Pakistan’s leather production rises
Pakistan’s finished leather production grew 25% in March. Footwear production grew 21.5% and sole leather production was flat with figures for March 2009.
In March, Pakistan produced 1.7 million square-metres of finished leather compared with 1.5 million square-metres during the same month last year. It produced 15 tonnes of sole leather during both months. Footwear production totalled 3.1 million pairs compared with 2.6 million pairs.
For the first nine months of the financial year, finished leather production was 17.2 million square-metres compared with 14.7 million square-metres during the same period a year earlier, a rise of 17.3%.
Sole leather production rose 59% to 159 tonnes from 100 tonnes, while footwear production rose 7.4% during the nine-month period to 23.4 million pairs from
21.8 million pairs.
