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Totally, about 18 billion square feet of leather is produced worldwide by the
leather industry a year, which comes to a total estimated value of about US$ 40
billion (of plain leather). The value of the leather industry worldwide as
evaluated from the face of retailing would instead be a lot high.
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And today, it is observably evident that more developing countries are evolving
as the global leather industry’s distinct production hubs. Statistics show that
over 60% of the world's leather production is from the said developing
countries, and it is good to see an upward growth there in that too. The
proportion is even rising.
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Of the 100 % of world’s annual leather production, an estimated 65% of it goes
into leather footwear production alone. The global footwear production amounts
to around 11 billion pairs, which at wholesale prices comes to be an
approximated worth of US$ 150 billion.
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Again, the value of leather products would be higher at the retail level; and
if commodities like automobiles, aircrafts and others that contain leather are
counted, the value would largely exceed the vertical value of the footwear
alone. Particularly for the worldwide automotive industry, the gauged leather
production value is of worth US$ 1,350 million.
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Worldwide, the tanning industry alone is estimated to provide employment to
more than 500,000 people. And the employment numbers in the downstream
production outfits may even add to this number significantly.
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Including international trade in raw hides and skins, partially processed
leather, finished leather, leather components and leather products, the leather
industry is far bigger than just the commonly recognized goods.
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About Kanpur
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Kanpur is the biggest city of the state and is the main centre of commercial
and industrial activities. Formerly known as Manchester of the country, is now
also called the commercial capital of the state.
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Kanpur is one of the biggest producers of Textile and Leather products and they are exported in bulk. About 50 Tons of air cargo is generated for leather products only and this is sent through surface transport to New Delhi and from New Delhi it is sent to outside India through air cargo. |
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