Official figures show that Pakistan produced more leather in July than in July 2010. July production totalled 2.3 million square-metres compared with 1.8 million square-metres during the same month last year, a rise of 26.1%.
Footwear production increased to 3.8 million pairs from 2.7 million pairs, up 44.7% year-on-year.
Sole leather production posted an 81.3% increase to 29 tonnes compared with 16 tonnes in July 2009