6% growth for Indian leather exports in first five months
07/10/2011
Export revenues reached almost $1.5 billion from just short of $1.4 billion over the same period in the previous financial year, an increase of just over 6%.
Exports of leather footwear were up by 6.9% to $579.1 million, while leather garments brought in 9.3% more in export revenues than in the April-August period in 2010, reaching almost $162.2 million. The value of leathergoods exports was 15.8% higher at $348.5 million.
However, on negative note, exports of finished leather fell by 1.8% to $293.6 million.
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