Leather goods export increases 11% in 5 months

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ISLAMABAD: The leather goods exports witnessed an increase of 11.03 percent during the first five months of current financial year (2021-22) as compared to the exports of corresponding period of last year. Pakistan exported leather goods worth US $266.595 million during July-November (2021-22) against the exports of $240.100 million during July-November (2020-21), showing growth of 11.03 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Among the leather products, the exports of leather garments increased by 10.42 percent by going up from $125.971 million last year to $139.100 million during the current year. The leather gloves exports also rose by 11.81 percent to $119.516 million from $106.890 million. Likewise, the exports of all other leather goods also increased by 10.22 percent during the period under review as these went up from $7.239 million last year to $7.979 million during the current fiscal year. Our Correspondent