A mixed bag for leather as Bangladesh begins new fiscal year

10/08/2017

Bangladesh’s exports of finished leather for the month of July 2017, the first month of the country’s new financial year, were down in value by 9.2% compared to the same month in 2016, reaching almost $13.6 million. However, the wider leather sector’s export revenues for the month were up by 26.2% year on year at $116.7 million thanks, largely,...