When slaughter houses get banned (or restricted) there are at least three other unfortunate consequences. First, meat exports suffer. That is what has begun to happen in UP. This state generated meat exports of Rs.11,350 crore last year. For a country which needs foreign exchange desperately (in the face of shrinking global markets, and reduced employment in the Middle East, which could shrivel up foreign exchange remittances), the drop in export earnings will hit the country very hard. The second is a fall in leather based industries. This is because animal hide becomes more difficult to come by.