Big boost for Bangladesh leather shoe exports

08/12/2014
Official figures from Bangladesh show that the country’s leather and footwear industry increased the value of its exports in the first four months of the current financial year (July-October 2014) by 6.1% compared to the same period last year, although exports of finished leather fell year on year.

Over the four month period this year, Bangladeshi producers of leather footwear made a particularly strong contribution to overall export revenues for the sector of $383.6 million.

Exports of leather footwear were up in value by 20.3% at $169.5 million.