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Export ban is hindering Zambia’s leather industry

21/08/2018

Zambia’s leather sector is losing around 450,000 Kwacha ($45,000) each month due to a ban on exporting hides, according to the Small Livestock Association of Zambia (SLAZ). The government imposed the ban in 2003 in an effort to protect the country’s leather industry. It has identified this sector as one with potential to help stimulate national...

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