HS 41HS chapter
Hides and skins
Global trade in hides and skins during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$2.51B
Reported exports (2023)
$642.38M
Reported imports (2023)
49
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in hides and skins totaled approximately $2.51 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 49 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Italy led the field with $1.18 billion in exports — 47.0% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 41. Country-level numbers reflect the sum of all subcategories that BACI reports. See methodology for caveats around mirror reconciliation and known data limitations, or data sources for the underlying CEPII BACI release.
Top exporters
1
Italy
Italy$1.18B
47.0%
2
Brazil
Brazil$322.85M
12.8%
3
Argentina
Argentina$307.43M
12.2%
4
Uruguay
Uruguay$170.22M
6.8%
5
Bangladesh
Bangladesh$65.14M
2.6%
6
Nigeria
Nigeria$60.32M
2.4%
7
Paraguay
Paraguay$57.15M
2.3%
8
New Zealand
New Zealand$56.15M
2.2%
9
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe$54.42M
2.2%
10
Ethiopia
Ethiopia$32.01M
1.3%
11
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan$29.02M
1.2%
12
Madagascar
Madagascar$20.17M
0.8%
13
Iraq
Iraq$14.60M
0.6%
14
Sudan
Sudan$13.70M
0.5%
15
Yemen
Yemen$10.71M
0.4%
16
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan$10.54M
0.4%
17
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$9.56M
0.4%
18
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan$8.27M
0.3%
19
Algeria
Algeria$7.69M
0.3%
20
Tajikistan
Tajikistan$7.23M
0.3%
21
Afghanistan
Afghanistan$6.36M
0.3%
22
Panama
Panama$6.26M
0.2%
23
Venezuela
Venezuela$5.82M
0.2%
24
Namibia
Namibia$5.73M
0.2%
25
Cyprus
Cyprus$5.26M
0.2%
