Leather Fair

1. 29th
India International Leather
Fair ,Chennai
 http://www.fddiindia.com/

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3. About IILF
The 29th
India International
Leather Fair (IILF), was
organized by the India Trade
Promotion Organization
(ITPO), held at Chennai
Trade Centre ,from January
31 to February 3.
Through the last few years
the profile of the industries
have been changed due to the
improvements of Leather
Technology. In IILF,visitors
came across from different
sections of Leather
Technology like machinery,
chemicals, components etc.
In 29th
IILF , fair authorities
had highlighted the Indian
Design. And also people, who
have interest in leather ,
especially in high quality
leather and its products
visited the fair.

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1. Expansion of Leather Market
2. Up-gradation of the Leather Industries in India
3. Giving theTechnical and Financial support to the Leather Industry
4. Organising the Indian Leather Sector
5. Helping them to find their market inWest
6. Highlighting Indian designers
7. Making a bridge between Leather Industry and Leather experts

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Category : Display
International Buyers lounge
Visitors
Finished leather, Shoes, Shoe Components-Uppers, Soles, Heels, Counters, Lasts; Leather Garments;
Fashion Accessories; Leather Goods-Travel Ware, Belts, Gloves, Portfolios, Hand Bags and Wallets;
Saddlery and Harness; Machinery and Equipment; Chemicals; Publications and Consultancy Services,
Theme Pavilion, Designers' Gallery, Launching Pad, etc.
International Buyers Lounge for the use of overseas buyers/buying agents with facilities of computer,
e-mail, cyber café, telephone will be set up at Chennai Trade Centre. A Press Lounge for the use of
media, press personnel with above facilities will also be available. Entry to lounge strictly to press
personnel with a valid badge
B2B Event. Open only to Business Visitors, Buyers, Importers, CEO, Purchasing Directors, Decision
Makers, Designers, Wholesalers, Retailers, Traders, Manufacturers, Buying Agents based in India, etc.
dealing with leather business (with business card)

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Getting information's about new technologies
and models which are used in leather Industries :
1. Improvement of defective Wet Blues with a
lot of Innovation by chemical Companies in
this area which has added value to input
material and is very useful especially in
current times of Raw Material Scarcity and
High Prices.
A. Chrome free Leather
2. Upgradation of Low grade Leather
3. Optic Presentation in Leather was varied
especially in Garment Leather which was
very interesting.
4. Leather on display was in line with Fashion
Trends which gave more confidence to the
manufacturers to face
International Competition.
5. On the Machinery side most of the
Companies were International, which is a
very positive sign and offers the Indian
manufacturers wider choice.
6. NewTechnology for developing Lightweight
Soles inTPR and PU for Men's soles in
response to demand from both the Domestic
Sector and Export Sector was introduced.
7. CNC-CAD Design based on SolidWorks,
Rhino, and Delcam software was
demonstrated in the fair .

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Product-Wise Brands Sourced from India
Footwear Leather Garments Leather Goods / Accessories
Acme, Ann Taylor, Bally, Charter Club, Clarks, Coach,
Colehann, Daniel Hector, Deichmann, DKNY, Double
H, Ecco, Elefanten, Etienneaigner, Florsheim, Gabor,
Geoffrey Beene, Guess, Harrods, Hasley, Hush
Puppies, Kenneth Cole, Liz Claiborne, Marks &
Spencer, Nautica, Next, Nike, Cole Haan, Nunn Bush,
Pierre Cardin, Reebok, Rockport, Salamander, Stacy
Adams, Tommy Hilfiger, Tony Lama, Versace, Yves
St. Laurent, Zara, Johnston & Murphy, Docksteps,
Timberland, Armani, Geox, Diesel, Ted Baker,
Lacoste, Kickers, Calvin Klein, Sioux, Brasher, Zegna,
Massimu Dutti, Buggatti, Lloyd, Christian Dier,
Salamander, Camper, Bata, Espirit, French
Connection, Legero, Mercedez, H & M and many
more famous brands
Armani, Zegna, Abercrombie &
Fitch, Marco Polo, Mango,
Colehaan, Andre
Maarc, Guess Pierre Cardin,
Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, DKNY,
Liz Claiborne, Ann Taylor,
Nautica, Kenneth Cole, Charter
Club, Daniel Hector
Coach, Liz Claiborne, Harrods, Yves St,
Laurent, Tommy Hilfiger, Etienne
Aigner, Geoffrey Beene,
Marks & Spencer, Guess, Next, Pierre
Cardin, Prada, GAP, Levis, H & M,
British Home Stores, Banana Republic,
Furla, American Eagle Outfitters,
Bracciliani, Walmart etc.

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India’s Export of Leather and Leather Products for five years
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Finished Leather 807.19 673.37 627.95 841.13 1023.21
Footwear 1489.35 1534.32 1507.59 1758.67 2077.27
Leather Garments 345.34 426.17 428.62 425.04 572.54
Leather Goods 800.46 873.44 757.02 855.78 1088.09
Saddlery & Harness 106.18 92.15 83.39 87.92 107.60
Total 3548.51 3599.46 3404.57 3968.54 4868.71
% Growth 15.99% 1.44% -5.41% 16.57% 22.68%

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Council’s Membership Strength for the last five years
REGION 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13**
South 756 739 758 849 934 912
North 500 496 543 602 706 686
East 426 452 465 496 516 530
Central 346 344 352 396 425 445
West 179 157 150 158 157 151
Total 2207 2188 2268 2501 2738 2724

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Government Support Measures
1.Leather sector is one of the “Focus Sectors” under ForeignTrade Policy of
the Govt. of India
2.Entire leather sector is de-licensed facilitating for expansion on modern
lines with state-of-the-art machinery and equipments. 100% Foreign Direct
Investment permitted through automatic route.
3.Import of specified machinery for use in leather and footwear industry
allowed at a 5% concessional import duty.
4.Duty free import of raw hides and skins, wet blue chrome tanned leather,
crust leather and finished leather of all kinds including splits and sides
thereof.

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Government Support Measures (Continued )
5.Duty free import of specified critical inputs for manufacturers of leather
garments and other leather products including footwear under Duty Free
Import Scheme (DFIS).
6.Basic customs duty exempted on machinery or equipment for Effluent
Treatment Plants in leather industry.
7.Gradual lowering of import tariff – current peak customs duty
is 10%
8.Simplified import/export procedures – quick customs clearances.

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Recommendations And Suggestions
1.Space should be increased
2.More experts should be Invited
3.The organisers should improve their online
customer care service
4.They should invite Financial Organisations
and Media
5.They should take Peta’s advice
6.They should cultivate Ideas to organize
the sector
7.They should invite Leather Scientists
8.They should encourage the Industry to use bio-
oriented and recycled products .

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Business Standard
“Export of leather and leather products for the first eight months of the
current financial year i.e. April-November 2013 touched $3.78 billion against
as compared to $3.23 billion, in the corresponding period of last year,
registering a growth of 17.09%.”
Times of India
“ The IndiaTrade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) is investing about Rs 2,000
crore to expand its exhibition centre. ITPO's exhibition centre is now spread
over 123 acres with one lakh sqm of exhibition space and ITPO is planning to
add another 65,000 sqm, the executive director of ITPO, Malay Shrivastava,
said. ”

21. @ Rangeet Mitra, FDDI-k ( MBA [FDPM ] )
29th India International Leather Fair , Chennai
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