Pakistan's leather exports on the rise
Pakistan’s leather exports rose 4.4% in May to $74.6 million compared with $71.5 million in April and 0.4% compared with May 2009 ($74.3 million).
A breakdown of the data, provided by the country’s Federal Bureau of Statistics, showed that finished leather exports totalled $36.7 million in May, while leathergoods exports totalled $30.9 million and footwear exports were $7 million compared with$35.7 million, $30.7 million and $5.1 million, respectively, in April. Finished leather exports rose 2.8%, while leathergoods exports were up 0.9% and shoe exports grew 35.3%.