It is a slow 2018 for the US leather industry, very slow: in the first 7 months of the year bovine leather exports fell 2% in volume (yearly base), meaning 14 million units, and by 21% in value (about 700,000 USD). Wet blue leather also lost 20% in volume (3.6 million units) and 13% in value (291,000 USD). According to data by USHSLA, the associations for US leather traders, Italy is still the first client around the globe for wet blue leather: purchasing 964,000 leather pieces, but the country this year has purchased 27% less in value, in comparison to 2017. The average price per single good for this period was of 100.69 USD, against the 93.53 USD of 2017.
USA, leather exports fall 21% in the first 7 months of 2018: the sale price of wet blue increases, but the number of sales falls
