Pakistan leather footwear exports decrease
During the first five months of the fiscal year (July to November), Pakistan exported 6,492,000 pairs of footwear – including leather, canvas and other footwear – worth $30.119 million compared with 4,444,000 pairs of footwear exported in the same period in 2003. This equates to an increase of 46.1% year-on-year, however, the dollar value of footwear exports actually decreased by 10.75% in a year-on-year comparison. This was due to a decrease in leather footwear exports.