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China’s Raw Material Imports Rise 1.6% While Semi-Finished and Finished Leather Continue to Decline in Jan-May 2026 | Egyptian Cabinet Approves $12 Million Leather Goods and Footwear Manufacturing Project in Robbiki Leather City | Stella International Reports 1.5% Revenue Growth to $786.7 Million in H1 2026 and Commissions 3 New Factories & more...
Arshad Leathernews.org
August 23, 2026
Your 5-Minute Brief on This Week's Global Leather & Allied Industry News
Good morning and welcome to the 116th edition of The Weekly Roundup Newsletter by Leathernews.org
Every Sunday at 11 am, we bring you the entire week's most important news, insights, trade data and developments from the global leather and allied industries in a simple, easy to read format, helping you stay informed in under 5 minutes.
The value of raw hide and skin imports declined 4.1% year over year to $490 million, despite the increase in import volumes.
The $12 million project will be developed on a 30,000 square meter site in Robbiki, Badr City, Cairo Governorate. Sky Nova will manufacture leather goods and footwear.
The programme included 4 opening speeches 6 keynote presentations 32 oral presentations and 92 poster papers covering recent research and technological developments in leather science and technology.
For Q2 2026 ended June 30, 2026 the group’s consolidated revenue increased 1.2% to $449.3 million from $444.0 million a year earlier.
Under the proposed wage structure an entry level worker at Grade 6 would receive Tk 11,900 (~$96.9) per month. This includes Tk 6,000 (~$48.8) in basic pay, house rent equivalent to 50% of the basic salary, Tk 1,000 (~$8.14) as medical allowance, Tk 600 (~$4.89) as transport allowance and Tk 1,300 (~$10.5) as food allowance.
The Sylex 3 Leather, Footwear and Production Supplies Exhibition has opened in Aleppo, bringing together around 60 Syrian and Turkish companies from the leather and footwear sector.
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Arshad is the Founder & Editor of Leathernews.org, a digital publication established in 2024 that covers news, updates and developments across the global leather & allied industries every day. He is also an engineer specializing in Leather Technology from the Department of Leather Technology, Anna University, housed at CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI) and currently serves as the Interim Secretary of the A C TECH Association of Leather & Footwear Alumni (ALFA).
He closely tracks trade policy, exports, global sourcing trends and industry developments, with a focus on making complex topics simple, clear and easy to understand for industry professionals.
In 2025, Leathernews.org generated over 2.52 million views across its website, LinkedIn and newsletter and has built a community of more than 17,000 followers on LinkedIn. Its top six readership comes from India, China, USA, France, Italy and Brazil (as of July 2026).
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