Orchestrated by Alliance France Cuir, the latest edition of the dossier économique de la filière française du cuir en 2024 sheds valuable light on the quantitative and qualitative evolution of the French leather industry. In addition to figures, statistics and studies on its activity, foreign trade and French consumption, this document features testimonials from emblematic players, upstream and downstream, as well as expert insights.
Analyzing the (near) past to project into the (near) future…
The latest 2024 issue of the Filière Française du Cuir economic dossier once again provides valuable information for players in this teeming sector. A sector that employs over 133,000 people and generates sales of over 25 billion euros.
Driven by Alliance France Cuir, the voice of the sector’s 21 professional federations, the document is based on data, studies and statistics relating to the activities of the entire French Leather Industry, produced in particular by its Economic Observatory.
But it also gives them a concrete and human dimension, through the testimonies of players from upstream to downstream, who explain “the solutions and initiatives found and implemented to meet the challenges imposed by an unenviable economic situation” explains Philippe Gilbert, Director of the Economic Observatory of Alliance France Cuir.
A snapshot of the past year
In these “56 pages for a snapshot of the past year” (and an outline of the outlook for 2025), we also find “ points of view from analysts and external partners”, designed to “enrich” our “understanding of developments in the industry”.
The general conclusion is that “not all indicators are green: after years of post-Covid rebound, players in the industry are reacting differently and evolving in an uncertain global context”.
Overall, based on Customs figures for the first eight months of the year, Alliance France Cuir’s Observatoire Économique notes that “import and export figures for the French Leather Industry have changed little compared with last year”. with a slight increase in exports of 1% (in value) and a slight decrease in imports of 1%.
In more detail, while “exports of raw materials fell by 4%, exports of finished products rose by 1%. They rose by 2% for leather goods, but fell by 1% for footwear and by 12% for gloves”.
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