Economic situation of the German Leather Goods and Luggage

Economic situation of the German Leather Goods and Luggage Industry
concerning the first half year in 2015
Manfred Junkert,
CEO
HDS/L | Bundesverband der Schuh- und
Lederwarenindustrie e.V.
Press Conference of the HDS/L
on the occasion of the ILM
September 11, 2015
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The German Leather Goods and Luggage Industry at the first half year 2015
 Total sales slightly increased
 Home market in stable condition
 Foreign trade on the increase
Sales and Employment
The overall sales of the German leather goods and luggage Industry amounted to 260.4 MM Euro
in the first half year of 2015. This is corresponding to an increase of +1.2 percent compared to
the first half year of 2014, when the complete sales totaled up to 257.3 MM Euro.
The domestic market showed almost stable sales numbers with a slight plus of 0.2 percent.
Hence the sales increased from 189.6 MM Euro in the first half year 2014 to 190.0 MM Euro in
the first half year 2015.
Abroad the German companies of the leather goods- and luggage industry reached a sales
volume of 70.3 MM Euro in the first half year 2015 whereas the first half year 2014 resulted in
foreign sales of the German companies at 67.7 MM Euro. So the figures show a result of 2.6 MM
Euro or a 3.8 percent increase.
The foreign sales in the first half year 2015 made up for a share of 27 percent of the total sales
of the German leather goods- and luggage industry. Compared to the same period of last year
the foreign sales of the German companies increased by 0.7 percent points.
The number of employees again declined in the first half year 2015. While in the last year’s
period still 1,576 people were employed in the respective companies in Germany the last half
year only still showed 1,482 employees in the German leather goods- and luggage Industry, this
reflecting a drop of -6.0 percent.
The number of employees just refers to companies that are recorded in an official statistic, say
companies with 50 and more people employed. On the whole our industry in Germany occupies
over 3,000 employees in more than 100 companies of the leather goods- and luggage industry.
Foreign Trade
Exports
Exports from Germany in the first half year 2015 of the leather goods- and luggage industry
were products worth 667.8 MM Euro. This value clearly exceeded the one of last year by +5.7
percent. Same like last year Austria headed the main customers of leather goods and luggage in
the first six months of 2015 at a value of 69.7 MM Euro (+7.1 percent). The ranking of the main
customers following has hardly changed compared to the previous year. France followed with
61.8 MM Euro (+18.4 percent) and Great Britain with 45.6 MM Euro (+17.4 percent).
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Poland has shifted to rank 4 with 42.4 MM Euro and Switzerland covers rank 5 of the exports
scale with 40.4 MM Euro (+0.7 percent).
Business with Russia has again decreased at the first half year 2015. Compared to 2014 the
value declined to 16.2 MM Euro resp. -30.3 percent. Ukraine, too, shows a minus of 3.7 MM
Euro and Japan a minus of 3.1 MM Euro. On a percentage basis the biggest drop in exports was
stated with Ukraine at a value of -39.4 percent followed by Russia and a value of -30.3
percent, South Africa -17.8 percent and Japan at a value of -8.5 percent.
The strongest rise on the export market reached Poland amounting to 42.4 MM Euro in the first
half year 2015. This is a rise of 8 MM Euro compared to the year 2014. The exports to France
follow with +18.4 percent and an amount of 61.8 MM Euro and Italy with +13.8 percent and
40.1 MM Euro. The ranking of the largest increases in terms of value continues with Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Austria, and the Czech Republic.
The exports to the EU countries last year amounted to 440.1 MM Euro (+12.3 percent) and
reflect a share of 65.9 percent of the total German exports. The export share to the EU
countries rose by 3.0 percentage points.
Handbag Exports
The German exports of handbags again increased in the first half year 2015. In all, 9.8 million
handbags from Germany at a value of just under 105 MM Euro were exported in the last six
months. This stands for a rise of +16.3 percent compared to the first half year 2014.
In terms of value the handbags made of leather represent 54 percent of all hand bag exports.
Exports comprised 1.5 million leather handbags, 1.9 million handbags made of spin material
and 6.4 million made of other material. Exports of leather handbags thus represent a share of
14.7 percent of the total exportation of handbags. The preceding year the lot of leather
handbags was still at 15.5. percent.
The average value of a leather handbag in the first half year 2015 was at 33.28 Euro in
comparison to 8.35 Euro of the handbags made of spin material and 5.55 Euro for handbags
made of other surface materials. The average value of a handbag almost remained the same
compared to the period of last year and is set at 11.37 Euro. The value for leather handbags
has been decreasing by 2.47 Euro in comparison to the same period last year. The most
important customers for German handbags in the first six months of 2015 were Austria with
15.3 MM Euro (+6.4 percent) and Poland with 7.8 MM Euro (+43.6 percent) followed by France
with 7.5 MM Euro (+12.7 percent) and Switzerland with 6.8 MM Euro (-8.4 percent). Some other
strong increases were stated with the export to Italy with +23 percent amounting to 6.5 MM
Euro and China (+49.6 percent totaling up to 2.1 MM Euro).
