PagesOur Comments

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Lack of tannery blamed on slow leather industry growth – The Nation Online

Lack of tannery blamed on slow leather industry growth – The Nation Online: The local leather industry continues to face setbacks, largely due to lack of a tannery that can process hides up to the crust stage, a situation government and players in the sector say is affecting the growth of the leather industry.

Despite a good turnover of hides and skins annually, Malawi lacks the capacity to process the raw materials in the absence of a tannery—a place where hides and skins are processed into leather— resulting in Malawi losing foreign exchange.

No comments:

Post a Comment