Irish production and trade
23 May 2006
Ireland's Central Statistics Office reports that the production of leather and leather products in Ireland in the first quarter of this year was 10.3% lower than in the same period in 2005. The combined turnover of leather industry companies in the first quarter was 11.4% lower year-on-year.&rtreturn;Ireland imported raw hides and skins, and leather, worth €300,000 in the first two months of this year, as compared with €600,000 in the corresponding period in 2005. Irish exports of the same types of commodities in January and February were worth €15 million, as against €10.9 million in the same period last year.