American Industry Overview: Leather Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing leather goods, not elsewhere classified, such as saddlery, harnesses, whips, embossed leather goods, leather desk sets, razor strops, and leather belting.
The industry category of manufacturers of miscellaneous leather goods, with a total value of product shipments of $534.4 million in 2008, encompasses a broad array of unusual products with somewhat archaic uses. For example, a significant number of items classified relate to antiquated equestrian pursuits and the reliance on the horse as a primary form of transportation, as it was during the eighteenth...