Apart from the categories Leather Goods and Non-Leather Footwear, with growth of 6.2% and 42.8%, respectively, all other product categories have shown negative growth.

The major markets for Indian Leather & Leather Products are the US with a share of 16.9%, Germany 11.9%, UK 10.3%, Italy 6.5%, France 5.9%, Spain 4.8%, UAE 3.7%, Netherlands 3.5%, China 2.9%, Hong Kong 2.7%, Poland 2.1% and Belgium 2.1%.  The Top 12 countries together account for nearly 73.2% of India’s total leather & leather products export. Exports of Leather & Leather Products to major markets like Germany, UK, Italy, France, Netherlands, Hong Kong and China have shown negative growth during the period April – August for fiscal year 2019-20.

According to the World Footwear Yearbook (AVAILABLE HERE), in 2018, India was the 2^nd largest producer of footwear with 2 579 million pairs and a world share of 10.7% and the 2^nd largest consumer of footwear. With a population of 1 334 million people, the industry is mainly focused on its internal market, but in 2018 India was already the 6^th largest exporter of footwear in the world (262 million pairs and a share of 1.8%).