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Indian Leather Industry Exports to US Slide Even After Offering 10 to 40% Discounts | French Raw Material and Leather Exports Total €39.3 Million in October 2025 | Four Students from New Zealand Launch Natures Prime Leather Balm | Tannery Worker Found Dead & more...
Arshad Leathernews.org
January 04, 2026
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LEATHER INDUSTRY NEWS
Indian leather exporters are staring at heavy losses as steep US tariffs shake their biggest overseas market. Shipments to the US are falling fast and buyers are moving orders to rival Asian countries.
“The US contributes over 20% of our exports. With 50% tariffs it has become unviable. American buyers cannot sell our products at higher prices even after discounts and they are moving to other countries”
Fresh trade numbers from the French leather industry association Alliance France Cuir show that exports remain flat to weak across most categories.
Kashmir holds an economic resource that rarely gets the attention it deserves. Every year the valley produces a massive volume of raw animal hides and skins driven by high meat consumption.
A group of four young entrepreneurs from Otago in New Zealand are proving that age is no barrier to building a real business.
A 54 year old worker was found dead outside a private tannery in the Melvisharam area of Ranipet on Friday 26 December 2025.
The International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS) has officially begun a new chapter with Geoff Holmes stepping in as President for the 2026-2027 term.
“IULTCS must be a place where ideas can be discussed openly even when they challenge conventions and always with scientific integrity.”
Jordan’s leather and garments exports saw a small dip in the first ten months of 2025 as pressure from the US market slowed overall momentum even as several high value product segments continued to grow.
Indian researchers have turned discarded fish skin into a new form of leather offering a fresh income stream for fishing communities and the leather industry.
Vietnam exported $518 million worth of goods to Indonesia in November 2025, marking a 10.24% rise from October, according to preliminary data from Vietnam’s General Department of Customs.
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 | About the Author Arshad is an engineer, having completed his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) specializing in Leather Technology from the Department of Leather Technology, Anna University (housed at CSIR-CLRI). In just 18 months since launching Leathernews.org, the platform & its distribution channels have gained over 2.5 million+ views from 120+ countries (as of 30 November 2025) |
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