4. Russia
Russian leather production has been declining ever since the early nineties. Russians are still a powerhouse in the leather industry, however, since they produce 1,460.3 million square feet of leather a year. Needless to say, most of it (1,304 million) goes on light leather from bovine animals. On the other hand, light leather from sheep and goats production only amounts to 118 million square feet, and heavy bovine leather production comes to 38.3 million square feet.
