Kanpur tanneries' lockout pulls down finished leather exports by 29%

Uttar Pradesh green watchdog has now allowed the conditional opening of tanneries

Nearly 13 months lockout of Kanpur leather tanneries has pulled down India’s finished leather exports by nearly 29 per cent during April-August 2019 compared to the corresponding period last financial year 2018-19.

While India exported finished leather worth $million 334.6 during Apr-Aug 2018, the offshore consignments fell by 29 per cent to $million 237.7 in the corresponding period in the current fiscal year. (See table). Other categories of leather also saw exports falling,

Kanpur accounts for almost 30 per cent of the country’s finished leather value chain and the order of the Yogi Adityanath government for complete shutdown of tanneries