What is the price of leather per kilogram/pound in Lesotho today?
The retail price range for Lesotho leather is between US$ 3.83 and US$ 4.79 per kilogram or between US$ 1.74 and US$ 2.17 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of leather in Lesotho
The retail price range in Rand for leather is between ZAR 74.41 and ZAR 93.02 per kilogram or between ZAR 33.75 and ZAR 42.18 per pound(lb) in Maseru and Leribe.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Lesotho leather is between US$ 2.68 and US$ 3.35 per kilogram or between US$ 1.22 and US$ 1.52 per pound(lb).
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Lesotho Leather Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of leather from Lesotho over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price per kilogram was 2.89 US dollars. This increased significantly to 6.00 US dollars in 2017, before dropping to 0.86 US dollars in 2018. 2019 saw a sharp rise to 7.39 US dollars, before dropping again to 2.48 US dollars in 2020. This year, 2021, the price has dropped to 0.00 US dollars. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price of leather from Lesotho in 2023 will be around 2.00 US dollars, and in 2024 it will be around 4.00 US dollars.Lesotho Leather Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of leather into Lesotho over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 2.89 US dollars per kg. This increased to 6.00 US dollars per kg in 2017, before dropping to 0.86 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price rose again to 7.39 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 2.48 US dollars per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has dropped to 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of leather into Lesotho will remain low in the next two years. We predict that the price will remain at 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2023, and will increase slightly to 0.50 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Lesotho leather
The total values in export for leather in Lesotho were US$ 81, US$ 24, US$ 6 and US$ 170 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Lesotho leather - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Lesotho shipped 23 tonnes of leather. For 2019 alone, the demand for Lesotho leather (processed category) has climbed, flactuating by 228.571 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, leather's exports grew by 475% netting Lesotho US$0.17m for the year 2019. Lesotho's leather exports are categorised as:
- Leather of whole hides of bovine animals, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mý, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410410)
- Full grains leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", unsplit, of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410791)
- Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411100)
- Leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather" of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding unsplit full grains leather, grain splits leather, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410799)
- Parings and other waste of leather, parchment-dressed leather or composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour (HS code 411000)
- Full grains leather, unsplit and grain splits leather, in the dry state "crust", of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, without hair on (excluding further prepared) (HS code 410441)
- Leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather" of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding unsplit full grains leather, grain splits leather, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410719)
- Chamois leather, incl. combination chamois leather (excluding glac‚-tanned leather subsequently treated with formaldehyde and leather stuffed with oil only after tanning) (HS code 410800)
- Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, whether or not split (excluding leather of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats or kids, swine and reptiles, and chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallised leather) (HS code 411390)
- Bovine and equine leather, dehaired, prepared after tanning, incl. parchment-dressed (excluding leather of whole bovine hides, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mý, full grains and full grain splits, chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410439)
- Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410792)
- Bovine and equine leather, dehaired, tanned or pretanned only, whether or not split (excluding leather of whole hides of bovine animals, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mý, and bovine leather, pre-tanned only) (HS code 410429)
- Bovine leather, dehaired, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (excluding leather of whole hides, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mý) (HS code 410422)
- Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of pigs, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 411320)
- Chamois leather, incl. combination chamois leather (excluding glacé-tanned leather subsequently treated with formaldehyde and leather stuffed with oil only after tanning) (HS code 411410)
- Parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour (HS code 411520)
- Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of reptiles,, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 411330)
- Leather of swine, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410710)
- Full grains leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", unsplit, of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410711)
- Bovine leather, dehaired, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (excluding leather of whole hides, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mý) (HS code 410421)
- Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411510)
- Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410712)
- Leather of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, dehaired, and leather of hairless animals (excluding bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, pigs and reptiles, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410790)
- Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of goats or kids, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 411310)
- Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting incl. parchment-dressed leather", of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)" (HS code 411200)
- Full grains and full grain splits of bovine and equine animals, dehaired, prepared after tanning (HS code 410431)
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather (excluding lacquered or metallised reconstituted leather) (HS code 411420)
- Leather of reptiles, vegetable pre-tanned only (HS code 410721)
- Leather of reptiles (excluding vegetable pre-tanned only, plus chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410729)
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallized leather (excluding lacquered or metallized reconstituted leather) (HS code 410900)
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Lesotho leather export values
In 2019, Lesotho shipped leather with a value of 0.17m USD, a surge of 2,733.33% from 2018's total leather export of 0.006m USD. The yearly growth in value of Lesotho leather between 2017 to 2018 was -75 per cent.
The per year change in the quantity of Lesotho's leather exports between 2017 and 2019 was 475 percent when compared to a variation of 228.571% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Lesotho leather ( in '000$ )
Lesotho brought in 323 tonnes of leather in 2019.