Shoe production rises in Pakistan
Pakistan’s footwear production grew 21.5% in March, while sole leather production was flat with figures for March 2009.
Pakistan produced 15 tonnes of sole leather during both March 2010 and 2009, while footwear production totalled 3.1 million pairs compared with 2.6 million pairs.
For the first nine months of the financial year, sole leather production rose 59% to 159 tonnes from 100 tonnes, while footwear production rose 7.4% to 23.4 million pairs from 21.8 million pairs.