Lok Sabha Question No. 1054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Export of Goat Leather
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1054(H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th  DECEMBER,2018

## EXPORT OF GOAT LEATHER

## 1054(H). SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  finished  goat  leather  exported  so  far  since  the  year  2013-  14, country-wise and quantity-wise;
- (b) the export value of the said export and the revenue earned therefor; and
- (c) the details of increase in demand of finished goat leather in foreign countries since the year 2013 and till date?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a)  The details of finished goat leather export since 2013-14 are at Annexure.
- (b) The details are given below:

Export of finished goat leather from India - Value in Million USD

|   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|    347.48 |     329.4 |    273.81 |    238.55 |    220.92 |

[Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS)]

- (c)  The global import of finished goat leather during 2013 to 2017 is given below:

Global import of finished leather of goat - Million USD

|    2013 |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1014.55 | 868.84 | 722.12 | 645.16 |  593.1 |

[Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva]

As per the above data, the global import of finished leather of goat has decreased from USD 1014.55 million in 2013 to USD 593.10 million in 2017.

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|        | Export of finished goat leather from India (HS Code 41131000)   | Export of finished goat leather from India (HS Code 41131000)   | Export of finished goat leather from India (HS Code 41131000)   | Export of finished goat leather from India (HS Code 41131000)   | Export of finished goat leather from India (HS Code 41131000)   |
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| S. No. | Country                                                         | Quantity in thousand Kilograms                                  | Quantity in thousand Kilograms                                  |                                                                 |                                                                 |
| 1      | ALBANIA                                                         | 2013-14                                                         | 2014-15 2015-16 0.00                                            | 2016-17 0.90                                                    | 2017-18 4.00                                                    |
| 2      | AMERISAMOA                                                      | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 0.23 0.12 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 3      | ARGENTINA                                                       | 0.20                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.20                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 4      | AUSTRALIA                                                       | 8.67                                                            | 0.00 27.32 36.70                                                | 39.51                                                           | 39.28                                                           |
| 5      | AUSTRIA                                                         | 52.27                                                           | 44.46 39.36                                                     | 28.31                                                           | 28.81                                                           |
| 6      | BANGLADESH PR                                                   | 61.73                                                           | 81.04 99.12                                                     | 56.78                                                           | 119.69                                                          |
| 7      | BELARUS                                                         | 15.53                                                           | 7.91 1.64                                                       | 3.36                                                            | 3.73                                                            |
| 8      | BELGIUM                                                         | 0.00                                                            | 0.47 0.00                                                       | 0.00                                                            | 1.15                                                            |
| 9      | BRAZIL                                                          | 0.33                                                            | 0.24                                                            | 0.06                                                            | 0.74                                                            |
| 10     | BULGARIA                                                        | 0.49                                                            | 0.53 0.88 0.33                                                  | 0.20                                                            | 1.00                                                            |
| 11     | CAMBODIA                                                        | 59.79                                                           | 105.43                                                          | 101.50                                                          | 58.65                                                           |
| 12     | CAMEROON                                                        | 0.00                                                            | 123.21 0.06                                                     | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 13     | CANADA                                                          | 0.80                                                            | 0.00 1.00 0.61                                                  | 0.38                                                            | 0.44                                                            |
| 14     | CHAD                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |                                                                 | 0.00                                                            |
|        |                                                                 |                                                                 | 0.32                                                            | 0.00                                                            |                                                                 |
| 15     | CHINA P RP                                                      | 459.05                                                          | 461.72 512.38                                                   | 394.70                                                          | 291.97                                                          |
| 16     | COMOROS                                                         | 0.28                                                            | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 0.00                                                            | 0.12                                                            |
| 17     | CROATIA                                                         | 0.00                                                            | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 0.00                                                            | 0.20                                                            |
| 18     | CZECH REPUBLIC                                                  | 2.10                                                            | 0.00 0.86                                                       | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 0.00                                                            |
| 19     | DENMARK                                                         | 0.00                                                            | 0.00 0.00                                                       |                                                                 | 0.00                                                            |
| 20     | DOMINICA                                                        | 0.00                                                            | 3.42 0.00                                                       | 0.76 0.00                                                       | 0.20                                                            |
| 21     | DOMINIC REP                                                     | 1.93                                                            | 5.50 0.00                                                       |                                                                 | 0.30                                                            |
| 22     | ECUADOR                                                         | 0.00                                                            | 0.00 0.55                                                       | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 23     | ESTONIA                                                         | 0.02                                                            | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 0.00                                                            | 0.01                                                            |
| 24     | ETHIOPIA FINLAND                                                | 15.69                                                           | 9.81 8.12                                                       | 16.30                                                           | 32.02                                                           |
| 25     |                                                                 | 0.87                                                            | 0.10 0.00 264.85                                                | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 26     | FRANCE                                                          | 342.05                                                          | 242.44                                                          | 236.51                                                          | 260.68                                                          |
| 27     | GERMANY                                                         | 332.38                                                          | 329.86 410.21                                                   | 342.73                                                          | 278.81 10.52                                                    |
| 28     | GREECE                                                          | 17.30                                                           | 13.64 8.16                                                      | 7.16                                                            |                                                                 |
| 29     | HAITI                                                           | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00                                             | 0.00 0.50                                                       | 0.12 0.00                                                       |
| 30 31  | HONDURAS HONG KONG                                              | 4057.88                                                         | 3205.09 2384.57                                                 | 2158.09                                                         | 1765.39                                                         |
| 32     | HUNGARY                                                         | 17.28                                                           | 16.40                                                           | 23.41                                                           | 22.72                                                           |
