Pakistan exported leather and leather goods worth $477 million leather during the first nine months of the financial year July 2000 to March 2001, according to data released by Statistics Division, Federal Bureau of Statistics. This compares with $370 million in the corresponding period of last year.

Of the total figure, $154 million was accounted for by leather exports (12 million sq. metres) and $323 million in manufactured leather items. The same figures for the previous year were $119 million (8 million square metres) and $252 million respectively. This equates to year-on-year increases of 29.65% (leather) and 28.40% (manufactured leather goods).

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