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  • India – the one to watch

    First published in June 09
    Published:  19 November, 2009

    In the past decade or so the Indian leather and leather products sector has continued to grow and is now seen by many as the market to watch. It is now the second largest leather footwear maker in the world after China and has an abundance of local raw materials

  • Serbian first-quarter foreign trade

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Statistics Serbia reports that Serbia exported leather and leather products worth E39.8 million in the first quarter of this year, compared with E44.0 million in the same period in 2008.

  • Hungarian two-month foreign trade

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Hungary's Central Statistical Office reports that Hungary exported leather and leather products worth E12.8 million in the first two months of this year, a year-on-year decrease of 46.9%.

  • Macedonian leather production

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Macedonia's State Statistical Office reports that the production of leather and leather products in Macedonia in March was 20.7% lower than in February and 25.4% lower than in March 2008.

  • Philippines’ production in February

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    The Philippines National Statistics Office reports that the value of leathergoods production in the Philippines in February was 32.6% lower than in January and 55% lower than in February 2008.

  • Georgian first-quarter foreign trade

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Statistics Georgia reports that Georgia exported raw hides and skins, and leather, worth US$297,300 in the first quarter of this year.

  • Polish first-quarter production

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Poland's Central Statistical Office reports that the production of cattle and calves for slaughter in Poland in the first quarter of this year totalled 46,800 tons, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%.

  • Montenegro first-quarter production

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Montenegro's National Statistical Office reports that the production of leather and leather products in Montenegro in the first quarter of this year was more than double that in the first quarter of 2008.

  • Irish livestock numbers

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Ireland's Central Statistical Office reports that there were 6.72 million head of cattle in Ireland in June 2008, compared with 6.70 million in June 2007 and 6.92 million in June 2006.

  • Bosnian Serb Republic production

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    The Bosnian Serb Republic's Institute of Statistics reports that the production of leather and leather products in the Republic in March was 3.9% higher than in February and 3.3% higher than in March 2008.

  • Croatian production and exports

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Croatia's Central Bureau of Statistics reports that the production of leather and leather products in Croatia in the first quarter of this year was 34.3% lower than in the same period in 2008.

  • Bosnia and Herzegovinan sales and purchases

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Bosnia and Herzegovina's Federal Statistics Office reports that livestock worth US$243,011 was bought and sold in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first two months of this year, a decrease of 39.5% compared with the same period in 2008.

  • Romanian foreign trade in January

    Published:  05 May, 2009

    Romania's National Statistics Institute reports that Romania exported raw hides and skins, and leather and leather products, worth E4.3 million in January, a year-on-year decrease of 31.8%.

  • UKLF centenary celebrations

    UK Survey -UKLF
    Published:  02 March, 2009

    A dinner was held at Leathersellers Hall in London at the beginning of October to celebrate the centenary of the UKLF. Records show that in 1908 there were 37 members of the first national leather trade association while today, sadly, there are only twenty.

  • Leather fit for the president

    UK Survey - Andrew Muirhead
    Published:  02 March, 2009

    As James Lang, director, states: if you walk onto a plane and find leather upholstery, the likelihood is that it came from Andrew Muirhead. This even holds true if you are the President of the United States!

  • From cow to finished product

    UK Survey - Brown Cow Organics
    Published:  02 March, 2009

    Brown Cow Organics are a unique Somerset company involved in the entire leather production chain from the very beginning to the finished article.

  • 60 years of sheepskin and leather craftsmanship

    UK Survey - Owen Barry Ltd
    Published:  02 March, 2009

    Owen Barry, based in Street, a traditional centre of UK sheepskin and leather processing, work with leading designers and retailers to create beautiful garments, accessories and lifestyle products.

  • An impressive client list

    UK Survey- C A Cornish
    Published:  02 March, 2009

    Another Somerset leather business retains a diverse and impressive client list which ranges from the Royal Household to the ‘Death Eaters' in the Harry Potter films.

    Nestled in the former premises of the National School in Street, C A Cornish draw on the leather skills and craft in the area to provide designers and artists with leather bindings and trimmings of quality and durability. The primary product is a flat piece of leather for piping, decorative piping.

  • Niche raw materials

    UK survey L H Nichols
    Published:  02 March, 2009

    A clear example of a UK manufacturer which has stayed loyal to a very specialised niche product and thus continued to thrive despite recent economic trends is L H Nichols. The Yeovil-based tannery are one of only a handful of companies worldwide which tan slinkskins.

