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Salt shortage bad news for Ethiopia’s tanners

08/02/2024

The leather industry in Ethiopia is “teetering on disaster”, according to local press, as protectionism over the industrial salt market has led to rotting hides and skins. A fraction of the salt promised to tanneries was delivered in the first half of the financial year, according to The Reporter. Terekegn Bululta, a state minister of industry,...

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