Monday, February 23, 2015

CHENNAI LEATHER MARKET - FEBRUARY 2015



CHENNAI LEATHER MARKET

V.M. Khaleelur Rahman

Chennai leather market remained almost unchanged in the first month of the new year 2015. Exporters of leather products continue to buy E.I. Tanned and wet blue goat and sheep skins as usual. But leather exporters are slow in their purchases as they are not able to get workable prices from their customers. However some higher grades which are not easily available in the market are paid higher prices. The prevailing prices in the local market are somewhat as under:

E.I. Tanned Goat Skins

4/7 sq. ft. Run Rs.100, Fifth Rs.80, Inf. Fifth Rs.70 and LIF Rs.60 per sq. ft.
4/7 sq. ft. ABC Suede Rs.55, All Suede Rs.52 and Heel Grip Rs.46 per sq. ft.
4/7 sq. ft. A Lining Rs.50, B Lining Rs.48 and C Lining Rs.46 per sq. ft.
5/9 sq. ft. Lining Rs.47 and 4/7 sq. ft. Lot Rs.65 per sq. ft.
Local Rejection Rs.32 and Langda Rs.25 per sq. ft. 

Wet Blue Goat Skins 

4/7 sq. ft. Lot Rs.70 per sq. ft. 

E.I. Tanned Red Hair Sheep skins

5/7 sq. ft. Lot Rs.85 per sq. ft. 

Kip and Calf skins

It seems that there is little activity in kip and calf skins. Prices of these items have come down considerably in raw skin centres throughout the country and even abroad. Tanners are very cautious in their purchases. 

Overseas Contracts

It is learnt that some big exporters have sold goat upper leathers at around US$2.50 and Linings at around US$1.60 whereas Suede leathers have been sold at around US$2.25 per sq. ft. There are also reports of some big exporters having sold the same descriptions at about 15 Cents higher.  

Japanese customers continue to be slow in their purchases as exporters have increased prices due to unfavourable exchange rates in Yen. Quotations of exporters are as follows:

F/C sheep Suede leather 

All Suede 4/7 sq. ft. JY 240, 5.5 sq. ft. and up JY 250 and 6/8 sq. ft. JY 260 per sq. ft. 

F/C sheep Lining leather

TR-Lining 4/7 sq. ft. JY 155 and 5/8 sq. ft. JY 165 per sq. ft.  All prices C&F
Exporters are quoting at around the following prices: 

                                S/C OR F/C GOAT LEATHERS
Material
Size/sq. ft.
Substance
Selection
Price US$ per sq. ft. C&F
Goat upper leather
3/5 / 4/7
0.6/0.8 mm
ABC
2.60
Goat milled leather
4/7
0.6/0.8 mm
D/E
1.85
Goat suede leather
4/7
0.6/0.8 mm
All Suede
2.40
Goat lining leather

3/5 or 4/7
0.5/0.7 mm
TR-1/2/3
1.50
6/9
0.6/0.8 mm
TR-1/2/3
1.60
                                             
                                                     F/C SHEEP LEATHERS
Material
Size/sq.ft.
Substance
Selection
Price US$ per sq. ft. C&F
Sheep upper leather
4/7
0.6/0.8 mm
ABC
2.60
Sheep Upper leather
6/9
0.8/1.00 mm
ABC
2.80
Sheep lining leather
4/7
0.5/0.7 mm
TR-1
1.80
Sheep lining leather
5/8
0.6/0.8 mm
TR-1
 1.85

Manufacturers of leather products such as leather goods, shoes and garments are able to get good export orders and factories are functioning well in different places such as Ambur, Vaniyambadi, Ranipet and Chennai. 

Export performance of leather and leather products

It is learnt from the Council for Leather Exports that there is increase in the export of leather, leather products and non-leather footwear as details given below: 

As per officially notified DGCI& S monthly export data, the export of Leather and Leather products for the period April-October 2014 touched US$ 3931.44 million as against the performance of US$ 3331.78 million in the corresponding period of last year, recording a positive growth of 18.00%. In rupee terms, the export touched Rs. 237320.32 million in April-October 2014 as against the previous year’s performance of
Rs. 198067.68 million, recording a positive growth of 19.82%.

A statement showing the product wise export performance during April-October 2014 vis-à-vis April=October 2013 is given below:


Value in Million US$
Category

April-Oct 2013
April-Oct 2014
% Variation
% Share
Finished Leather
  741.63
   827.57
11.59
21.05
Leather Footwear
1100.42
 1356.56
 23.28
34.51
Footwear Components
  185.81
   230.22
 23.90
  5.86
Leather Garments
  339.69
   360.96
   6.26
  9.18
Leather Goods
   773.36
   855.71.
  10.65
 21.77
Saddlery & Harness
     83.80
    104.31
   24.48
   2.65
Non-Leather Footwear
  107.08
     196.12
   83.15
   4.99
Total
3331.78
    3931.44
   18.00
100.00




                                                  Value in Million Rs.
Category

April-Oct 2013
April-Oct 2014
% Variation
Finished Leather
44088.13
49955.74
13.31
Leather Footwear
65417.57
81888.22
25.18
Footwear Components
11045.76
13896.87
25.81
Leather Garments
20194.18
21789.11
  7.90
Leather Goods
45974.52
51654.80
12.36
Saddlery and Harness
  4981.69
   6296.79
 26.40
Non-Leather Footwear
  6365.83
 11838.79
 85.97
Total
198067.68
 237320.32
19.82
Source DGCI&S





In both Rupee and Dollar terms, export of leather and leather products have shown positive growth in all the product segments during the first seven months of the current financial year 2014-15.

Tanners and exporters feel that 2015 will be a better year for the progress and development of the leather industry with the support of the present NDA government headed by the dynamic Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi.
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