India is witnessing a high demand for the orders of industrial leather gloves from all over the world, in particular from mining companies, as economic activities gradually resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some countries like South Africa, South America, Canada, and some other regions which owing to the economic reliance on the industry declared mining as an essential activity.
The global mining industry is facing huge issues amidst this pandemic, as measures were to curb the spread of the virus impacting economies, mining operations and their supply chains, manufacturing industries, the general public, and consequently the demand for minerals and metals fell. Covid-19 has created uncertainty around the immediate future of many mining operations, which may just motivate an increased uptake of automated and digital mining solutions once the virus has been contained.
The Regional Chairman of Council of Leather Exports Mr. Ramesh Juneja said that “There is a surge in orders for the industrial leather gloves from the global market. Due to the impact of COVID-19 lockdown, foreign buyers could not import these gloves. Now they are buying in good volumes and the demand is up to 20 percent compared to the last July. The major portion of the Industrial leather gloves are produced in Kolkata and the rest is produced in Chennai. The raw material which is used for the production of the industrial gloves is from the hides of cows and buffalo which are imported from Brazil. And there is no shortage in the availability of the raw materials and they also use the hides of Indian buffaloes and cows that die naturally’’.
India’s export of leather and leather products which fell 10.89% in 2019-2020 to $ 5.07 billion from $ 5.69 billion in the previous year. The share of footwear in India’s total leather and leather products exports was 51.77%, followed by 26.44% share of leather goods and accessories, 10.34% of finished leather, 8.46% of leather garments and 2.99% of saddlery and harness and also the country’s leather industry is starting with $1.5 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic that gripped the global market.
Even though the demand for industrial leather gloves has increased, the export regarding the other leather products such as wallets, handbags, etc has not increased much because not all shops have opened in the market yet. But we can assume that the condition will definitely change and there will be a demand for other lather products too because it indicates a standard and long life.
