The third assembly of AFLAI (African Federation of Leather Allied Industries) opened on October 6 in Addis Ababa. The show began on a stark note with Ethiopian trade and industry minister Girma Birru criticising the current state of the leather industry. He stated that the African continent’s share in the international hide and skin trade is less than 1%, and that most of this is through the export of raw or semi-processed material.

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