Kazakhstan leather production in 2003

Kazakhstan's National Statistics Agency reports that Kazakhstan produced 94 million square decimetres of leather from cattle hides in 2003, a year-on-year increase of 34.5%, according to the Interfax news agency. Leather production from sheep and pig was 46% higher year-on-year at 32,000 square decimetres. Kazakhstan also produced 24.2 tonnes of chrome tanning agents in 2003, a year-on-year increase of 20.8%.