Tunisia: Leather and Footwear Exports, -4.2% In January

The Tunisian leather and footwear sector saw exports decline in January by 4.2% compared with the same month of 2010. This was seen in the figures reported by the National Leather and Footwear Centre (CNCC), according to which export turnover of footwear was about USD 32.27 million, while uppers exported USD 10.14 million and other leather products 6.1 million.

Exports were mostly to (in order) Italy, France and Germany, followed by Spain, Switzerland, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Yemen, Austria and Belgium. Italy, with 47.3%, was the top country as concerns imports, followed by France and Germany.