Figures show that leather and leathergoods exports fell 9% year-on-year to $3.3 billion between April 2009 and March 2010, although leather garment exports bucked the trend. Finished leather exports fell 12% to $605.7 million, while leather footwear exports fell 6.2% to $1.2 billion, footwear component exports fell 17.3% to $206.7 million and leathergoods exports dropped 13.2% to $760.6 million.

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