According to an Economic Survey released in Pakistan, the country’s leather industry performed well between July 2005 and March 2006. The leather goods sector showed significant growth/recovery of 10.91% after a negative performance of 5.6% in 2004-05. This was in contrast to an unprecedented growth of 31.69 % in 2003-04.

The survey added that large-scale manufacturing, accounting for 69.5% of overall manufacturing, registered growth of 9% in the current fiscal year 2005-06 against a target of 14.5% and last year's achievement of 15.6%.