Leather & footwear
Bangladesh exported US$1.22 billion of footwear and US$535 million of leather goods in FY2025-26. Brazil imported about US$1.3 billion of both in 2025, with Bangladesh under 1% of each.
Key figures
- Bangladesh's footwear exports in FY2025-26
- US$1.22 bn
- Source: Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Bangladesh · FY2025-26 (July 2025–June 2026); published Jul 2026
- Brazil's imports of leather goods and bags (HS 42) in 2025
- US$680 m
- Source: ComexStat, Brazil's official foreign-trade statistics (MDIC/Secex) — HS 42 · 2025 data; database updated 6 Oct 2026
- Brazil's footwear imports (HS 64) in 2025
- US$629 m
- Source: ComexStat, Brazil's official foreign-trade statistics (MDIC/Secex) — HS 64 · 2025 data; database updated 6 Oct 2026
The sector in detail
HS chapters
- 41
- 42
- 64
Brazil's NCM codes begin with these Harmonized System chapters. Confirm the full code of each product with a customs broker.
In FY2025-26 Bangladesh exported US$1.22 billion of footwear and US$535 million of leather and leather products. Exports to Brazil were US$1.9 million of footwear and US$2.5 million of leather products, led by bags and cases and by footwear with textile uppers.
Brazil imported US$680 million of leather goods and bags and US$629 million of footwear in 2025. Bangladesh's shares were 0.66% and 0.32% — small, in a market that already buys these products from abroad.
Duties vary by product: most footwear pays 35%, as do bags with a plastic or textile outer surface; leather handbags pay 18% plus 6.5% IPI, and finished bovine leather 9%. The additional COFINS-Importação applies to footwear and to leather.
Tanneries and leather-goods makers certified by the Leather Working Group can be checked in its public supplier list. Trade also runs the other way: Brazil sold Bangladesh US$5.5 million of tanned hides in 2025.
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