Leather scene

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'Honour contracts' pleads CLE chair as India loses $1bn in leather orders India's leather sector has lost an estimated $1 billion in orders for export due to the global fallout from the coronavirus, according to the country's Council for Leather Exports. Its chairman, Aqeel Ahmed Panaruna, stressed that buyers need to honour contracts that have been agreed so that raw materials and chemicals companies - and employees - can be paid. He said: "We understand the closure of retail stores and consequent downsizing of orders by buyers. However, the buyers need to honour the business contracts which have been agreed.