The leather goods exports witnessed an increase of 9.41 percent during the first half of the current financial year 2021-22 as compared to the exports of last year.
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, during July-December (2021-22), Pakistan exported leather goods worth $319.791 million against the exports of $292.279 million during July-December (2020-21), showing growth of 9.41 percent,.
Among the leather products, the exports of leather garments increased by 9.73 percent by going up from $152.888 million last year to $167.768 million during the current year. The leather gloves exports also rose by 9.19 percent to $142.627 million from $ 130.623 million.
Likewise, the exports of all other leather goods also increased by 7.16 percent during the period under review as these went up from $8.768 million last year to $ 9.396 million during the current fiscal year.