What is the price of leather per kilogram/pound in Australia today?
The retail price range for Australia leather is between US$ 9.90 and US$ 27.72 per kilogram or between US$ 4.49 and US$ 12.57 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of leather in Australia
The retail price range in Australian Dollar for leather is between AUD 14.89 and AUD 41.70 per kilogram or between AUD 6.75 and AUD 18.91 per pound(lb) in Canberra and Melbourne.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Australia leather is between US$ 6.93 and US$ 19.40 per kilogram or between US$ 3.14 and US$ 8.80 per pound(lb).
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Australia Leather Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of leather from Australia has seen a significant decrease over the last five years. In 2011, the export price per kilogram was 27.92 US dollars, but by 2021, it had dropped to 0.04 US dollars. This represents a decrease of 99.86%. The export price of leather has remained relatively stable since 2021, with the price per kilogram being 0.04 US dollars in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price of leather from Australia will remain at 0.04 US dollars in 2023 and 2024.Australia Leather Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of leather into Australia over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.05 US dollars per kg, and this remained the same in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the price dropped to 0.03 US dollars per kg, before increasing to 0.04 US dollars per kg in 2021 and 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of leather into Australia will remain at 0.04 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for Australia leather
The total values in export for leather in Australia were US$ 51,564, US$ 31,664, US$ 38,454 and US$ 31,107 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Australia leather - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of leather sold by Australia in 2020 was 844,058 metric tonnes. In 2019 Australia shipped 2,309,910 tonnes of leather. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Australia leather (processed category) has decreased, with a change of -47.598 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, leather's exports grew by 235.51% netting the exporter US$31.11m for the year 2019. Australia's leather exports are categorised as:
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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 reptiles, vegetable pre-tanned only (HS code 410721)
- Leather of swine, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410710)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411100)
- 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)
- 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)
- Full grains and full grain splits of bovine and equine animals, dehaired, prepared after tanning (HS code 410431)
- Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411510)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallized leather (excluding lacquered or metallized reconstituted leather) (HS code 410900)
- 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 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 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 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather (excluding lacquered or metallised reconstituted leather) (HS code 411420)
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Australia leather export values
In 2019, Australia sold leather valued at 31.11m USD, a contraction of -19.10% from 2018's total leather export of 38.454m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Australia leather between 2017 to 2018 was 21.444 percent.
The per year change in the amount of Australia's leather exports between 2017 and 2019 was 235.51 pc when compared to a variation of -47.598% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Australia's portion of the world's total leather's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Australia holds position 45 in world exports of leather.
Export markets for Australia leather ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Australia is a net importer of leather. The annual growth of Australia leather in value between 2015 to 2019 was 9%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -3%, per annum.
Australia imported 927,433 tonnes of leather in 2019.