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Shoe production rises in Pakistan

28/05/2009
The Pakistani authorities have released new data for the leather sector there, which shows footwear production is still rising despite significant declines in other segments.

The latest figures show a big decline in the production of finished leather, down by 25% during the month of March to 1.4 million square-metres compared to 1.9 million in March 2008.

However, the production of footwear recorded a growth of 20.9% in March, producing 2.6 million pairs in March 2009 compared with 2.1 million pairs in the same month last year. The production of sole leather also showed an upward trend of 87.5% to 15 tonnes in March 2009 compared to eight tonnes in March 2008.

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