Kyrgyzstan production of stiff leather

Kyrgyzstan's National Statistics Commission reports that Kyrgyzstan produced 1.25 million square decimetres of 'stiff leather products' in the first eight months of this year, compared with 1.53 million square decimetres in the same period in 2003, according to the Interfax news agency. Kyrgyzstan also produced 3.82 million square decimetres of chrome-tanned leather products in the January to August period, as compared with 3.41 million square decimetres in the same period last year.