Pakistan records $159.04m leather goods exports in three months

Pakistan’s Leather exports rose 2.99% in the first three months of the current fiscal year (2022-23) compared to 2021-22, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics(PBS).

As per PBS data, the leather products exports were recorded at $159.046 million in July-September 2022-23 against the exports of $154.427 million in July-September 2021-22. On year-on-year (YoY) basis, leather manufactures exports increased by 15.10% and remained at $53.370 million in September 2022, compared to $48.108 million in September 2021. The country’s monthly leather products exports increased by 3.62% in September 2022, compared to $53.437 million in August 2022. The exports of leather garments increased by 0.29% to $80.724 million in the first three months of the fiscal year 2022-23, compared to $80.487 million in the same period of the last fiscal year. On YoY basis, leather garments exports increased by 17.95% in September 2022 compared to the same month last year. Exports in September 2022 were recorded at $27.721 million against the exports of $23.503 million in September 2021.