A trade delegation consisting of 14 tanners will visit Vietnam and Indonesia from January 31, 2010 to explore new avenues for leather and leather products in these markets. According to PTA here on Friday, chairman Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) Gulzar Firoz will lead the delegation, which is sponsored by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).
The delegation will hold negotiations with Vietnamese and Indonesian businessmen involved in leather business for establishing bilateral business relations and promotion of exports. Firoz said great potential existed in those countries to increase volume of exports of leather and leather products.
During the year 2008-09, leather industry exported leather and leather products to Vietnam and Indonesia worth $14.412 million and $0.262 million respectively which are quite negligible. He said Vietnam was a fast growing economy having good resource potential including large human resource base.