Brazilian leather and footwear exports continued their passage of growth in September, according to the country’s foreign trade ministry.

Its figures show that leather exports increased by 20.7% and footwear exports grew 21% during the month compared with figures for September 2009.

Footwear exports totalled $109 million compared with $90 million during the same period last year. For the year to September, shoe exports totalled $1.14 billion compared with $1.01 billion during the first nine months of 2009.

Leather exports reached $126.7 million in September compared with $106 million in September 2009. Leather exports for the first nine months of the year totalled $1.3 billion compared with $1.01 billion during the prior-year period.

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