Leather

Budget 2020: Expecting support measures to push leather exports, says industry body

The Council for Leather Exports (CLE) on Tuesday said it expects the government to announce support measures in the forthcoming Budget to push exports of the labour-intensive sector

Exports decline 1.1% in October, imports contract 16.3%; trade deficit narrows to $11 bn

The country's exports dipped by 1.11 percent to $26.38 billion in October on account of contraction in sectors like petroleum and leather

Exports dip 6.57% in September, imports contract 13.58%; trade deficit narrows to $10.86 bn

India's exports contracted by 6.57 percent to $26 billion in September mainly due to significant dip in shipments from key sectors such as petroleum, engineering, leather, chemicals, and gems & jewellery

Illegal smuggling of the Indian red sand boa to China is driving them to extinction

The snake sells for upto 2 crores in black — prized for its value in medicine, the fashion industry & black magic.

Uttar Pradesh govt decides to shut tanneries during Kumbh Mela; move made to provide devotees with clean water

According to the UPSIDC, there are 264 big and small tanneries that operate in Kanpur and Unnao. Income from these tanneries is the primary source of livelihood for more than one lakh families.

India’s leather industry takes a hit as incidents of cow-vigilantism soar: Exports declined by over 3% last year

As production and leather exports declined, cow-related violence increased from one attack each in 2012 and 2013 to three in 2014, jumping to 37 in 2017, the worst year yet for such violence

Paris Fashion Week 2018: Stella McCartney presents fur, leather-free Fall/Winter collection

In a fall-winter season that’s featured a fair share of fur on the runway in spite of growing resistance, Stella McCartney’s show was the ecological antidote at Paris Fashion Week

Foreign Trade Policy mid-term review may focus on job creation, improving trade logistics

Foreign trade policy review, to be unveiled later on Tuesday, may accord special priority to improving logistics for trade to help bring down the costs

Export drops 1.12% to $23 bn in Oct; trade deficit balloons as imports grow 7.6% to $37.11 bn

Trade deficit widened to $14 billion during the month under review as against $11.13 billion in October 2016

Adoption of new technologies developed by CLRI can help induce a makeover in the leather industry

CLRI is one of the largest training centres for leather-related technologies in the world with total student and training strength of over 300 per year.