What is the price of leather per kilogram/pound in South Korea today?
The retail price range for South Korea leather is between US$ 6.11 and US$ 12.75 per kilogram or between US$ 2.77 and US$ 5.78 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of leather in South Korea
The retail price range in South Korean won for leather is between KRW 8,142.39 and KRW 17,004.78 per kilogram or between KRW 3,692.70 and KRW 7,711.92 per pound(lb) in Seoul and Busan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for South Korea leather is between US$ 4.27 and US$ 8.93 per kilogram or between US$ 1.94 and US$ 4.05 per pound(lb).
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South Korea Leather Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Leather from South Korea has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2017, the export price was 15.82 US $ per kg, and in 2021 it was 15.93 US $ per kg. However, in 2020, the export price dropped to 12.74 US $ per kg, and in 2021 it further decreased to 13.81 US $ per kg. The latest data shows that the export price of Leather from South Korea is 15.96 US $ per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Leather from South Korea in 2023 will be around 14.50 US $ per kg and in 2024 it will be around 13.00 US $ per kg.South Korea Leather Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of leather into South Korea has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2017, the price was 15.82 US dollars per kg, and this decreased to 14.41 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped further to 13.81 US dollars per kg, and in 2020, it decreased to 12.74 US dollars per kg. The price then increased slightly in 2021 to 15.93 US dollars per kg, before dropping back to 15.96 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of leather into South Korea in 2023 will be around 15.50 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it is expected to be around 15.00 US dollars per kg.Export values for South Korea leather
The total values in export for leather in South Korea were US$ 668,389, US$ 576,194, US$ 535,191 and US$ 476,367 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Korea leather - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of leather exported by South Korea in 2020 was 21,762 tonnes. In 2019 South Korea shipped 34,501 tonnes of leather. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for South Korea leather (processed category) has decreased, with a change of -7.091 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, leather's exports reduced by -5.39 percent bringing the nation US$476.37m for the year 2019. South Korea's leather exports are categorised as:
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather (excluding lacquered or metallised reconstituted leather) (HS code 411420)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411510)
- Full grains and full grain splits of bovine and equine animals, dehaired, prepared after tanning (HS code 410431)
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallized leather (excluding lacquered or metallized reconstituted leather) (HS code 410900)
- 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)
- Leather of reptiles, vegetable pre-tanned only (HS code 410721)
- 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)
- Leather of reptiles (excluding vegetable pre-tanned only, plus chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410729)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Leather of swine, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410710)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
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South Korea leather export values
In 2019, South Korea supplied leather costing 476.37m USD, a drop of -10.99% from 2018's total leather export of 535.191m USD. The yearly reduction in value of South Korea leather between 2017 to 2018 was -7.116 pc.
The per year change in the amount of South Korea's leather exports between 2017 and 2019 was -5.39 per cent in comparison to a variation of -7.091% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
South Korea's stake of the world's total leather's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Korea is ranked position 21 in world exports of leather.
Export markets for South Korea leather ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
South Korea is a net importer of leather. The annual growth of South Korea leather in value between 2015 to 2019 was -24%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -62%, per annum.
South Korea imported 10,637 tonnes of leather in 2019.