With the new President Donald Trump withdrawing US from TPP it will benefit our industry in future", Council for Leather Exports,Vice-Chairman,P R Aqeel Ahmed told reporters. : The United States formally withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership would benefit the domestic leather industry, a top official of industry body Council for Leather Exports said, here, today. "Already the leather exports to US market has been increasing with an year-on-year increase of about 8 per cent as of 2014-15. Giving some statistics on exports, Ahmed said between April-November 2016 period India's leather exports was about USD 605 million of which 15.89 per cent was contributed from United States. Ahmed and senior officals of Council for Leather Exports were here to announce the second edition of the Designers Fair which begins today.

Source: dna January 31, 2017 10:53 UTC