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China tops US leather goods imports with 23% market share in Jan-Feb

24 May '25
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China tops US leather goods imports with 23% market share in Jan-Feb
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  • Despite recent trade tensions, China expanded its share in the US leather apparel and accessories market to 23.08 per cent in the first 2 months of 2025, with exports worth $534.204 million.
  • Cambodia followed with a 15.56 per cent share.
  • Compared to 2020, China's share has grown significantly, reinforcing its position as the top supplier amid rising US imports from other key countries.
Despite recent tensions in US–China trade relations, China has managed to expand its presence in the US leather apparel and accessories market. In the first two months of 2025, China accounted for 23.08 per cent of US imports in this category, with shipments totalling $534.204 million.

Overall, US imports of leather apparel and accessories reached $2.314 billion during January–February 2025. Cambodia ranked as the second-largest supplier, contributing $360.099 million (15.56 per cent), followed by Vietnam at $256.300 million (11.07 per cent), Italy at $247.302 million (10.68 per cent), and France at $245.659 million (10.61 per cent), according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro.

In 2020, China was also the top supplier but with a lower share of 16.36 per cent. That year, US imports totalled $7.408 billion, with $1,212.199 million coming from China. Vietnam supplied $1,061.437 million (14.33 per cent), Italy $1,052.933 million (14.21 per cent), Cambodia $907.857 million (12.25 per cent), and France $690.296 million (9.32 per cent).

In 2024, total US imports in the category amounted to $14.292 billion. Imports from China stood at $3,242.977 million (22.69 per cent), followed by Cambodia at $2,042.331 million (14.29 per cent), Italy at $1,705.261 million (11.94 per cent), Vietnam at $1,527.587 million (10.69 per cent), and France at $1,444.194 million (10.10 per cent), as per TexPro.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KUL)

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