keiji yoshimura jalta
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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