Leather and footwear products' export made easy

By RK Rishikesh Sinha, Joint Secretary (Publications), FISME

If the profile of your products is leather and footwear and you wish to export it to the niche markets of European countries and in the countries like Denmark, USA, Hong Kong/ China and UAE/ Australia, then the handbook published by FISME (Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises) is a guide that you ‘must’ lay your hands on.

Global market is changing and so are the norms and regulations related to leather and footwear. Now each and every country has its own standards for imported goods -mandatory and voluntary.

A prior knowledge to this nitty gritty would definitely go a long way to accentuate your prospect to export to these countries. The handbook titled “Mandatory and Voluntary Standards on Leather and Footwear Products” caters to the necessary information that is required in the major international markets.

The handbook which is a outcome of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, DFID (Department for International Development) and UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) collaboration, brilliantly highlights in a user friendly method voluntary requirements of various countries/ Union, quality specification for leather, test methods and social accountability and environment management.

The book not only works as a guidebook, it comes as a ‘nutshell’ book brilliantly embedding the history of the Indian leather and footwear industry, its growth prospect and the difficulties pertaining to this industry.

The handbook is a must read for exporters, journalist, economists and those related to this industry.

You can read it online and even download the handbook.