a major impact on the hides and skins market. The sudden drop in growth of world incomes in 2008 and 2009 prompted a contraction in demand for consumer products, including shoes and other leather items. The volume of hides and skins exported globally fell by five percent, but prices fell more dramatically and the global earnings from the export of raw hides and skins fell by almost 30 percent from 2008 to 2009. A recovery in prices from mid-2009 was initially strong and by March 2011 Chicago hide prices had risen above levels that had prevailed through most of 2004 to 2008. Apart from a downturn in prices in late 2011, prices of raw hides and skins remained firm in 2012, surpassing their levels prevailing prior to the crisis.

2. Developments in the global economy

In the wake of the subprime crisis of August 2007 in the United States, the financial crisis in September 2008 resulted in a severe drop in global production. Growth in global GDP, which had exceeded 5 per cent in each of 2005 and 2006 halved in 2007 and dropped below zero to 0.7 per cent in 2009. The global averages were supported by developing countries, particularly in Asia, while the developed economies suffered more severely. The advanced economies as a whole contracted by 3.7 percent in 2009.

Recovery was evident by the fourth quarter of 2009 and proceeded rapidly in 2010. For many countries GDP growth in 2010 exceeded that of 2007; even for the developed countries, GDP growth in 2010 was only a little slower than in 2007. Globally, GDP declined by 2.3 percent in 2009, but in 2010 is estimated to have grown 4.1 percent, on a par with the 4 percent of 2007. The recovery, however, was not sustained in 2011.

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