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Current Situation of

Japanese Leather Industry

and the Activities of JALT

Japanese Association ofLeather Technology

Keiji Yoshimura


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Statistics of leather and leather

goods industries

Factories EmployeesShipment

(bill ion yen)

Leather and

leather goods5,477 36,094 496

tanner 451 3,488 65

Japanese total shipment of

manufacturing industries:338 tri llion yen

leather related industries only 0.1%

2008


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Production of hide or skin

bovine hide

1,188 thousand pieces

pig skin

15,997 thousand pieces

2009


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consumption of bovine hides


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Production of leather


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Kanto area (Tokyo, Saitama)

pigskin, sheep, goat, reptile

100 companies

Hyogo

bovine, horse250 companies

Wakayama

bovine, split

10 companies

Nara

deer, fur

Tanning area in Japan

Nagano

bovine

2 companies Yamagata

bovine1 company


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Production of leather footwear


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Total production of leather

and leather goods


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Import of footwear

Quantity base (million pares) Amount base (billion yen)

Total:596 million pares

Leather footwear: 32 million pares(4.4%)

Women , 7.2

Other leather

footwear 7.7

Men , 23

Women , 31

Sports , 27

Other leather

footwear, 35

Other non-leather

footwear, 310

Other non-leather

footwear, 564

Total: 426 billion yen

Leather footwear:116 billion yen(27.3%)


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Import of mens shoesSupplying countries Average price

County yen

UK 23,627

France 17,242

Italy 14,029

Spain 9,289

India 4,723

Vietnam 3,986

China 2,761

Myanmar 2,289

Cambodia 2,008

Bangladesh 1,827

China

MyanmarCambodia

Italy

Bangladesh

Vietnam

Romania

etc


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Import of womens shoes

Supplying countries Average price

County yen

UK 15,447

Italy 14,630Switzerland 13,584

France 8,448

Germany 8,230

Spain 6,095

India 3,794China 2,794

Cambodia 2,152

Myanmar 1,657

Bangladesh 1,471

China

CambodiaItaly

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Spain

Brazil

etc


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Image of Japanese market

Premium brand productsJapanese market

Low price products

Create products and services

with high added value


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JAPAN ECO LEATHER

The domestic leather industry is working

to incorporate added value into its product.

Considering recent ecological trends,

the industry is making a genuine effort to

produce eco leather that is both environmentallyand human friendly.

Thank you


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Japanese Association of

Leather Technology (JALT) Founded in 1955 (55th anniversary)

For further development of leather

science and technology Member

l life member 4

l regular member 154l corporate member 65


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Activities

Annual meeting (3 Dec. 2010) Meeting for the presentation of

research

(3 Dec. 2010) Publishing;

l Periodical; Hikaku Kagaku (4/year)

l Japanese-English-Chinese Leather

Dictionary

l Leather handbook

l Leather Dictionary (Now editing)


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Activities

Human resource developmentl Lecture in various regions

With demonstration of handling leather and

leather goods

Participation in IULTCS and AICLS

Responsible for JIS (Japanese

Industrial Standard)

Responsible for ISO (O-member)

PR of Japan Eco Leather


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Joint research program

Practical application anddevelopment of ecological leather

l JALT staff

l Leather related research insti tute

Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, etc.

l Subsidies of Minister of Economy,

Trade and Industry (METI)


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Location of Leather Research

Institutes

Industrial Technology Center of

Wakayama Prefecture

Hyogo Prefectural Insti tute

of Technology

6+1 researcher

Technology Research

Institute of Osaka Prefecture

2+1 researcher

Tokyo Metropoli tan Leather

Technology Center

9 researcher

Industr ial Technology Center

of Nara Prefecture


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Location of University related

to leather

Showa Womens University

Tokyo University of

Agricu lture and Technology

Hokkaido University

Collagen, keratin, etc

leather

Characteristic of leather

Comfort of leather wear or shoes

Collagen, keratin, etc

Fur, leather


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We support !!

Japanese leather related industry

Thank you


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Main service

1) Testing Service2) Facilities Service

3) Technical Support Service

4) Research

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