France’s leather industry faces a few ups and many downs in 2018 while reptile is booming

Statistical surveys over imports and exports of reptile skin have been carried out prior to Chanel’s decision to give up “exotic skins”: in fact, the economic analysis issued by CNC (France’s association of the leather businesses) is about the first 11 months of the year, including November, whereas the announcement made by Bruno Pavlovsky, chief…