Imakethe yamazwe ngamazwe, emazweni angaphandle, ikakhulukazi eJapane, ukukhiqizwa kwesikhumba sokulingisa i-suede microfiber sezimoto kukhula ngamadijithi aphindwe kabili njalo ngonyaka, ukufinyelela 2.448 million square metres ku 2004, 3.272 million square metres ku 2005, duze kwe 3.926 million square metres ku 2005, zokwenziwa lesikhumba izimoto, izosheshisa esikhathini esizayo, ekwandiseni okudumile esikalini somhlaba.
Imakethe yaseShayina, ukukhiqizwa kwaminyaka yonke kwe 6.37 izigidi zezimoto phakathi 2006, kulindeleke ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto minyaka yonke kudlule 7.5 million in 2007, kanti amakota amathathu okuqala asedlulile 6.5 izigidi. Umkhiqizo wonyaka wezimoto ungaphezu 3 izigidi, ukuphuma kwamabhasi kazwelonke kufinyelela cishe 1.6 izigidi, zimbalwa izinhlelo zesikhumba ze-microfiber, sicabanga ukuthi esikhathini esizayo kuyoba okungaphezu kwalokho 5% yendwangu yangaphakathi ithathelwa indawo “microfiber lesikhumba“, indawo yokuthuthukiswa kwemakethe izobalwa ngezigidi zamamitha.
