Leather is one of the major exportable items in the basket of the Nepalese exportableproducts. Most of the leather goods are based on the leather processed in the form of wetblue, chrome tanned, chrome crust and chrome full finished in the country. Leather productsinclude buffalo hides and goatskins.

For the last few decades Nepal has been producing and exporting a wide variety of leathergoods both of modern and traditional designs in different sizes and color such as fashion shoesand boots, jackets, vests, trousers, skirts and other garments, travel bags, camera bags,wallets, purses, money bags, belts, industrial gloves and aprons, folders, pictures frames, keyholders etc. Nepalese leather products have distinct touch giving each item its export appealand durability. Design and making are tailored to the buyers’ requirement, as the leather goodspossess high export potentiality and ample scope of value addition.

USA, Japan, Pakistan, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Brazil, U.K., Spain, Taiwan, Singapore,Hong Kong are the major export markets for Nepalese leather and leather products.