Ethiopian Leather Sector to Economic Transformation

摘要

Ethiopia has a huge potential in leather and leather products industry as it stands first in Africa and tenth in the world in terms of livestock population. However, the livestock potential was lagging behind to play its part more in hastening the country's economic development for long. For example, the overall exports performance of the sector during GTP 1 period was lower than its target. According to the Leather Industry Development Institute, it was planned to earn about 496.5 million USD, the actual earning was 132.86 million USD. Lack of effective, efficient and co-ordinated support in terms of supply of raw-hides, skin and other production inputs as well as other related problems were among the challenges faced to achieve the target.