Leather footwear exports from Bangladesh increase in Q1

13/10/2017
Bangladesh’s leather industry achieved export revenues of $324.6 million in the first three months of the current financial year, July-September. This represents an increase of 1.7% compared to the same period last year.

Exports of leather footwear shipments rose by almost 5% to $166.9 million.

The government has set an export target of $1.23 billion for the leather sector for this financial year, July 2017 to June 2018.