Mongolia’s National Statistics Office reports that the production of leather footwear in Mongolia in the first ten months of 2003 was 60.3% lower than in the same period in 2002. In comparison, overall industrial output in Mongolia in the January to October period was 0.6% higher year-on-year.
Mongolian exports of raw and processed hides and skins increased by US$3.6 million year-on-year in the January to October 2003 period.