Indian Leather Technologists' Association : Leather Industry

Indian Leather and Leather Products Industry

Leather and leather products are one of the prime exports from India valued at roughly 3.80 billion dollars per annum. Indian leather products are exported to over 120 countries world wide. The major leather products and exports from India are hides and skins such as cow and buffcalf, sheep nappa, goat skin, kid leather, wet blue etc., Footwear and footwear components like shoes, shoe uppers, soles etc., leather garments, leather gloves, leather saddlery goods, leather travel bags and totes, leather purses, wallets, briefcases etc. The major production centers for leather and leather products are located at Chennai, Ambur, Ranipet, Vaniyambadi, Trichy, Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, Calcutta in West Bengal, Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Jallandhar in Punjab, Delhi, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh and Bangalore in Karnataka.
Leather Industry occupies a place of prominence in the Indian economy in view of its massive potential for employment, growth and exports. There has been increasing emphasis on its planned development, aimed at optimum utilization of available raw materials for maximizing the returns, particularly from exports.

Leather Industry at a Glance
PRODUCTS EXPORTED Leather Footwear Footwear Components (Shoe Uppers, Soles etc.) Leather Garments Leather Goods (Including Harness & Saddlery, Leather Gloves etc.) Finished Leather

MAJOR PRODUCTION CENTRES OF LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS :

Southern Region
Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Ambur, Ranipet, Vaniyambadi, Trichy, Dindigul
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad
Karnataka	Bangalore
Northern Region
Punjab	Jallandhar
Delhi	Delhi
Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur, Agra
Eastern Region
West Bengal	Kolkata
Western Region
Maharashtra	Mumbai (Bombay)

ESTIMATED PRODUCTION CAPACITIES

PRODUCT	CAPACITY
Leather:
Hides	65 million pieces
Skins	170 million pieces
Leather Products
Footwear & Footwear Components :
Leather Footwear	776 million pairs
Leather Shoe uppers	112 million pairs
Non-leather Footwear.	960 million pairs
Leather Garments	18 million pieces
Leather Goods	60 million pieces
Industrial Gloves	52 million pairs
Saddlery	0.10 million pieces

FEATURES OF LEATHER SECTOR IN INDIA :

Employs 2.5 million persons.
A large part (nearly 60-65%) of the production is in the Small/Cottage Sector.
Annual export value poised to touch about 7 billion US dollars in 2010-11.
Amongst top 8 export earners for India.
Endowed with 10% of the world raw material and export constitutes about 2% of the world trade
Has enormous potential for future growth
Very high value addition within the country.

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