Farhan Exports — Leather goods manufacturer & exporter, Kanpur
Manufacturer and exporter of fine leather goods — Kanpur, India

Kanpur, India — shipping to 14 markets

We make the leather other labels are proud to sign.

Twenty-five years of cutting, skiving and hand-finishing for importers, department stores and fashion houses. Your tech pack, our floor, your name on the label.

Sampling in 10–12 working days. Production from 150 pieces per article.

  • 25Years manufacturing leather goods
  • 14Export markets served
  • 25,000Pieces produced every month
  • 120+Cutters, stitchers and finishers
The house

A supplier your quality team can stop checking on.

Farhan Exports began in 2001 with eight benches and a single article — a hand-stitched belt for a German importer who still orders from us. Everything since has been built on the same principle: the second order should be indistinguishable from the first. Cutting, skiving, stitching, finishing and packing all happen on our own floor in Kanpur, so there is one team to hold to account and one set of records behind every article number you place.

One floor, start to carton

No hidden subcontracting. Every process that touches your goods happens where our own supervisors stand.

Written for buyers who cannot visit

Article codes, material specs, test reports and sample photography that let a team decide from another continent.

Repeat orders that match the sealed sample

Sealed samples, recorded specifications and four inspection points mean shipment three looks like shipment one.

What your team asks first

Do they actually make what we need?

Six coded lines — bags, small leather goods, belts, gloves, apparel and saddlery — each with its own article range.

Can they hold quality across 5,000 pieces?

25,000 pieces a month across 120 craftspeople, with inspection at cutting, stitching, finishing and packing.

Will they work the way we work?

We build to your tech pack or develop from a reference sample. MOQ 150 pieces per article and colour.

What about compliance?

REACH and SVHC declarations, azo and chrome VI testing, nickel release on hardware, third-party inspection welcome.

How fast can we have something in hand?

Samples in 10–12 working days. Bulk in 45–60 days from approval, depending on article and volume.

Who do we deal with?

One export manager, reachable in your working hours by email or WhatsApp, from enquiry through shipment.

What we make

Six lines, every article coded and quotable.

Ask for an article number and you will get a specification sheet, not a brochure page — leather, lining, hardware, dimensions, weight, packing and price basis.

FE-10 / Bags & holdalls

Totes, weekenders, laptop cases and backpacks

Our largest line and the one most often private-labelled. Structured or unlined, hand-burnished edges, solid brass or antique-nickel hardware, cotton twill or pigskin linings, and branding applied the way your retail team specifies.

Full-grain cow · buffalo · waxed pull-up · canvas and leather combinations

FE-20 / Small leather goods

Wallets, card cases, passport covers

Precision work with skived edges and fine stitch counts — the articles buyers use to judge a factory.

Goat · sheep nappa · vegetable-tanned cow

FE-30 / Belts

Formal, casual, braided and reversible

Cut from the butt for straight grain, edge-painted in three coats and sanded between each.

Bridle butt · oil pull-up · veg-tan with brass or nickel

FE-40 / Gloves

Dress, driving, fashion and work

Table-cut by hand for stretch and fit, sized to your grading, silk or cashmere lined on request.

Kid · hair sheep · lamb nappa · deerskin

FE-50 / Leather apparel

Biker jackets, bombers, coats, waistcoats

Garment-weight leathers matched panel to panel, with YKK hardware and full body lining.

Sheep nappa · lamb suede · goat · washed finishes

FE-60 / Saddlery & harness

Bridles, halters, dog collars and leads

Kanpur's oldest leather discipline, and the one that taught us load-bearing stitching.

Bridle leather · harness butt · solid brass fittings

Materials

The leather decides the article. Everything else is assembly.

We buy from tanneries we have used for two decades and inspect every lot before it reaches the cutting table. Shade cards are sealed with you before bulk, so the colour you approve is the colour that ships.

  • Natural veg-tan

    Pit-tanned, ages to honey

  • Chestnut pull-up

    Waxed, lightens on flex

  • Black milled

    Drum-milled, pebbled grain

  • Cognac aniline

    Unpigmented, grain visible

  • Oxblood semi-aniline

    Light pigment, even shade

  • Olive suede

    Buffed flesh side, dry hand

Leathers we cut

  • Full-grain and top-grain cow
  • Buffalo, milled and plain
  • Goat, sheep nappa and hair sheep
  • Kid and lamb for gloves
  • Bridle and harness butt

Tanning and finish

  • Vegetable, chrome and chrome-free
  • Aniline, semi-aniline, pigmented
  • Pull-up, waxed and oiled
  • Nubuck, suede and patent
  • Hand-burnished or painted edges

Hardware and trims

  • Solid brass, antique brass, nickel
  • YKK and Riri zips on request
  • Cotton twill, pigskin or suede lining
  • Deboss, hot foil and metal plates
  • Woven labels and embossed linings
Inside the unit

Seven stages, each one signed off before the next begins.

