Raw leather exports fall as local use rises

Workers in a shoe factory in Limuru. Local demand has reduced export of raw and semi-processed leather. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU

Raw and semi-processed leather exports fell 27.5 percent in the first nine months last year with 12,888 tonnes exported, earning Kenya Sh2.46 billion as the State sought to discourage the trade.

The drop was acute in the third quarter of 2019 at 2,966 tonnes valued Sh625 million, compared to an all-time high of 7,500.8 tonnes exported between January to March 2018 valued at Sh1.43 billion.

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