Leather Pipeline: calls for sanctions against non-paying tanners

17/05/2016
Leather Pipeline: calls for sanctions against non-paying tanners
World Leather’s exclusive Leather Pipeline report has said in its latest edition that suppliers of hides and skins are increasingly calling for sanctions against tanners, mainly in Asia, for failing to pay for raw material they have ordered and for attempting to renegotiate contracts at a late stage.

The report says these buyers of hides are harming the whole industry and that suppliers want them to be blacklisted. Another possible development is that buyers will be asked to pay a substantial deposit immediately upon placing an order for hides.