Exports of leather garments posted an increase of 15 percent to $287.738 million during July-February 2013-14, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Exports of leather garments grew by $37.631 million in July-February 2013-14 from $250.107 million in the same period of last fiscal year, the PBS said. In term of volume, exports of leather garments went up by 233, 000 dozens (38 percent) to 849,000 dozens during July-February 2013-14 from 616,000 dozens in the same period of last fiscal year.
In February 2014, exports of leather garments grew by $13.109 million (69.36 percent) to $32.010 million from $18.901 million in February 2013. Exports of leather garments in term of quantity jumped by 28, 000 dozens (62.22 percent) to 73,000 dozens in February 2014 from 45,000 dozens in February 2013, the official figures showed.