Statistical Report on the Production of Skins of Mink, Fox and Raccoon in China (2020)

China Leather Industry Association

3 March 2021

Preface

China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) has begun the project of statistics on the fur-bearing animals，including mink, fox and raccoonin China since 2011. The statistical project is mainly undertaken by China Fur Breeders Commission of CLIA with the statistical method dominated by collecting survey data. The statistical regions cover Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shandong and Hebei which are concentrated areas for fur farming and some other regions.

China Fur Breeders Commission began the statistics for the production of skins of mink, fox and raccoon in the middle of December 2020 and finished in endFebruary 2021. This report conducts an analysis on statistics data of skins production of mink, fox and raccoon in 2020. Please specify it is from CLIA when relevant media and individuals quote this report and any content therein.

This work was supported by the chairman, vice chairman and some members of China Fur Breeders Commission which was very much appreciated.

I. Statistical Results

The statistical results of the production of skins of Mink, Fox and Raccoon in 2020are shown as follows:

Production of Skins of Mink, Fox and Raccoon in 2020 Unit: Million

(i) Analysis on the Production of Skins of Mink, Fox and Raccoon in China in 2020

1. Mink

The production of mink skins in 2020 was about 9.31million pieces with a decrease about 20.38% compared with 2019. From 2010 to 2020, the production of mink skins reached a peak in 2014 and then declined by a large margin in the following several years. The comparison diagram of the production of mink skins from 2010 to 2019 is shown as follows:

2. Fox

The production of fox skins in 2020 was about 12.53 million pieces, with a decrease about 13.14% compared with 2019.From 2010 to 2019, the production of fox skins was ups and downs，and it reached a peak in 2018,and then declined in the following two years.The comparison diagram of the production of fox skins from 2010 to 2020 is shown as follows:

3. Raccoon

The production of raccoon skins in 2020 was about 10.46 million pieces with a decrease about 23.04% compared with 2019. From 2010 to 2020，the production of raccoon skins was ups and downs. The comparison diagram of the production of raccoon skins in China from 2010 to 2020 was shown as follows:

(ii) Geographical Distribution of the Production of Skins of Mink, Fox and Raccoon in 2020

1. Mink

In 2020, Shandong province was the area of largest production of mink skins, accounting for about 55.15% of the total in China, followed by Liaoning province accounting for about32.15%, while Heilongjiang province ranked the third, accounting for about 6.45%.The production of mink skins in above three provinces accounted for about 93.75% of the total in China. Proportion of the production of mink skins in different provinces in China in 2020 is shown in the following diagram:

In 2020, the top ten cities of mink production areDalian, Weifang,Yantai,Weihai,Qingdao, Harbin,Linyi, Heze,Qinghuangdaoand Jiamusi.

2. Fox

In 2020, Shandong province was the area of largest production of fox skins, accounting for about 44.87% of the total in China, followed by Hebei and Liaoning provinces accounting for about 25.14% and 21.79% respectively. The production of skins of fox in the above three provinces accounted for about 91.80% of the total in China. Proportion of the production of fox skins in different provinces in China in 2020is shown in the following diagram:

In 2020, the top ten cities of fox production are Weifang, Qinhuangdao,Jinzhou,Liaoyang,Cangzhou,Anshan,Weihai,Dalian,Tangshan and Linyi.

3. Raccoon

In 2020, Hebei province was the area of largest production of raccoon skins, accounting for about 66.21% of the total in China, followed by Shandong province accounting for about 22.98%, while Heilongjiangprovince ranked the third, accounting for about5.88%. The production of skins of raccoon in the above three provinces accounted for about 95.07% of the total in China. Proportion of the production of raccoon skins in different provinces in China in 2020 was shown in the following diagram:

In 2020, the top ten cities of raccoon production are Qinhuangdao, Weifang,Tangshan,Cangzhou,Weihai,Hengshui,Liaocheng,Shijiazhuang,Daqing and Baoding.

III. Summary and Suggestions

1.Influnced by Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia and other related factors, the fur products sales were not good in main consuming countries and districts such as Russia, Korea, European countries and US in 2020, the exportation of our fur raw materials and fur products declined by a large margin, China domestic sales have also declined to a certain extent,and the global demand for fur raw materials in 2020 showed a sharp reduction. Given that the situation of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia in most countries and regions doesn’t get better, the reduction is likely to be continuedin 2021.

2. Influenced by the tremendous reduction of mink in Denmark and Netherlands and so on, the expectations of fur buyers for the future supply and demand of mink skins have changed significantly,resulting in the price of fur skins rising in varying degrees from the end of 2020. In February 2021, the price of some varieties and quality of mink skins even increased by more than 50% on the basis of that of the international auction in September 2020.From the perspective of global fur supply and demand, the mink skins in stock and newly produced are enough to meet the market demand, so as to fox skins and raccoon skins.Therefore, CLIA suggest that farmers should not expand the production blindly.On the premise of no unforeseen factors, it is expected that the priceof mink, fox and raccoon skins will be ups and downs on current price basis in 2021.

3. In recent years, with big drops of fur animal numbers,finebreeders and high-quality skins will become the core competitive factors for breeding enterprises.CLIA suggests that fur animal breeding farmers should be breeding scientifically and safely, especially strengthening the work of epidemic prevention and control, paying attention to feed nutrition, and focusing on improving breeders’ qualityandelevate puppies’survival rate.CLIA will continue the statistics for the production of skins of mink, fox and raccoon and provide industrial reference information. In 2020，CLIA will continue to carry out the identification work of ‘GOOD4FUR CERTIFIED FARM’，leading domestic farms to improve animal welfare level.