Bangladesh: leather industry ahead of schedule on export target

22/02/2017

Bangladesh’s Export Promotion Bureau has reported that shipments of leather and leather products in the first seven months of the current financial year (July 2016 to January 2017) grew by 12.2% year on year to reach $743.8 million. The breakdown shows that export earnings from leather footwear increased by 13% to $335.8 million, while shipments...