Vietnamese leather exports to Japan

Vietnam's Trade Ministry reports that Vietnam exported leather and leather products worth US$114 million to Japan last year, giving Vietnam a 3.43% share of the Japanese leather and leather products market, according to the Vietnamese News Agency. Vietnamese exports of leather and leather products to Japan in 2001 were worth US$79.7 million, giving Vietnamese products a 2.28% Japanese market share. The Ministry said that Vietnam is now the third largest exporter of leather and leather products to Japan after China and Italy.