  • Hides, skins and leather in Kenya –

    Kenya Report
    Published:  02 February, 2009

    The hides, skins and leather industry is one of the key agricultural sub-sectors in Kenya and has a high potential towards commodity development that addresses pertinent issues of socio economic importance and positively impacts on rural development, creation of wealth and employment. By Dr M Mwinyihija.

  • Finances impede tannery cluster progress

    Bangladesh
    Published:  31 October, 2008

    The main obstacles to relocating tanneries from Hazaribagh to the Savar cluster are tanners' demands for compensation and the lack of a donor agency to finance the construction of a CETP. These two matters need to be resolved urgently and effectively.M Fakhrul Alam reports

  • India Overview

    Rising disposable incomes fuel industry growth
    Published:  10 July, 2008

    Fact file

    Republic of India

    Area: 3,287,000 sq km (around the size of the EU)

    Capital: New Delhi

    Population: 1.1 billion

    Population growth rate: 1.4% per annum (average)

    System of government: Parliamentary democracy composed of 228 states, 7 union territories

    Head of state: Mrs Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India

    GDP: $910 billion

    Currency: Indian rupee

    India is the seventh largest country in the world with one of the fastest growing economies. The current GDP growth rate is 9%.

  • Self sufficiency in the Caribbean

    Published:  03 September, 2007

    Tanneries

    Cuba has four state-owned tanneries employing around 1,000 people which produce finished leather for the local footwear manufacturing industry as well as exporting wet-blue primarily to Italy, Spain, Türkiye, Syria and Hong Kong, which then re-exports the wet-blue to Chinese tanneries. These four tanneries are:

  • Crisis in Nicaraguan tannery sector

    Published:  03 September, 2007

    Operations at Bataan Tannery, the largest in Nicaragua, have been suspended for three months as well as at the Central American Tannery. According to Silvio Salinas, owner of the Central American Tannery, six major and 35 minor tanneries have been forced to suspend operations since there are hardly any raw materials to be found.

  • Less demand from China brings down hide prices

    Published:  17 August, 2007

    Hide values continued to rise throughout 2006 and, by December, all steer hide selections were commanding prices well over $70 per piece on an FOB basis. In the latter half of 2006, steer hide prices rose around 20% while cow hide prices went up by about 22% for the year.

  • India sets itself ambitious targets

    Published:  06 August, 2007

    This year the fair was bigger and busier than ever before. BASF, who showed for the first time, were so overwhelmed by the mass of visitors that they had to send back to their Indian headquarters for reinforcements. And, despite the expansion of the exhibition complex itself, there was still a sizeable portion of the show under canvas.

  • India seeks zero liquid discharge

    Published:  06 August, 2007

    This year's LERIG meeting, which took place just before the IILF in Chennai, took Benign Environmental and Sustainable Technologies as its theme. The meeting is organised annually by the Central Leather Research Institute with a full programme of presentations.

  • Latin American cattle herds represent a quarter of world total

    Published:  13 July, 2007

    Argentina

    The last five years have seen a positive cycle in cattle ranching in Argentina. Cattle stock has increased from 50 million to 55 million and slaughter emerged from a decade long stagnation (12-13 million heads per year) to 14-15 million. This was partly due to the four million tons of corn used per year for supplementary bovine feeding.

  • Tannery competitiveness increasingly being eroded

    Published:  13 July, 2007

    According to Narvaez, the Colombian sector's specialities include footwear leathers, leathergoods, garment and upholstery. In terms of size and technology, as well as in finishing, the main players are Bufalo, Itagui, Americana de Curtidos, Curtipieles, Matteuchi, Curtiembres Sierra Perez, Curtiembres del Reno and Districarnazas Luna. The tanning industry is dispersed throughout Colombia with centres on the Atlantic Coast in Baranquilla and Cartagena as well as on the 'Coffee-growing Axis' - Calarca and Pereira, Antioquia, Medellín, and in the centre of the country, Bogotá. In terms of wet-blue production the major players are CI Colcueros and American Leather in Bogotá.

  • More than a decade of trials and tribulations

    Published:  13 July, 2007

    Increased demand for footwear based on a real rise in disposable consumer income has enabled many tanneries to lift their sales of finished leathers to the local shoe manufacturing industry. Table 1 illustrates the decline in productivity and the use of installed capacity of the tanning and footwear industries, taking 1997 as the base year.

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