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Tanzanian producers urged to stop exporting raw hides

28/04/2017

The chairman of the Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TANTRADE), Christopher Chiza, has told industry stakeholders that the country benefits very little from the hides and skins industry as it exports them in raw form.  He revealed that Tanzania produced 3.1 million cow hides, 2.8 million goat skins and 550,000 sheep skins in 2015, but that...

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