Italian leather industry continues to perform well

Italian news agency ANSA reported that according to information provided by the Italian Leather Industry Association, the output of the Italian leather industry in 2008 was 3.9 billion euros. Although production slowed down in the second quarter due to the financial crisis, the annual output still increased by 1.3% year-on-year. . What is even more surprising is that in the first 11 months of 2008, leather product exports amounted to 3 billion euros, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%.