However, exports struggled during the six-month period from July to December with total leather exports falling 26.3% to $436.329 million compared with $591.958 million in the same period in 2005.

A breakdown showed that during the six-month period, Pakistan’s exports of finished leather fell to 7,043,000m² worth $117.873 million compared  with 8,521,000m² worth $143.904 million in the comparable period in 2005—a decline of 17.35% in terms of quantity and 18.09% in terms of value. Leather goods exports—which includes leather garments and leather gloves—decreased significantly (-30.89%), falling from $378.748 million in the second half of 2005 to $261.934 million in the same period of 2006. Leather garment exports fell to $188.243 million, and leather gloves decreased to $57.287 million, whilst other leather goods exports fell to $16.204 million. Footwear exports fell by 18.6% to 6.993 million pairs worth $56.722 million compared with 8.875 million pairs worth $69.308 million in same period a year earlier.

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