The government is trying to raise export income from leather and leather goods to $5 billion by 2021 with providing necessary policy support, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun said on Monday.“The global market of leather and leather goods in worth $220 billion where Bangladesh’s share is...
The government will continue to provide cash incentives to exporters of leather goods and shoes for the next five years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said, report agencies. The Prime Minister said this Wednesday while addressing the Bangladesh Leather Footwear and Leathergoods International Sourcing Show (BLLISS) at...
Leather manufacturing group ISA TanTec has announced that preparatory work at the site for its second tannery in Vietnam is complete and that construction of the new facility can now begin. ISA Tan Tec confirmed that it expects the production project to be complete before the end...
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The exports of leather and leather products fell significantly in the first six months (July–December) of the current financial year (FY2019–20) compared to the same period of the last fiscal year. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the sector registered a slightly negative growth rate of...
Italian leathergoods association Assopellettieri (formerly known as Aimpes) has selected Franco Gabbrielli as its new president. He will serve a four-year term from 2019 to 2022. His appointment will be confirmed at Assopellettieri’s general assembly at the end of June. He replaces Riccardo Braccialini, who during his...
The US Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and Leather Industries of America (LIA) have joined forces to urge the Trump administration not to move forward with proposed tariffs on imported handbags from the European Union. In April the US government included leather handbags on a list...
A meeting of the East African Community’s (EAC) Leather Forum has taken place in Arusha, Tanzania, during which there were calls for the bloc to create a more easily accessible market for leather products. The forum was convened by the East African Business Council (EABC). It brought...
ZimTrade, Zimbabwe’s export promotion body, has urged Zimbabwean tanners to upgrade their tanning processes in order to improve the quality of the finished leather they are supplying to the industry. In the organisation’s latest report, it said the sector — which once employed as many as 5,600...