In the year 2016-17, the income of leather and leather goods exports was 12.34 million US dollars or 9,974 crore taka.
Which is 1.5 percent more than the target of this period.According to the updated report published by the Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) in July, the amount of leather goods exported in the fiscal year 2015-16 was 38 million 82 million 20 thousand US dollars. In the 2016-2016 fiscal year, export target of this sector was set to $ 45 billion US dollars. In contrast, 46 million 44 million 30 thousand US dollars, which is 3.2 percent more than the target. At the same time, export revenue of this sector has increased by 19.33 percent compared to last fiscal year 2015-16.But in 2016-17, the export of raw leather export targets was 28 million US dollars. During this period, the earnings were 23 million and 26 million US dollars, which is 16.93 percent less than the target. In the last fiscal year, the export of raw leather exports was 27.77 million US dollars. That is, compared to the previous fiscal year, leather export earnings decreased by 16.30 percent in the latest fiscal year.




