Compared with the previous month, Pakistan’s exports of finished leather were down by a massive 29.3% in March ’04, to $12 million, according to the Federal Bureau of Statistics.  Exports of leather goods were down 23.2% to $20.7 million while footwear exports dropped 45% to $4 million.  On a nine-monthly basis commencing July 2003, however, the country’s total leather and leathergoods exports were up 3.2% compared with the year before. 

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