HS 42HS chapter
Leather goods
Global trade in leather goods during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$54.20B
Reported exports (2023)
$17.52B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in leather goods totaled approximately $54.20 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. China led the field with $26.65 billion in exports — 49.2% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 42. 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
China
China$26.65B
49.2%
2
France
France$9.39B
17.3%
3
Italy
Italy$8.42B
15.5%
4
Viet Nam
Viet Nam$2.55B
4.7%
5
Cambodia
Cambodia$2.50B
4.6%
6
Indonesia
Indonesia$777.54M
1.4%
7
Spain
Spain$670.81M
1.2%
8
Pakistan
Pakistan$669.83M
1.2%
9
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR$597.03M
1.1%
10
Philippines
Philippines$493.75M
0.9%
11
Myanmar
Myanmar$423.94M
0.8%
12
Bangladesh
Bangladesh$403.66M
0.7%
13
Portugal
Portugal$146.50M
0.3%
14
Serbia
Serbia$108.72M
0.2%
15
Croatia
Croatia$87.40M
0.2%
16
Tunisia
Tunisia$63.94M
0.1%
17
China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR$62.38M
0.1%
18
Paraguay
Paraguay$43.00M
0.1%
19
Guatemala
Guatemala$29.70M
0.1%
20
Rep. of Moldova
Rep. of Moldova$20.17M
0.0%
21
Mauritius
Mauritius$16.56M
0.0%
22
Madagascar
Madagascar$15.49M
0.0%
23
El Salvador
El Salvador$15.48M
0.0%
24
Qatar
Qatar$8.05M
0.0%
25
Nepal
Nepal$4.89M
0.0%
Top importers
1China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR$3.16B
18.0%
2
Japan
Japan$2.11B
12.0%
3
Rep. of Korea
Rep. of Korea$1.91B
10.9%
4France
France$1.66B
9.5%
5
Singapore
Singapore$1.35B
7.7%
6Italy
Italy$1.07B
6.1%
7
Australia
Australia$950.45M
5.4%
8
Switzerland
Switzerland$612.91M
3.5%
9
Brazil
Brazil$514.95M
2.9%
10
Malaysia
Malaysia$466.88M
2.7%
11
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates$465.14M
2.7%
12
Russian Federation
Russian Federation$411.32M
2.3%
13
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan$334.07M
1.9%
14China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR$329.81M
1.9%
15Philippines
Philippines$244.10M
1.4%
16
Romania
Romania$228.68M
1.3%
17
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan$174.20M
1.0%
18
Greece
Greece$138.47M
0.8%
19
Ghana
Ghana$116.54M
0.7%
20
Kenya
Kenya$112.48M
0.6%
21
Nigeria
Nigeria$90.75M
0.5%
22
Panama
Panama$89.48M
0.5%
23Qatar
Qatar$88.21M
0.5%
24
Tajikistan
Tajikistan$86.48M
0.5%
25
Peru
Peru$83.05M
0.5%