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Half a million more jobs could go

05/01/2009

Weakening export markets could force India's export-oriented leather industry to shed 500,000 jobs in the first part of the year, industry sources have warned.Across India, the leather industry currently employs about 2.5 million people, but continuing falls in demand overseas, particularly in Europe and the US, could mean as many as 20% of these...

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