What is the price of leather in Kenya?

As of January 2024, leather in Kenya is US$ 1.55 per kg (215 KES), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

Leather Price in Kenya - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Leather Prices in Kenya

US$ 1.55 / kg

215 KES / kg

MoM ▲ 26.7% YoY ▲ 26.7%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (KES)	MoM	YoY	Source
—	Export (unit value)	1.55	215	▲ 26.7%	▲ 26.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the leather price in Kenya available is US$ 1.55 per kg (215 KES), up 26.7% year-on-year.

Kenya exported leather valued at US$3,044,555 in 2024, totaling 1,966 tonnes and ranking #43 out of 96 global exporters with a 0.1% share of world exports. The country's leather exports declined by 4.2% year-on-year. Kenya is a net exporter of leather. The latest export unit value is US$1.5489 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes — leather in Kenya

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Kenya exported $3M (2 kt) of leather▼ 4.2% YoY. That ranks #43 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$3M

Export value

2 kt

Export volume

#43 / 96

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$1.55

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top leather exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Brazil $645.8M · 24.1%
#2 US $454.3M · 16.9%
#3 Italy $269.2M · 10%
#4 Argentina $172M · 6.4%
#5 China $156.5M · 5.8%

Annual export data Kenya · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$3M	2 kt	$1.55
2023	$3.2M	2.6 kt	$1.22
2022	$5.1M	3.8 kt	$1.35
2021	$5.2M	3.8 kt	$1.37
2020	$4.4M	3.9 kt	$1.12

HS Code

leather is traded under Harmonized System code 4104. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS — UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Kenya leather - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Kenya sold 280 tonnes of leather. In 2019 alone, the demand for Kenya leather (processed category) has surged, changing by 30.841 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, leather's exports increased by 11.55 pc netting the nation US$1.60m for the year 2019. Kenya's leather exports are categorised as:

Full grains leather, unsplit and grain splits leather, in the dry state "crust", of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, without hair on (excluding further prepared) (HS code 410441)
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of pigs, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 411320)
Leather of whole hides of bovine animals, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mÃ½, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410410)
Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallized leather (excluding lacquered or metallized reconstituted leather) (HS code 410900)
Leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather" of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding unsplit full grains leather, grain splits leather, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410719)
Full grains leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", unsplit, of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410711)
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, whether or not split (excluding leather of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats or kids, swine and reptiles, and chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallised leather) (HS code 411390)
Leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather" of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding unsplit full grains leather, grain splits leather, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410799)
Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410712)
Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410792)
Full grains and full grain splits of bovine and equine animals, dehaired, prepared after tanning (HS code 410431)
Bovine and equine leather, dehaired, prepared after tanning, incl. parchment-dressed (excluding leather of whole bovine hides, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mÃ½, full grains and full grain splits, chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410439)
Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather (excluding lacquered or metallised reconstituted leather) (HS code 411420)
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of goats or kids, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 411310)
Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411510)
Parings and other waste of leather, parchment-dressed leather or composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour (HS code 411000)
Leather of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, dehaired, and leather of hairless animals (excluding bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, pigs and reptiles, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410790)
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting incl. parchment-dressed leather", of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)" (HS code 411200)
Leather of swine, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410710)
Leather of reptiles, vegetable pre-tanned only (HS code 410721)
Bovine and equine leather, dehaired, tanned or pretanned only, whether or not split (excluding leather of whole hides of bovine animals, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mÃ½, and bovine leather, pre-tanned only) (HS code 410429)
Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411100)
Full grains leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", unsplit, of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 410791)
Bovine leather, dehaired, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (excluding leather of whole hides, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mÃ½) (HS code 410422)
Bovine leather, dehaired, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (excluding leather of whole hides, with a surface area of <= 2,6 mÃ½) (HS code 410421)
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of reptiles,, whether or not split (excluding chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather) (HS code 411330)
Chamois leather, incl. combination chamois leather (excluding glacÃ©-tanned leather subsequently treated with formaldehyde and leather stuffed with oil only after tanning) (HS code 411410)
Leather of reptiles (excluding vegetable pre-tanned only, plus chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410729)
Parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour (HS code 411520)
Chamois leather, incl. combination chamois leather (excluding glacâ€š-tanned leather subsequently treated with formaldehyde and leather stuffed with oil only after tanning) (HS code 410800)

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Kenya leather export values

In 2019, Kenya sold leather valued at 1.60m USD, a contraction of -12.09% from 2018's total leather export of 1.82m USD. The annual reduction in value of Kenya leather between 2017 to 2018 was 47.847 pc.

The annual variation in the quantity of Kenya's leather exports between 2017 and 2019 was 11.55 pc in comparison to a variation of 30.841% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Kenya's share of the world's total leather's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 79 in world exports of leather.

Export markets for Kenya leather ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Kenya is a net exporter of leather. The annual growth of Kenya leather in value between 2015 to 2019 was 32%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 5%, per annum.

Kenya brought in 1 tonnes of leather in 2019.

Leather Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest leather prices in other Africa countries:

Ethiopia$0.79/kg Zimbabwe$37.12/kg Morocco$4.99/kg Egypt$15.78/kg Nigeria$6.05/kg South Africa$1.58/kg Ghana$1.13/kg Uganda$0.95/kg Zambia$0.29/kg Botswana$0.09/kg Namibia$1.05/kg Tunisia$2.29/kg

Other Processed Prices in Kenya

Latest prices for other processed in Kenya:

Coffee$7.38/kg Raw Hides & Skins$0.40/kg Sugar$0.97/kg Palm Oil$0.97/kg Natural Honey$1.70/kg Milk & Cream$8.38/kg Cocoa Beans$1.20/kg Molasses$0.08/kg Sunflower Oil$1.07/kg Black Tea$2.24/kg Butter$3.00/kg Cotton$4.92/kg Kefir & Buttermilk$2.10/kg Wheat flour$0.51/kg Mineral water$0.28/kg

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