Islamabad
The footwear exports witnessed a decline of 6.91 percent during the seven months of financial year 2020-21 as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
Pakistan exported footwear worth $75.274 million during July-January (2020-21) as against the exports of $80.859 million during July-January (2019-20), showing decline of 6.91 percent, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Among the footwear products, the exports of leather footwear went down by 8.78 percent from $69.185 million last year to $63.110 million during the period under review while the canvas footwear also decreased by 38.17 percent from $0.338 million to $0.209 million.
In addition, the export of all other footwear commodities however witnessed growth of 5.46 percent from $11.336 to $11.955 million.
Meanwhile, on year-on-year basis, the footwear exports declined by 17.12 percent from $12.664 million in January 2020 to $10.496 million January 2021.—APP
