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Import Export of Footwear & Leather Products

Indian Footwear Industry in a Nutshell: -

- Second largest footwear producer after China
- 2.06 billion pairs produced in an year
- 16 % of the global production is produced in India
- Contract manufacturers supply to leading global brands
- 644 Member produces situated as clusters at Chennai, Ambur, Ranipet, Kanpur, Agra, Mumbai, Delhi and Karnal.

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The export of Leather and Leather Products for the period April-March 2007-08 touched US$3477.52 million against the performance of US$3059.43 million in the corresponding period of last year, registering a positive growth of 13.67% in Dollar Terms. In rupee terms the export touched Rs.140007.33 million against the previous years performance of Rs.138437.84 million showing a positive growth of 1.13%.

The export value during 2006-07 was revised upwards by DGCI&S, from US$2981,79 million (Rs.134924.39 million) to US$3059.43 million {Rs.138437.84 million).

A Statement showing the Product-wise Export performance during April-March 2007-08 vis-a-vis April-March 2006-07 is given below:

(In Million Rs.)

Category

Apr-Mar

Apr-Mar

% Variation

2006-07

2007-08

Finished Leather

32760.69

30877.20

-5.75%

Leather Footwear

44087.76

46856.08

6.28%

Footwear Components

9947.84

10713.89

7.70%

Leather Garments

14023.29

13849.39

-1.24%

Leather Goods

31958.86

31602.54

-1.11%

Saddlery & Harness

3725.32

4260.16

14.36%

Non-Leather Footwear

1934.08

1848.07

-4.45%

TOTAL

138437.84

140007.33

1.13%

Source : DGCI &S

(In Million US$

Category

Apr-Mar

Apr-Mar

% Variation

2006-07

2007-08

Finished Leather

724.00

766.93

5.93%

Leather Footwear

974.33

1163.82

19.45%

Footwear Components

219.84

266.11

21.05%

Leather Garments

309.91

343.99

11.00%

Leather Goods

706.28

784.95

11.14%

Saddlery & Harness

82.33

105.81

28.53%

Non-Leather Footwear

42.74

45.90

7.39%

TOTAL

3059.43

3477.52

13.67%

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Major Highlights

  • Export of Footwear (leather, footwear components & non-Leather footwear) has increased from US$1236.91 million in April-March 2006-07 to US$1475.83 million in April-March 2007-08, registering a growth of 19.32%
  • In Dollar terms, Leather footwear has alone grown by 19.45%, footwear components by 21.05% and Non-Leather footwear by 7.39%
  • Export of Leather Garments has increased by 11.00%, Saddlery & Harness by 28.53%, and Leather Goods by 11.14%
  • Export of Finished Leather has increased by 5.93%.

 

India's Leather & Leather Products Export Basket

 

Export Target Vs Achievement

As against the approved export target of US$ 3042 million for the year 2007-08, the actual export performance was US$3478 million, recording an achievement of 114.32% over the targeted export. The product specific export target vis-a-vis achievement is given below:

(In Million U5$)

Product Category

Export Target

2007-08

Actual Export Apr-Mar 2007-08

% Achievement

Finished Leather Footwear Leather Garments Leather Goods Saddlery & Harness

675 1347 280 650 90

767 1476 344 785 106

113.62% 109.56% 122.85% 120.76%

117.57%

Total

3042

3478

114.32%

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Country-wise analysis

  • The major markets for Indian Leather products are Germany with a share of 14.05%, Italy 13.78%, UK 11.91%, USA 8.82%, Hong Kong 7.70%, Spain 6.10%, France 5.64%, Netherlands 3.84%, UAE 2.14% and Australia 1.43%. These 10 countries together accounts for nearly 75.41% of India's total Leather products export
  • Overall positive growth is seen in markets like Germany 19.18%, UK 15.14%, Italy 15.89%, France 12.72%, Spain 14.15%, Netherlands 32.29%, Australia 26.33% and Denmark 16.04%.
  • Overall decline is seen in markets like USA 3.43%, Hong Kong 4.21%, Greece 3.46% and South Africa 21.97%.

(In Million US$)

Trend in Major Importing Countries of Leather Products

Country

Apr-Mar

Apr-Mar

% Variation

2006-07

2007-08

Germany

410.08

488.72

19.18%

Italy

413.35

479.04

15.89%

UK

359.84

414.32

15.14%

Spain

185.78

212.07

14.15%

France

174.04

196.17

12.72%

Netherlands

100.82

133.37

32.29%

Australia

39.38

49.74

26.33%

Denmark

42.30

49.08

16.04%

U.A.E.

62.55

74.53

19.14%

Portugal

49.92

56.06

12.31%

China

42.52

51.90

22.05%

Sweden

29.01

38.81

33.79%

Canada

32.17

35.90

11.58%

Hong Kong

279.72

267.93

-4.21%

USA

317.59

306.69

-3.43%

Saudi Arabia

15.77

15.53

-1.56%

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Port-wise Export Performance

As per the Port-wise compilation for the period April-March 2007-08, export of Leather and Leather Products from South, West, East and Central Regions are showing positive growth. However, there is a decline of 0.16% from Northern Region.

