Ethiopia's Strategic Move to Fully Utilize Its Leather Potentials

Ethiopia's leather and leather products await a rosy future. The country has been facing different challenges along with developing the sector for the past decades. However, the government has now come up with new strategies and policy measures to activate the sector.

According to the Central Statistics Agency (CSA), Ethiopia is generously endowed with livestock resources. Its cattle population of more than 53 million, along with sheep and goat populations of 25.5 and 24.1 million respectively, put the country first in Africa. With an annual off-take rate of nearly 10 percent for cattle, 33 percent for sheep and 38 percent for goats, the country is endowed with enormous potential for cheap supply of skins and hides.

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