PGMEA chairman joins call for 20% duty on leather exports
The chairman of the Pakistan Gloves Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PGMEA) Salahud Din Mir has expressed deep concern over the export of raw hides and skins or semi-finished and finished leather and on the issue of a 20% duty. The Pakistan Leather Garments Manufacturers & Exports Association has already called for an increase in duty (see leatherbiz.com, March 14: "PLGMEA demands 20% duty on finished and semi-finished leather").
Salahud Din Mir said that the issue has now become critical and the government’s inaction had caused extreme disappointment directly the industry of leather products and gloves.
The PGMEA chairman has asked the government to impose a minimum 20% duty on the export of any category of semi-finished/finished leather. The government has protected the tanning industry by discouraging exports of raw leather and wet blue leather. The leather goods industry should be given the same protection by discouraging exports of finished leather, he added.
