US Exports Of Raw Leather Decreased Slightly In 2015.

The reasons for the decline in US raw leather export and the measures that should be taken as an industry institution in the future to help enterprises increase their trade volume?

Recently, a piece of information posted on the Internet said that the US's raw leather exports in 2015 dropped by about 17.4%, and the reasons for the decline in US raw leather exports and the measures that the industry organizations should take to help enterprises increase their trade volume in the future, we interviewed the chairman of the United States raw leather association, Mr. Stephen (Stephen).

Due to the decrease in export of raw leather, the production of leather related products decreased in 2015, and the demand for leather in the world decreased in 2015. So did the United States, so exports dropped by nearly 20% in 2014.

In addition,

Said: "

The business cycle is actually a natural law. As the industry association of China Leather Association and the United States raw leather association and the leather media industry, we should continue to promote the main raw material. Leather is an indispensable substitute. We need to explain to consumers the characteristics of leather, such as the quality and sustainability of leather, which can not be replaced by lower cost synthetic materials.

By doing so, we can increase the global demand for leather to reduce the downward impact brought by the business cycle. "

Mr. Stephen first pointed out that their statistics may be misleading. The US Department of Agriculture estimates the export skin data based on the declared value of each shipment, so for last year,

The number of exports dropped by nearly 20% was somewhat inaccurate. In fact, the export volume of raw leather was down by about 5%, leading to a decrease in total export volume due to a decline in the slaughtering rate of live cattle in 2015.

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According to Ruan Deshun, Vietnam's exports to traditional markets increased in 2015, except for China, its exports to the United States increased by over 25% and the EU growth exceeded 10%.

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Ruan de Shun said that the target of Vietnam's footwear exports in 2016 was 17 billion US dollars, up 16-20% over the same period last year, because Vietnam signed a free trade agreement with the European Union and South Korea.

In the first two months of 2016, the EU Court announced that the anti-dumping provisions against certain leather footwear imports in Vietnam were partially invalid, which reduced the resistance of Vietnam's footwear exports to the European Union.

Vietnam is ranked fourth in the world in terms of footwear exports, ranking behind China, India and Brazil, but only after China and Italy in terms of export volume.