01Day 1–3

Hide selection

Lots are inspected at the tannery for substance, shade and grain defects, then matched against the sealed shade card for your order. Rejected hides never reach the floor.

Record keptLot number, tannery, substance in mm, shade card reference

02Day 3–6

Cutting

Clicking press for volume articles, hand cutting where the panel has to work around a growth mark or brand. Panels are laid to the stretch direction so a bag keeps its shape after a season of use.

Record keptDie set per article, consumption per piece, panel wastage

03Day 5–9

Skiving and preparation

Edges split down for clean folds, reinforcements bonded, linings cut and matched. This is the stage most factories rush, and it is the reason their edges lift after six months.

Record keptSkive thickness, reinforcement type, adhesive batch

04Day 8–24

Stitching

Flat-bed, post-bed and cylinder-arm machines for construction; hand saddle stitching where an article calls for it. Stitch count per inch is fixed per article and checked, not left to the operator.

Record keptSPI, thread type and tex, needle size, operator line

05Day 20–32

Edge, finish and assembly

Edges burnished or painted in three coats with sanding between each, hardware set, creasing and embossing applied, then the article is cleaned and conditioned.

Record keptEdge coats, hardware source, emboss die and depth

06Day 30–38

Inspection

Four checkpoints — after cutting, after stitching, after finishing and before packing — with pull tests on handles and fittings, and metal detection on every piece. Third-party inspectors are welcome on the same floor.

Record keptAQL 2.5 as standard, or your inspection protocol

07Day 38–45

Packing and documents

Dust bags, tissue, boxes and cartons to your retail specification, barcoded and ready for shelf. Export documents are prepared in parallel so goods are not waiting on paperwork.

Record keptCarton spec, gross and net weight, barcode file, document set
Private label and OEM

Your design, your label, your retail box.

Most of what leaves our floor carries someone else's name. Send a tech pack and we will quote against it. Send a reference sample and our pattern room will develop it. Send a sketch and we will tell you honestly what it will cost to make well.

  • Pattern making, prototyping and grading in house
  • Branding by deboss, hot foil, metal plate, woven label or embossed lining
  • Retail-ready packaging — dust bag, box, hangtag, barcode and care card
  • Exclusive articles held for a single market or a single buyer
  • Your inspector, your protocol, our floor — open at any stage
Working terms2026
Minimum order
150 pieces per article, per colour
Sampling
10–12 working days from approved specification
Sample charge
Charged, then adjusted against the bulk order
Production
45–60 days from sealed sample and advance
Capacity
25,000 pieces a month across six lines
Trade terms
FOB Nhava Sheva or Delhi, CIF and Ex-works on request
Payment
30% advance, balance against documents or L/C at sight
Inspection
AQL 2.5 standard, or your own protocol
Where the goods go

Fourteen markets, and the paperwork each one needs.

An order is not finished when it leaves the floor. Our documentation team prepares the set your clearing agent expects, so goods are not sitting at a port over a missing certificate.

  • Germany
  • Italy
  • France
  • Spain
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Canada
  • UAE
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • South Africa

Shipping

  • Sea from Nhava Sheva and Mundra
  • Air from Delhi and Lucknow
  • Consolidation with your other suppliers
  • Your nominated forwarder, or ours

Documents we prepare

  • Commercial invoice and packing list
  • Certificate of origin, GSP where applicable
  • Test reports and material declarations
  • Bill of lading and insurance certificate
Kanpur
Compliance and testing

Chemical testing

Azo dyes, chrome VI, formaldehyde and pentachlorophenol tested through accredited laboratories.

Declarations

REACH and SVHC statements, material composition and country of origin issued with every shipment.

Hardware safety

Nickel release testing on buckles, zips and fittings, plus pull and fatigue tests on load-bearing parts.

Social compliance

Audits supported on your standard, with records and worker documentation available for review.

Selected work

Recent articles, made for four different labels.

Article numbers shown are ours; the names on the goods are not.

FE-1042 — weekender, chestnut pull-up
FE-4018 — driving glove, olive suede
FE-2107 — bifold, black milled
FE-3055 — dress belt, oxblood semi-aniline
Start a conversation

Tell us the article and the quantity. We will reply with a price.

Enquiries are answered within one working day by an export manager, not a form auto-reply. If you already have a tech pack or a reference image, send it along and we will quote against it.

Your details go straight to our export desk. We do not share enquiry information with anyone.