Leather & Footwear Export Insight — FY 2024–25 (July ’24–June ’25)
✅Overall Performance
Total Exports: $1,667.66 million, +15% growth compared to the previous fiscal year.
Monthly Export (June ’25): $115.56 million ▼15% vs June last year.
👟 Footwear Sub-Sector Continues to Lead
Leather Footwear (HS 6403)
YTD Export: $672.07 million, ▲24%
June 2025 Export: $51.90 million, ▼17.8% YoY
Other (Non-Leather) Footwear (HS 64)
YTD Export: $522.59 million, ▲25%
June 2025 Export: $28.31 million, ▼24.2% YoY
✅ Total footwear exports (leather + non-leather): ~$1.19 billion, dominating the sector and driving overall growth.
👜 Leather & Leather Products Under Pressure
Raw/Processed Leather (HS 41)
YTD Export: $128.21 million, ▼10%
June 2025 Export: $8.43 million, ▼33.1% YoY
Leather Products (HS 42)
YTD Export: $344.79 million, ▼2%
June 2025 Export: $26.92 million, ▲14.3% YoY
🧩 Key Takeaway: Despite declines in leather and finished leather product exports, Bangladesh’s footwear sub-sector surged by 24–25% in FY 2024–25, accounting for the lion’s share of the $1.67 billion total leather and footwear exports. The strong performance in both leather and synthetic footwear helped lift the sector’s overall growth to 15% YoY.
Source: Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh Export performance for Leather & Footwear 2024-25 July-June (provisional)
