What is the price of leather in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, leather in Malaysia is US$ 13.41 per kg (60.86 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world rank in leather exports?

Malaysia ranks 76th out of 96 leather exporters.

What was the year-over-year change in Malaysia's leather export value?

Malaysia's leather export value decreased by 33.8% year-over-year.

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

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Leather Prices in Malaysia

US$ 13.41 / kg

60.86 MYR / kg

MoM ▲ 79.3% YoY ▲ 79.3%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (MYR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	13.41	60.86	▲ 79.3%	▲ 79.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the leather price in Malaysia available is US$ 13.41 per kg (60.86 MYR), up 79.3% year-on-year.

Malaysia exported 6 tonnes of leather in 2024, valued at US$43,321, ranking 76th out of 96 exporters and accounting for 0.0% of global exports. Export value declined by 33.8% year-over-year. Malaysia is a net exporter of leather. The latest export unit value is US$13.414 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - leather in Malaysia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $43.3K (5.8 t) of leather▼ 33.8% YoY. That ranks #76 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$43.3K

Export value

5.8 t

Export volume

#76 / 96

World rank

Global share

$7.48

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 Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$43.3K	5.8 t	$7.48
2023	$65.4K	5.9 t	$11.09
2022	$148.5K	40 t	$3.71
2021	$833K	62.7 t	$13.28
2020	$267.2K	29.3 t	$9.12

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.

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

The volume of leather shipped by Malaysia in 2020 was 1,780 metric tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia sold 499 tonnes of leather. In 2019 alone, the demand for Malaysia leather (processed category) has shrunk, changing by -45.643 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, leather's exports decreased by -66.82% bringing the nation US$15.64m for the year 2019. Malaysia's leather exports are classified as:

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)
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)
Leather of reptiles, vegetable pre-tanned only (HS code 410721)
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)
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)
Full grains and full grain splits of bovine and equine animals, dehaired, prepared after tanning (HS code 410431)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
Leather of reptiles (excluding vegetable pre-tanned only, plus chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410729)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallized leather (excluding lacquered or metallized reconstituted leather) (HS code 410900)
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 "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)
Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411510)
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 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 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)
Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather (excluding lacquered or metallised reconstituted leather) (HS code 411420)
Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls (HS code 411100)
Leather of swine, dehaired (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410710)

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Malaysia leather export values

In 2019, Malaysia sold leather worth 15.64m USD, a decrease of -12.24% from 2018's total leather export of 17.822m USD. The yearly change in value of Malaysia leather between 2017 to 2018 was -12.629 percent.

The yearly variation in the quantity of Malaysia's leather exports between 2017 and 2019 was -66.82 per cent in comparison to a variation of -45.643% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Malaysia's stake of the world's total leather's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Malaysia holds number 20 in world exports of leather.

Export markets for Malaysia leather ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Malaysia is a net importer of leather. The annual growth of Malaysia leather in value between 2015 to 2019 was 40%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was 20%, per annum.

Malaysia ordered 3,718 tonnes of leather in 2019.

Leather Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest leather prices in other Asia countries:

Pakistan$5.21/kg Sri Lanka$45.61/kg China$3.54/kg Iran$11.14/kg Cambodia$4.23/kg Nepal$0.58/kg Hong Kong$4.12/kg India$0.39/kg Kazakhstan$0.70/kg Philippines$820.76/kg Tajikistan$1.62/kg South Korea$0.77/kg Thailand$2.13/kg Uzbekistan$1.64/kg Vietnam$1.48/kg

Other Processed Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other processed in Malaysia:

Glycerol$0.91/kg Sugar$0.53/kg Coffee$5.62/kg Copra$2.62/kg Palm Oil$0.91/kg Soyabean oil$1.36/kg Coconut oil$2.62/kg Margarine$1.49/kg Cocoa Powder (Solids)$3.23/kg Coconut flour$5.31/kg Natural Rubber$0.61/kg Olive Oil$5.04/kg Natural Honey$4.37/kg Molasses$0.45/kg Chocolate$3.50/kg

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