Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (SITC Section 6)

In 2019, the value (in current US$) of exports of "leather" (SITC group 611) decreased by 18.3 percent (compared to -5.4 percent average growth rate from 2015-2019) to reach 18.3 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports decreased by 18.7 percent to reach 19.0 bln US$ (see table 3). Exports of this commodity accounted for 0.8 percent of world exports of SITC section 6, and 0.1 percent of total world merchandise exports (see table 1). Italy, USA and Brazil were the top exporters in 2019 (see table 2). They accounted for 20.6, 8.3 and 6.3 percent of world exports, respectively. China, Italy and Viet Nam were the top destinations, with respectively 18.0, 11.9 and 8.8 percent of world imports (see table 3).

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