INDIAN LEATHER PRODUCERS FACE NEW REGULATORY THREAT
July 1st, 2017
Leather exporters in the north Indian production hub of Kanpur (in Uttar Pradesh) are facing closure of their tanneries over environmental concerns, even as they are trying to overcome the shortage of raw hides and loss of business to Brazilian companies. The 3 million population city (formerly Cawnpore) produces buffalo leather used mainly to make boots and belts – with some sold to furniture upholsterers.
On July 13, India’s National Green Tribunal (a national environmental protection judicial institution ) released an order telling tanneries to properly ...
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