Mixed fortunes for Pakistan’s shoe leather production
24/10/2007
According to the latest figures released by Pakistan’s Federal Bureau of Statistics, although the production of shoe leather increased by over 9% in July, sole leather production fell 10% during the same period.
The leather upper sector recorded a 9.23% rise in production to reach 1.775 million m2 in July, up from 1.625 million m2 in the same month of 2006. However, sole production slipped 10% from ten tons in 2006 to nine tons this July.
On a more positive note, the country’s footwear industry continues to flourish having produced 1.742 million pairs of footwear in July compared with 1.315 million pairs a year earlier, an increase of some 32.47%.
Share this story:
