The latest figures on leather exports issued by the Federal Statistical Bureau of Pakistan in January show that the current situation of Pakistan leather industry has not changed, as announced in December last year.

Statistics show that compared with the previous month, professional exports in January showed a decline again, of which the export of leather clothing industry decreased significantly, but the growth rate was 40.27% compared with the same period in 2007.

The export volume of Pakistan leather industry in January decreased by 24.75% compared with 104 million 690 thousand US dollars in December 2007, and the export of finished products increased by 5.77% from month to month, from 30 million 304 thousand to 32 million 52 thousand US dollars. The export of shoes increased from 8 million 891 thousand US dollars to 8 million 915 thousand US dollars, increasing by 0.27% per month. The main exports were leather products. The export volume of the same period dropped from 65 million 495 thousand US dollars in December last year to 37 million 808 thousand US dollars. The decline was mainly due to the fact that the export of leather garments dropped from the US dollar in December last year to the US dollar.

Between the 1-7 months of this year (July 2007 to January 2008), the export of leather industry in Pakistan increased by 19.16% from US $558 million 256 thousand in the same period last year to US $665 million 245 thousand, while the export of leather goods increased slightly, but the export of footwear declined all the way.

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