The footwear exports from the country witnessed an increase of 13.91 percent during the first five months of current financial year (2021-22) as compared to the exports of corresponding period of last year.
Pakistan exported footwear worth US $58.743 million during July- November (2021-22) against the exports of $51.571 million during July- November (2020-21), showing growth of 13.91 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). In terms of quantity, the exports of footwear also increased by 4.11 percent by going up from 6,369 thousand pairs to 6,631 thousand pairs, according to the data.
Among the footwear products, the exports of leather footwear rose by 8.13 percent as it surge from $43.767 million last year to $47.326 million during the current year. —APP