EU LEATHER GLOBAL MARKET REPORT
September 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE STEEP decline in sales of European Union (EU) finished leather to its number one market, the United States, has been highlighted by a comprehensive report on the global leather (and textile) market written for the European Commission. Faced with developing country competition, the report, written by consultants Market Access Information and Analysis, and the Institut Français de la Mode, says that exports to the USA fell by 40% between 2000 and 2003, tumbling from Euro 489 million in 2000, to Euro 334 million in 2002 and Euro 293 million in ...
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