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Footwear sector to boost Indian leather exports

10/07/2006

On the recommendations of India's Council for Leather Exports, the Indian government has fixed an export target of $7 billion for its leather sector in five years’ time. Exports for the sector are currently $2.69 billion. The Council has drawn up a ‘Road-Map on the Indian Leather Industry’, a vision document for 2010-11, which was presented to Jairam Ramesh, Indian Minister of State, Commerce last month.

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