Indian leather exports grew 16.3% during the first five months of the current financial year (April-August). The country’s leather exports totalled to US$1.4 billion compared with US$1.2 billion during the corresponding period last year.
Leather footwear exports rose 16.7% to US$515.1 million from $441.4 million, while non-leather footwear exports grew 9.2% to $7.6 million from $6.9 million.
However, on a negative note, footwear component exports fell 1.9% to $98.8 million from $100.8 million.
