95% of hides are exported raw or semi-processed.
Kenya produces about 3 million skins, 4.3 million goatskins, and 2.9 million sheepskins annually.
Kenya has enormous growth potential if exports of hides and semi-processed hides are converted into leather products.
Kenya has the third largest livestock population in Africa
With an estimated US$140 million share of a global leather market of around US$120 billion, Kenya has enormous growth potential if exports of hides and semi-processed hides are converted into leather products.
Local demand for leather products exceeds supply.
Of the 40 million pairs of shoes demanded by the market annually, industry production was only able to meet about 40% of domestic demand.
Investment in leather industry can create at least 50,000 jobs and drastically changes the lives for thousands of families.