(In Million US$)

Region

APR-MAR

2006-07

Share in Total Export

APR-MAR

2007-08

Share in Total Export

% Variation

Southern Western Eastern Northern Central

Others

1250,12 569.58 437.97 377.80

78.86

345.10

40.86% 18.62% 14.32% 12.35%

2.58%

11.28%

1398.49 695.63 517.85 377.21 99.69 388.65

40.22% 20.00% 14.89% 10.85% 2.87% 11.18%

11.87%

22.13%

18.24%

-0.16%

26.41%

12.62%

Total

3059.43

100.00%

3477.52

100.00%

13.67%

Note: This is purely based on port-wise compilation and does not reflect the accurate regional performance: Source: DGCI& S

The export targets from 2007-08 to 2010-11 as tabulated below reflects the fact that footwear sector is the most significant segment of the Leather Industry in India.

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The Export Targets from 2007-08 to 2010-11

(In Million US$)

Product

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

Actual Export

Leather

688.05

726.85

785.00

847.80

915.63

Footwear

1212.25

1967.88

2597.60

3428.83

4526.05

Garments

308.98

358.53

372.87

387.78

403.30

Leather Goods

690.66

733.34

798.69

870.06

948.04

Saddlery & Harness

81.85

105.66

127.85

154.70

187.19

Total

2981.79

3892.26

4682.01

5689.17

6980.21

 

WORLD IMPORT OF LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS AND INDIA'S SHARE 2001-05

 

 

 

 

(Value in million US$)

DETAILS

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

16213.28

16144.06

17575.61

19156.18

18268.48

INDIA'S EXPORT

459.25

508.83

555.71

607.73

636.27

% SHARE OF INDIA

2.83%

3.15%

3.16%

3.17%

3.48%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather Footwear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

28875.03

30583.67

33657.91

36832.74

39816.00

INDIA'S EXPORT

395.39

423.30

553.04

657.78

807.81

% SHARE OF INDIA

1.37%

1.38%

1.64%

1.79%

2.03%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footwear Components

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

4605.90

4403.25

4803.49

4929.82

4568.10

INDIA'S EXPORT

233.94

175.07

161.27

179.21

182.58

% SHARE OF INDIA

5.08%

3.98%

3.36%

3.64%

4.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather Garments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

4762.04

4207.59

4190.32

4004.70

3738.59

INDIA'S EXPORT

378.75

272.08

301.08

329.44

333.30

% SHARE OF INDIA

7.95%

6.47%

7.19%

8.23%

8.92%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

6168.79

6620.96

7521.72

9127.02

10072.32

INDIA'S EXPORT

321.46

335.36

403.20

466.95

521.79

% SHARE OF INDIA

5.21%

5.07%

5.36%

5.12%

5.18%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather Gloves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

1353.34

1361.91

1481.35

1648.28

1786.74

INDIA'S EXPORT

85.69

90.04

136.01

118.77

138.38

% SHARE OF INDIA

6.33%

6.61%

9.18%

7.21%

7.74%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leather Goods (Including

 

 

 

 

 

Gloves)

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

7522.13

7982.87

9003.07

10775.30

11859.06

INDIA'S EXPORT

407.15

425.40

539.21

585.72

660.17

% SHARE OF INDIA

5.41%

5.33%

5.99%

5.44%

5.57%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saddlery & Harness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

463.46

498.97

599.98

708.40

809.45

INDIA'S EXPORT

35.64

43.66

52.71

61.71

77.52

% SHARE OF INDIA

7.69%

8.75%

8.79%

8.71%

9.58%

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL - Excluding

 

 

 

 

 

Non-leather footwear

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

62441.87

63820.42

69830.41

76407.16

79059.7

INDIA'S EXPORT

1910.12

1848.33

2163.03

2421.59

2697.65

% SHARE OF INDIA

3.06%

2.90%

3.10%

3.17%

3.41%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-leather footwear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

18185.63

18378.35

20139.75

22736.49

24994.44

INDIA'S EXPORT

26.02

26.88

53.42

73.78

54.85

% SHARE OF INDIA

0.14%

0.15%

0.27%

0.32%

0.22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRAND TOTAL -including

 

 

 

 

 

non-leather ftwr

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD IMPORT

80627.50

82198.77

89970.16

99143.65

104054.1

INDIA'S EXPORT

1936.14

1875.21

2216.45

2495.37

2752.50

% SHARE OF INDIA

2.40%

2.28%

2.46%

2.52%

2.65%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source : ITC, Geneva,

CLE (www.leatherindia.org)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a Nutshell: -

  • India's export of Leather & Leather Products has reached US $ 3.47 billion in dollar terms and Rs.14,000 crore in rupee terms. In dollar terms, there has been an export growth of 13.67% and in rupee termsl.13%
  • Footwear alone holds a major share of 42.44% in India's total leather products export trade
  • As against the export target of US $ 3042 million for the financial year 2007-08, the achievement was 114.32%

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