Leather Industry in India, 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 utilisation of available raw materials for maximising the returns, particularly from exports.

Typically, the products exported from India are :
» Leather Footwear
» Footwear Components (Shoe Uppers, Soles etc.)
» Leather Garments
» Leather Goods (Including Harness & Saddlery, Leather Gloves etc.)
» Finished Leather

And some of the features of the leather sector in India are as follows :

» 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 2 billion US dollars.
» 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.