| 33     | ICELAND                                                         |                                                                 | 17.19                                                           | 0.00                                                            | 4.00                                                            |
| 34     | INDONESIA                                                       | 0.00                                                            | 0.00 0.00 126.95 169.58                                         | 152.47                                                          | 158.08                                                          |
| 35     | ISRAEL                                                          | 158.57 20.29                                                    | 11.24                                                           | 10.04                                                           | 13.95                                                           |
| 36     | ITALY                                                           | 2113.63                                                         | 14.71                                                           | 1690.92                                                         | 2046.85                                                         |
| 37     | JAMAICA                                                         | 0.51                                                            | 2120.35 1928.54 0.34 0.32                                       | 0.32                                                            | 0.55                                                            |
| 38     | JAPAN                                                           | 54.58                                                           | 28.91 33.39 13.55                                               | 28.77                                                           | 44.57                                                           |
| 39     | KOREA DP RP                                                     | 78.15                                                           | 41.06                                                           | 3.81                                                            | 7.32                                                            |
| 40     | KOREA RP                                                        | 571.45                                                          |                                                                 | 479.91                                                          | 440.37                                                          |
| 41     | KUWAIT                                                          | 2.12                                                            | 523.83 520.12 1.02 0.56                                         | 0.93 0.00                                                       | 0.50                                                            |
| 42 43  | LAO PD RP LATVIA                                                | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 1.52 0.49 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                            | 0.38 1.58                                                       |
| 44     | LEBANON                                                         | 0.08                                                            | 0.00 0.00 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 45     | LITHUANIA                                                       | 1.99                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.50 0.28                                                       | 0.56                                                            |
| 46     | MALAYSIA                                                        | 3.13                                                            | 1.90 0.12 0.00                                                  |                                                                 | 10.58                                                           |
| 47 48  | MALDIVES                                                        | 0.00                                                            | 1.35 0.05 0.00                                                  | 0.00 0.00                                                       | 0.00                                                            |
|        | MALTA                                                           | 0.15                                                            | 0.05 0.73                                                       | 0.70                                                            | 0.00 0.34                                                       |
| 49     | MAURITIUS                                                       | 2.19                                                            |                                                                 |                                                                 |                                                                 |
| 50 51  | MEXICO                                                          | 14.05 0.00                                                      | 1.53 18.64 16.63 9.92                                           | 12.06 3.00                                                      | 13.45 0.00                                                      |
| 52     | MOLDOVA MOROCCO                                                 | 12.98                                                           | 0.00 7.88                                                       | 4.23                                                            | 4.94                                                            |
| 53     |                                                                 | 9.22                                                            | 4.52                                                            | 30.98                                                           |                                                                 |
|        | MYANMAR                                                         | 0.00                                                            | 15.09                                                           | 0.00                                                            | 57.31 1.00                                                      |
| 54 55  | NAMIBIA NEPAL                                                   | 0.00                                                            | 33.54 0.00 0.20                                                 | 0.15                                                            | 0.22                                                            |
| 56     |                                                                 | 3.37                                                            | 0.00 0.00 5.41 0.06                                             | 12.76 0.00                                                      | 28.43                                                           |
| 57     | NETHERLAND NEWZEALAND                                           | 0.00                                                            |                                                                 | 2.28                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 58     | NICARAGUA                                                       | 0.00                                                            | 4.39 0.00 2.20 2.69 0.00                                        | 0.00                                                            | 2.33                                                            |
| 59     | NIGERIA                                                         | 0.00 0.02                                                       |                                                                 | 0.00                                                            | 0.00 0.02                                                       |
| 60     | OMAN                                                            |                                                                 | 0.00                                                            |                                                                 |                                                                 |
| 61     | PAKISTAN IR                                                     | 42.36                                                           | 2.20                                                            | 53.43                                                           | 42.79                                                           |
| 62     | PHILIPPINES                                                     | 6.48                                                            | 0.03 15.20 34.06 2.48                                           | 7.77                                                            | 0.53                                                            |
| 63     |                                                                 |                                                                 | 3.92 62.38                                                      | 67.78                                                           | 58.90                                                           |
| 64     | POLAND PORTUGAL                                                 | 36.08                                                           | 35.94 244.66                                                    | 269.18                                                          | 300.59                                                          |
| 65     | QATAR                                                           | 218.61 0.25                                                     | 226.17                                                          | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 66     | ROMANIA                                                         | 0.44                                                            | 0.49                                                            | 3.41                                                            | 15.71                                                           |
| 67     | RUSSIA                                                          | 11.10                                                           | 0.00 0.20 36.42                                                 | 19.76                                                           | 18.28                                                           |
|        |                                                                 |                                                                 | 0.01                                                            | 0.00                                                            | 0.00                                                            |
| 68     | SAMOA                                                           | 0.32                                                            | 31.71                                                           |                                                                 |                                                                 |
| 69     | SAUDI ARAB                                                      |                                                                 | 0.00                                                            | 3.58                                                            | 2.99                                                            |
|        |                                                                 | 0.24                                                            | 8.00                                                            |                                                                 |                                                                 |
|        |                                                                 |                                                                 | 0.50 8.44                                                       |                                                                 |                                                                 |

