# Leather (HS4 4104) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Leather at HS4 4104, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The leather subsector recorded $3.2B in reported global trade in 2024, with -0.4% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $3.2B |
| Latest annual change | -0.4% |
| Active exporters | 131 |
| Active importers | 151 |
| Active HS6 products | 4 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $3.3B | 2,134 | 4 |
| 1996 | $3.4B | 2,138 | 4 |
| 1997 | $3.5B | 2,132 | 4 |
| 1998 | $3.2B | 2,043 | 4 |
| 1999 | $2.9B | 2,120 | 4 |
| 2000 | $3.5B | 2,288 | 4 |
| 2001 | $3.7B | 2,307 | 4 |
| 2002 | $5.3B | 2,926 | 4 |
| 2003 | $5.4B | 2,739 | 4 |
| 2004 | $5.6B | 2,760 | 4 |
| 2005 | $5.6B | 2,672 | 4 |
| 2006 | $6.2B | 2,699 | 4 |
| 2007 | $6.6B | 2,708 | 4 |
| 2008 | $5.7B | 2,569 | 4 |
| 2009 | $3.8B | 2,374 | 4 |
| 2010 | $5.5B | 2,423 | 4 |
| 2011 | $6.3B | 2,541 | 4 |
| 2012 | $5.9B | 2,473 | 4 |
| 2013 | $6.8B | 2,484 | 4 |
| 2014 | $7.8B | 2,512 | 4 |
| 2015 | $6.5B | 2,360 | 4 |
| 2016 | $5.4B | 2,450 | 4 |
| 2017 | $5.3B | 2,435 | 4 |
| 2018 | $4.8B | 2,314 | 4 |
| 2019 | $3.8B | 2,203 | 4 |
| 2020 | $2.6B | 2,006 | 4 |
| 2021 | $3.7B | 2,085 | 4 |
| 2022 | $3.5B | 2,083 | 4 |
| 2023 | $3.1B | 1,983 | 4 |
| 2024 | $3.2B | 1,883 | 4 |

## Leading corridors

- Brazil to China: $340.9M; growth -0.9%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Viet Nam: $139.0M; growth +1%.
- Brazil to Viet Nam: $100.0M; growth +19.9%.
- Argentina to Thailand: $97.2M; growth +1.7%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to China: $87.4M; growth -11.9%.
- Brazil to Italy: $83.5M; growth -14.9%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Italy: $79.7M; growth -14.2%.
- China to Viet Nam: $77.8M; growth +44.2%.
- Italy to Spain: $60.0M; growth +16.9%.
- Italy to China: $57.4M; growth -2.6%.

## HS6 products

- Leather: whole bovine skin, without hair on, of a unit surface area not exceeding 28 square feet (2.6m2), excluding leather of heading no. 4108 and 4109 (HS6 410410)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins: without hair on, bovine or equine, in the wet state (including wet blue), full grains, unsplit: grain splits (HS6 410411)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins: bovine or equine, without hair on, in the wet state (including wet blue), excluding full grains, unsplit: grain splits (HS6 410419)
- Leather: bovine, without hair on, vegetable pre-tanned, (but not further prepared), whether or not split, excluding leather of heading no. 4108 and 4109 (HS6 410421)
- Leather: bovine, without hair on, pre-tanned, (not vegetable pre-tanned), but not further prepared, whether or not split, excluding leather of heading no. 4108 and 4109 (HS6 410422)
- Leather: bovine and equine n.e.s. in heading no. 4104, without hair on, tanned or retanned but not further prepared, whether or not split, excluding leather of heading no. 4108 and 4109 (HS6 410429)
- Leather: bovine and equine, without hair on, parchment-dressed or prepared after tanning, full grains and grain splits, excluding leather of heading no. 4108 and 4109 (HS6 410431)
- Leather: bovine and equine, without hair on,( excluding full grains and grain splits), parchment-dressed or prepared after tanning excluding leather of heading no. 4108 and 4109 (HS6 410439)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins: bovine or equine, without hair on, in the dry state (crust), full grains, unsplit: grain splits (HS6 410441)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins: bovine or equine, without hair on, in the dry state (crust), (other than full grains, unsplit: grain splits) (HS6 410449)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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