CLE seeks bids for Indian leather industry report
14/01/2014
It has asked interested parties to submit technical and financial details of their bids by the end of January.
CLE puts the value of India’s leather industry at $8.5 billion and exports at $5 billion, with 2.5 million people employed in the manufacture of leather and leathergoods there. The industry has grown by 8.5% in the last five years.
It puts the country’s livestock population at 21% of the global total for cattle (including buffalo) and 11% of sheep and goats.