Industry Ministry debated measures to support rawhide processing enterprises

A number of instructions on development of special measures of support for the leather goods industry were given at the session, the press service reported.
In particular, Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev instructed to address the issue of provision of domestic enterprises with raw materials and increase of the export tax rate for rawhide to 500 Euros per one ton, the PM's official website reports.
Representatives of the interested state bodies and the association of rawhide and fur processors of Kazakhstan took part in the session. The sides discussed the current state of the leather goods industry and possible ways of its further development.
Leather goods worth 3547 mln tenge were produced in the country over 9 months of 2012. The actual volume index made 120.3% compared to the corresponding period of 2011.