Top Leather Handbags Importers 2014 This list reveals the top 10 importers of leather handbags based on their percentage of global import purchases (shown within parenthesis). In 2014, world leather handbags imports totaled US$12.8 billion.

Fastest-Growing Leather Handbags Import Countries To see the 25 fastest-growing leather handbags importers from 2010 to 2014, use the slidebar on the accompanying list. Overall, the 5-year percentage gain for globally imported leather handbags was 91.6%.

African Importers

Africa imported $99.8 million worth of leather handbags led by the following countries:

 1. Tanzania: $16 million  2. Angola: $15.9 million  4. Ghana: $10.1 million  5. Nigeria: $9.1 million  6. Morocco: $8 million  7. Egypt: $6.8 million  8. Cameroon: $5.1 million  9. Kenya: $2.5 million 10. Ethiopia: $2.3 million

Asian Importers

Asia imported $5.6 billion worth of leather handbags led by the following countries:

 1. Hong Kong: $2.4 billion  2. China: $732.5 million  3. South Korea: $650.5 million  4. Japan: $474.5 million  5. Singapore: $429.7 million  6. Macao: $324.2 million  7. Taiwan: $177.1 million  8. Thailand: $110.4 million  9. Malaysia: $65 million 10. Turkey: $64.4 million

European Importers

Europe imported $4 billion worth of leather handbags led by the following countries:

 1. France: $1.1 billion  2. Italy: $740.4 million  3. United Kingdom: $713.2 million  4. Germany: $472.2 million  5. Spain: $204.5 million  6. Netherlands: $193.3 million  7. Austria: $102.2 million  8. Belgium: $99 million  9. Denmark: $57.1 million 10. Sweden: $37.7 million

Data source: Trade Map, International Trade Centre, www.intracen.org/marketanalysis