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Dynamics and driving forces of hides, skins, leather and leather goods production and trade in Tanzania

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dc.creator Mbassa, G.
dc.creator Luziga, C.
dc.creator Kilongozi, N.
dc.creator Muyinga, E.
dc.date 2020-09-29T05:56:19Z
dc.date 2020-09-29T05:56:19Z
dc.date 2015-06-02
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T08:53:52Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T08:53:52Z
dc.identifier G Mbassa, C Luziga, N Kilongozi, E Muyinga (2014). Dynamics and driving forces of hides, skins, leather and leather goods production and trade in Tanzania. Tanzania Veterinary Journal, 29(2): 1-17. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tvj/article/view/117808
dc.identifier https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3194
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94233
dc.description Tanzania Veterinary Journal, 2014;29 (2): 1-17
dc.description Hides, skins, leather and leather products are most traded commodities in the world and demand is increasing. Countries with large livestock populations have great opportunity to generate revenue from this resource. Studies were conducted in slaughterhouses, tanneries and leather good factories in Tanzania, aimed at determining quantities, qualities, processing and trade of hides and skins. Productions from slaughters are more than 3 million cattle hides, 3 million goatskins and 1 million sheepskins. Collected and exported quantities were 1,174,585 cattle hides, 1,591,990 and 304,167 goat and sheep skins. Companies from these destinations pre-pay livestock traders in advance and collect hides and skins at slaughter. Hides and skins are chrome or vegetable tanned at several industries including Afro Leather Industries Dar es Salaam while Himo Tanners and Planters and Afro Leather Industries produce finished leather. Qualities of hides were low because of flay cuts and brand markings. There is one leather footwear factory at Moshi and small scale leather goods factories in Arusha, Moshi, Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Singida, Morogoro and in other places by individuals, youth groups, Vocational Education Training Authority (VETA) and Small Industries Organization (SIDO). Hides and skins processing is constrained by high international demand for raw hides and skins, inadequate investment in abattoirs, hides and skins collection and storage facilities and lack of trained personnel. Footwear and leather goods are constrained by lack of factories, competition from used goods, synthetic plastics and uninformed market. Investment in hides, skins and leather industry supported by training programmes has potential to generate great monetary revenue.
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dc.publisher Tanzania Veterinary Journal
dc.subject Hides, skin, leather, value chain, slaughter ruminants
dc.subject Hides
dc.subject skin
dc.subject leather
dc.subject value chain
dc.subject slaughter ruminants
dc.title Dynamics and driving forces of hides, skins, leather and leather goods production and trade in Tanzania
dc.type Article


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