What is the price of leather per kilogram/pound in US today?
The retail price range for US leather is between US$ 13.81 and US$ 38.46 per kilogram or between US$ 6.26 and US$ 17.44 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of leather in US
The retail price range in Euro for leather is between EUR 12.67 and EUR 35.28 per kilogram or between EUR 5.74 and EUR 16.00 per pound(lb) in Washington and New York.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for US leather is between US$ 9.66 and US$ 26.92 per kilogram or between US$ 4.38 and US$ 12.21 per pound(lb).
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US Leather Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Leather from the US over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 13.95 US dollars per kg, and in 2018 it dropped slightly to 13.49 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price rose slightly to 13.78 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 12.85 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then rose again in 2021 to 12.91 US dollars per kg, before reaching 13.99 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Leather from the US in 2023 will be around 14.00 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 14.10 US dollars per kg.US Leather Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of leather into the US over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 13.95 US dollars per kg, and in 2018 it dropped slightly to 13.49 US dollars per kg. In 2019, the price rose slightly to 13.78 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 12.85 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then rose again in 2021 to 12.91 US dollars per kg, before reaching 13.99 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of leather into the US will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 13.99 US dollars per kg, and the price in 2024 will be around 14.00 US dollars per kg.Export values for US leather
The total values in export for leather in US were US$ 300,516, US$ 297,302, US$ 264,722 and US$ 263,153 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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US leather - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of leather sold by US in 2020 was 15,318 tonnes. In 2019 US sold 19,093 tonnes of leather. In 2019 alone, the interest in US leather (processed category) has reduced, recording a change of -2.84 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, leather's exports reduced by -10.42 pc bringing US US$263.15m for the year 2019. US' leather exports are categorised as:
- 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)
- Leather of reptiles (excluding vegetable pre-tanned only, plus chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410729)
- 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)
- Leather of swine, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410710)
- 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)
- Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411510)
- Leather of reptiles, vegetable pre-tanned only (HS code 410721)
- 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 "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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411100)
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather (excluding lacquered or metallised reconstituted leather) (HS code 411420)
- 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)
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallized leather (excluding lacquered or metallized reconstituted leather) (HS code 410900)
- 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)
- 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 "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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 pigs, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 411320)
- 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 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 and full grain splits of bovine and equine animals, dehaired, prepared after tanning (HS code 410431)
- 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, 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)
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US leather export values
In 2019, US supplied leather valued at 263.15m USD, a decrease of -0.59% from 2018's total leather export of 264.722m USD. The yearly change in value of US leather between 2017 to 2018 was -10.959 pc.
The yearly variation in the amount of US' leather exports between 2017 and 2019 was -10.42 percent when compared to a variation of -2.84% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
US' portion of the world's total leather's exports in 2019 was 1.6 percent. US holds number 11 in world exports of leather.
Export markets for US leather ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
US is a net importer of leather. The annual growth of US leather in value between 2015 to 2019 was 26%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 106%, per annum.
US purchased 29,877 tonnes of leather in 2019.