In an interview with the national press last week, Touguinha described how the industry was already suffering from raw material shortages, brought about by the land reform process.

However, the situation was being made considerably worse by the activities of the wet blue production sector, he said.  Not only was it depriving the country of much needed foreign exchange, but it was also creating around only 20% of the jobs that would otherwise be provided by a full scale tannery.

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