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Ugandan government considers setting up new tannery

Published: December 19, 2019

Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda since 1986, is considering setting up a new leather processing plant in order to help curb the trend of importing expensive shoes.

Why are donkey hides so expensive?

Published: November 10, 2016

The Sauer Report has investigated why the prices of donkey hides are so expensive compared with other similar species. Single air dried African hides can cost as much as US$98 each.

Why have split prices fallen so much?

Published: March 19, 2015

Ron Sauer of TheSauerReport.com is curious about the current market for splits. When raw material prices have generally stayed firm why have split prices continue to fall?

Tiered hide prices to maintain exclusivity

Published: December 15, 2014

I see that the mainstream media has discovered that more leather is now appearing in cars. They have also noticed that leather comes from cows and that there might not be enough animals in future to avoid a shortage. Leather could become very expensive as a result. They are a bit late but they got it right.