Pakistan’s finished leather exports fall by 25%

17/11/2016
During first quarter of the current financial year (July-September 2016), leather-sector exports from Pakistan fell by 9% in value compared to the same period a year ago to reach $236.3 million.

Over the period in question, tanners exported 3.4 million square-metres of finished leather, a decline in volume of more than 25% compared to a year ago. The decline in value of these exports was 12%, with $85.5 million coming in.

Leathergoods exports had a value of $125 million for the three-month period in 2016, a fall of 8% year on year.
 
The country also exported 2.6 million pairs of shoes, bringing in revenues of $26.2 million in July, August and September this year, which is flat in both volume and value compared to the same months in 2015.