According to foreign trade data released by Pakistan’s Federal Bureau of Statistics, the country’s exports of leather goods declined by 5.3% to US$127 million during the first seven months of the current fiscal year. Between July 2002 to January 2003 leather manufacturing fell by 1.6% to US$240.7 million. However exports of footwear surged by 53% to US$44.7 million. Total exports in the leather industry grew by 1.10% to $412.485 million.

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