"The Council of Leather Exports has participated for the first time in ISEA with 18 booths. It came to ISEA with the objective of creating both forward and backward linkages. It has got forward linkages through visitors from Australia and New Zealand. As for backward linkage it has initiated discussions for sourcing very high quality cow skin. Going forward it has plans to take a delegation to Australia to take this opportunity to its logical conclusion."
The Council of Leather Exports has participated for the first time in ISEA with 18 booths. It came to ISEA with the objective of creating both forward and backward linkages. It has got forward linkages through visitors from Australia and New Zealand. As for backward linkage it has initiated discussions for sourcing very high quality cow skin. Going forward it has plans to take a delegation to Australia to take this opportunity to its logical conclusion.
The current scenario is that India exports roughly 70 per cent to the EU and 10 per cent to the US. Opportunities are being explored in Latin American countries.
Since India’s quality standards are moving up, the country is expecting to taking over some share from Chinese suppliers.
The leather industry is broadly a labor intensive sector and presently the council is scaling up, improving notably in its designing capability.
The Council of Leather Exports participates in fairs in Japan, Italy, Las Vegas, Turkey, Germany, Russia, China, Hong Kong.
The Indian leather industry accounts for around 12.9 per cent of the world’s leather production of hides/skins. The country ranks second in terms of footwear and leather garment production in the world. India’s leather industry has grown drastically, transforming from a mere raw material supplier to a value-added product exporter.
