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Ethiopia turns its hand to leathergoods machinery

20/11/2020
Ethiopia’s Leather Industry Development Institute has canvassed shoe and leathergoods makers and found demand for domestic machinery, which it plans to make in-house, according to reports in local press.

Many footwear factories have been using machinery bought from overseas but which is now outdated, and they feel this is hindering production, said Fitsum Abate from the institute's Technology Transfer and Training directorate.

More than 40 leathergoods and shoe factories have shown interest in purchasing the machinery from the institute, which will model the machines on imported versions but will cost half the price, according to the report.

It said the Ethiopian government aims to increase leather exports 20% in the next financial year to $100 million by exporting 66 million square feet of leather, 2.3 million pairs of shoes, 1.3 million pairs of leather gloves and 516,000 leather garments.



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