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The Indian leather Industry occupies a place of prominence in the Indian economy in view of its substantial export earnings, employment generation and growth. There has been increasing emphasis on its planned development, aimed at optimum utilization of available raw material for maximizing the returns particularly from exports.The export of leather and leather products increased manifold over the past decades. The export increased from Rs. 290 mn in 1956-57 and from Rs. 30760 mn in 1991-92 to Rs. 140007.33 mn in 2007-08.

Today the industry ranks 8th in the export trade in terms of foreign exchange earnings of the country. The composition of export of leather and leather products from India has undergone a structural change during the last three decades, from merely an exporter of raw material in the sixties to that of value added products in the nineties. The value added finished products presently constitute around 80% of the total export from the Industry, which was near 7% in 1956-57.

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The Indian leather industry is shrinking due to the global economic meltdown. Leading players fear a 25-30 percent drop in exports and job losses in the long run. "As footfall in global stores like Wall-Mart, Marks and Spencer have declined, it is impacting sales badly and in turn export is suffering," S.S. Kumar, chairman of the city-based Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, told IANS. In the four weeks of December and the first two weeks of January, all these stores experience around 30-35 percent of the total yearly footfall. This year the footfall has been far short till the third week of December, Kumar added.

European countries are the biggest importers of Indian leather goods, followed by the US and Australia. "There were quite a few export cancellations in the recent past from the US and the UK," Kumar said. India's export of leather goods touched $3.47 billion in 2007-08. The target for the current fiscal is $4 billion. That, experts feel, is unlikely. "We are trying hard to keep the export volume up to last year's level at least," Kumar said. India exports a host of niche leather goods - garments, bags, footwear, gloves and, saddlery and harness. Ever since the global meltdown began, the Indian leather garment sector has been "very badly affected", said Kumar.

Moti Lal Sethi, convenor (leather apparel) of the Council of Leather Export (CLE), told IANS from New Delhi: "There is cancellation of orders mostly for luxury leather goods." CLE is an autonomous non-profit body looking after export promotion and development of the Indian leather industry. Stating that the market was extremely sluggish now, Sethi said in the first six months (April-September) of the current fiscal, Indian leather industry saw a 22 percent growth. But since October the market condition has deteriorated. The international demand for leather products is shifting from luxury goods to necessary goods. "It is important for Indian manufacturers to strike a balance between quality and quantity to cater to the present need," Sethi said. Indian producers need to gear up to manufacture goods at competitive prices, he added. He indicated that if the present trend continued, it may hurt the labour strength of the industry. "It is a very labour-intensive industry. The organized sector employs around 2.5 million people," Sethi said.

Added Mani Almal, managing director of APL Polyfab Pvt Ltd, which manufactures footwear components and gives it to exporters: "We have not experienced any order cancellation yet, but clients are asking for delay in shipments and extension of credit lines." The business scenario in leather industry till November was not affected as the order books were filled, he said. "It will definitely be affected in the coming months and we think there will be almost no orders after January." Sethi said the industry was hopeful that something better would happen in the future. It was talking with the government on duty drawbacks, licensing, import and marketing polices as well as loans and credit.

However, there is a silver lining. Importers who used to ship leather goods from China earlier are now shifting focus to India as Indian leather goods are cheaper. Last fiscal, leather garments worth Rs.18 billion (Rs.1,800 crore) were exported from India. This year till September, the garment section clocked an export growth of 30 percent.

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The Buyer-Seller Meet event 2006 (Mezzanine floor), in which major Leather Mfrs companies will present their expansion plans & upcoming projects, and select seller companies and EPC contractors will present their latest products, technologies, equipment and services.

This will be a unique opportunity for representatives of the seller companies and Leather Council of India agencies to meet and interact directly with senior executives of buyer companies, and get to know about the views and expectations of the various buyers of their products and services.

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CNB Media Meet Picture.

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Images of Carton Department of CNB Exports

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• Sheep Skins - Polished, Drum Dyed, Nappa, Nubucks.

• Cow Hides - Polished, Drum Dyed, Nappa, Nubucks, Veg Tanned

• Goat Skins - Drum Dyed, Nappa, Suedes.

• Buffalo Hides - Drum Dyed, Polished, Nubucks, Veg Tanned

Production Capacity Per Annum

• Leather Dress Gloves 500,000 Pairs

• Leather Bags 150,000 Pcs.

• Wallets 150,000 Pcs.

• Other Leather Goods 250,000 Pcs.

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• We use only Eco-friendly and environment friendly packaging.

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Strong German presence at IILF India Published:  01 February, 2010

The German Leather Federation (Verband der Deutschen Lederindustrie) along with the VDMA, hosted a group of eighteen companies at the India International Leather Fair (IILF) this year. The IILF takes place in Chennai, India January 31 - February 3 and is seen as one of the fastest growing markets for the leather and leather products industries.

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The stands were busy on the first working day of the India International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai, India on February 1. The show which is approximately 10% bigger by area this year underlines India as a major global market for the leather and leather products industries.

This year marks the 25th edition of the show and was officially opened on January 31 by Dayanidhi Maran, Indian minister of textiles. The show covers three halls and two portable hangers at the Chennai Trade Centre and most exhibitors were very happy with the visitor numbers on the first day of the show.

'India has become such important market for us that we started manufacturing leather chemicals here directly in 2009', Ramon Segura, Europe sales and marketing manager - leather for chemical makers, Pulcra. India is fast becoming the biggest market for leather and leather products after China and exports were worth US$3.6 billion for 2008/09.

Although the IILF retains a strong Indian flavour the international presence is growing and a number of international exhibitors were present, either directly or through their locals agents or representatives. The IILF is now one of the most important shows in the tanning industry.

Following the first day of the show, invited guests were treated to an evening fashion show at the Taj Coromandal hotel in downtown Chennai. Fashions featured Indian made leather footwear, garments and leather goods