The footwear exports witnessed an increase of 17.92pc during the first nine months of financial year (2021-22) as compared to the exports of corresponding period of last year.
Pakistan exported footwear worth US $116.686m during July-March (2021-22) against the exports of $98.950 million during July-March (2020-21), showing growth of 17.92 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). In terms of quantity, the exports of footwear also increased by 8.37 percent by going up from 12,816 thousand pairs to 13,889 thousand pairs, according to the data. Among the footwear products, the exports of leather footwear rose by 13.29 percent as it surge from $81.889m last year to $92.775m during the current year.—APP