| 70    | SENEGAL         |     0.13 |     0.00 |    0.00 |    0.00 |    0.00 |
|-------|-----------------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
| 71    | SERBIA          |     0.2  |     0    |    0    |    0    |    0.55 |
| 72    | SINGAPORE       |    12.79 |    22.18 |   20.86 |   17.77 |   17.24 |
| 73    | SLOVAK REP      |     0.24 |     0.76 |    0.17 |    0.89 |    0.99 |
| 74    | SLOVENIA        |     0.3  |     0.33 |    0    |    1.29 |    0.77 |
| 75    | SOUTH AFRICA    |    18.37 |    17.92 |   12.71 |    8.28 |    8.89 |
| 76    | SPAIN           |   924.99 |  1167.88 |  838.9  |  755.44 |  672.2  |
| 77    | SRI LANKA DSR   |    72.14 |    75.48 |   95.11 |   91.7  |  103.57 |
| 78    | SWEDEN          |     0.41 |     0.56 |    0.16 |    0.43 |    0.45 |
| 79    | SWAZILAND       |     0    |     0    |    0.22 |    0    |    0    |
| 80    | SWITZERLAND     |     3.32 |     6.53 |    6.14 |    8.19 |    0.56 |
| 81    | TAIWAN          |    70.75 |    69.56 |   85.31 |   72    |   39.46 |
| 82    | THAILAND        |     8.69 |    15.6  |    4.47 |    2.89 |    4.78 |
| 83    | TUNISIA         |     0.06 |     0    |    0    |    0.19 |    1.13 |
| 84    | TURKEY          |   342.37 |   322.69 |  133.85 |  131.37 |  115.37 |
| 85    | U ARAB EMTS     |     6.8  |    28.56 |    9.73 |    1.5  |    0.86 |
| 86    | U K             |    12.84 |    16.81 |   17.82 |   16.48 |   13.21 |
| 87    | U S A           |    49.48 |    53.49 |   60.13 |   47.08 |   39.09 |
| 88    | UGANDA          |     0    |     0    |    0    |    0.1  |    0    |
| 89    | UKRAINE         |     6.4  |     0    |    0.9  |    0    |    0    |
| 90    | UNSPECIFIED     |     0.1  |     0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |
| 91    | URUGUAY         |     2.17 |     1.1  |    0    |    0    |    0    |
| 92    | VATICAN CITY    |     0    |     0    |    1.1  |    0    |    0    |
| 93    | VENEZUELA       |     0    |     0    |    0.03 |    0    |    0    |
| 94    | VIETNAM SOC REP |   596.29 |   776.53 |  791.21 |  730.33 |  751.39 |
| 95    | VIRGIN IS US    |     0    |     0    |    0.28 |    0    |    0    |
| Total |                 | 10937.8  | 10361.1  | 9136.01 | 8156.31 | 7968.18 |

[Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS)]