Top 25 U.S. Import Sources for Swine Leather
U.S. Imports for Consumption            Number of Square Meters (in 1000s)
Annual Data
 
Quantity Description Country 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Percent Change
1999 - 2000
In 1,000 Units of Quantity
square meters Taiwan 2,426 2,349 2,441 2,045 1,482 1,430 1,182 1,107 1,100 -0.6%
. Slovenia 183 522 417 261 383 443 357 271 279 3.0%
. Mexico 15 35 21 146 81 278 196 189 116 -38.8%
. Poland 0 0 12 28 59 84 89 98 71 -27.3%
. China 783 512 343 145 28 39 21 7 68 861.6%
. Korea 16 15 7 22 3 7 12 11 32 193.0%
. Japan 473 485 266 46 48 71 50 19 26 40.8%
. Germany 85 156 59 82 37 37 56 29 12 -57.4%
. Italy 16 13 12 19 9 4 4 9 10 13.3%
. Czech Republic 0 19 9 13 33 16 19 0 6 N/A
. United Kingdom 2 18 20 0 0 0 0 1 6 484.7%
. India 0 1 0 5 0 0 11 11 5 -50.2%
. Brazil 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 N/A
. Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 N/A
. Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 32.1%
. Canada 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10,714.3%
. France 8 0 0 0 16 3 17 2 0 -69.9%
. Hong Kong 40 107 50 0 0 36 0 1 0 -74.3%
. New Zealand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 N/A
. Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
. Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
. Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
. Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
. El Salvador 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 N/A
. Yugoslavia89-92 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
Subtotal - square meters 4,141 4,233 3,656 2,813 2,200 2,448 2,016 1,754 1,743 -0.6%
All Other: 67 32 87 34 25 13 15 14 0 -100.0%

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Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Last Updated by Nate Herman, Office of Consumer Goods, on February 22, 2001