No growth in value for Bangladesh’s leather footwear exports

04/03/2016
During the first seven months of the current financial year (July 2015 to January 2016), Bangladesh’s export revenue for leather footwear was $297 million, flat compared to the same period a year earlier.

Overall, revenues from exports of leather-related products fell by 1.2% compared to the same period in the previous financial year, reaching $663 million. All figures come from the country’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

Bangladesh’s government has set an export target of $1.4 billion for the leather sector in financial year 2015-16.