Baghdad-based leather and leathergoods producer State Company for Leather Industries is to open a new tannery in the Ninewa district.

The tannery will produce semi-finished leather and will cost around 12 billion Iraqi dinars ($10.3 million) to build.

A statement said: "The project, within the framework of the 2009-2010 investment plan appropriations, will be implemented over two stages: the first envisaging the production of wool from the tanning process in a bid to meet the local market needs and exports abroad; while the second will see centres established to receive hides and wool from southern and central areas.”

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