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Imports
Total imports of leather goods and luggage amounted to 1.3 bn Euro in the first half year 2015.
Compared to 2014 they rose by +6.6 percent corresponding to a plus of 100 MM Euro.
Unchallengedly China kept its position as main supplying country as it has done for years.
Total imports from China amounted to 611 MM Euro corresponding to an increase of 2.3
percent. The Chinese share in importation of the overall imports to Germany is at 46.5
percent. Italy followed with a share of 11.4 percent, India with 6.8 percent, Vietnam with 6.0
percent, and France with a share of 5.8 percent of the total imports. The ranking of the most
important supplying countries has not changed with the first six positions compared to 2014.
In the first half year of 2015 the biggest share in import increases in respect of value is to be
attributed to Italy amounting to 18.1 MM Euro. Imports from Russia dropped by 25 thousand
Euro to 83 thousand Euro in the first six months and the imports of Ukraine declined by 223
thousand Euro to 714 thousand Euro.
Handbag Imports
26.5 million imported handbags in the first half year 2015 led to an increase of importation by
+14.6 percent. 15.2 million consisted of synthetic foils and other material, 7.2 million of spin
material and 4.1 million of leather. These were in total just under 3.7 million handbags more
than in the first half year 2014.
As is the case with the exports also the imports “handbags made of leather” had the highest
average price with 38.35 Euro (44.48 Euro) in the first half year 2015.
The value of imports of 4.1 million leather handbags amounted with 158.8 MM Euro to a similar
value of imports as with the handbags made of other materials. As opposed to the leather
handbags some 22.4 million handbags made of other materials had been imported to Germany
totaling up to a value of 167.7 MM Euro. The delivered handbags made of spin material had an
average value of 10.01 Euro (+1.16 Euro) on the basis of an importation volume of just under 72
MM Euro. A handbag made of synthetic foil and other material had an average price of 6.30
Euro (-0.30 Euro) in the first half year 2015. These imported handbags comprised a volume of
95.7 MM Euro.
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Outlook
According to a survey of HDS/L among the members of the leather goods industry the second
half year 2015 may result in a stagnating sales development. As to the foreign business the
companies understand that there might even be a slight drop of sales.
Investments and employment in the leather goods industry are expected by the companies as
unvaried for the second half year in 2015.
On the basis of the members survey of the HDS/L and the Ifo-business climate index we expect
for the further course of the year 2015 that the current situation will continue up to the end of
the year. Even though the consumer confidence is still rather good in Germany we only expect
a small plus on the domestic market. The foreign business might show a continuation of
recovering on the important European markets and perhaps even an intensification. For that
reason the sales should reflect a slight plus up to the end of the year.
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Die Lederwaren- und Kofferindustrie in Deutschland
Vergleich 1. Halbjahr
1. Halbjahr
2014
2015
Betriebe
Beschäftigte
Umsatz (in 1.000 €)
Inlandsumsatz
Auslandsumsatz
Beschäftigte je betrieb
Umsatz je Beschäftigten
Anteil Auslandsumsatz am Gesamtumsatz
Veränderung zum
Vorjahr
43
42
-2,3%
1.576
1.482
-6,0%
257.276 €
260.430
1,2%
189.612 €
190.020
0,2%
67.664 €
70.345
4,0%
37
35
-4,5%
163.246 €
175.729
7,6%
26,3%
27%
2,7%
Umsätze | Turnover
In 1.000.000 €
300,0
257,3 260,4
250,0
189,6
200,0
190,0
-4,3%
150,0
Jan.-Jun. 2014
Jan.-Jun. 2015
100,0
67,7 70,3
50,0
+10,4%
0,0
Gesamt | total
Inland |
domestic
Ausland |
foreign
Importe| Imports
Anteil am Gesamtimport bezogen auf Wert
shares of total import related to value
Jan – Jun 2015
Hongkong
1,3%
Thailand
1,3%
Belgien
1,5%
Schweiz Spanien
1,1%
1,1%
Andere Länder
9,9%
Tschechien
1,7%
Großbritannien
1,7%
Niederlande
3,6%
Frankreich
5,8%
Vietnam
6,0%
Indien
6,8%
China
46,5%
Italien
11,4%
Exporte| Imports
Anteil am Gesamtexport bezogen auf den Wert
shares of total export related to value
Jan. – Jun. 2015
Russische
Föderation Japan
2,6%
Spanien 2,9%
2,8%
Belgien
3,2%
Tschechien
3,0%
Andere Länder
9,9%
Österreich
10,4%
U.S.A.
4,3%
Niederlande
5,8%
Frankreich
9,2%
Italien
6,0%
Polen
6,8%
Großbritannien
6,8%
Schweiz
6,9%