Leather &Leather Products Industry Research Center
@LeatherLidi
LLPIRDC facilitates the development & transfer of leather & leather products industries technologies,& enable them to be competitive and beget rapid development
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Nine of the 12 tanneries operating in Mojo are Foreign Direct Investment. H.E. Tarekegn Bulbulta emphasized the need to scale up export of finished leather during his visit to the tanneries following the LISEC Project Steering Committee Meeting.
@EUinEthiopia@ethio_Industry
Modjo Satellite #laboratory, established with the support of @UNIDO & @EUinEthiopia serves tanneries with:
ā”ļø leather products quality testing
ā”ļø wastewater discharge testing
ā”ļø raw materials analysis
ā”ļø skill upgrade training
ā”ļø research and development
#leathervaluechain
#DYK b/n 2017 & 2021, Ethiopian
š cattle pop. grew from 59 - 70Mill?
š sheep pop. grew from 31 - 43Mill?
š goat pop. grew from 30 - 53Mill?
which is a huge potential for the leather industry. Stakeholders gathered to review export strategy developed with the support of @UNIDO.
#AddisAbaba to host the biggest leather & leather products show in Feb'23. "@UNIDO supports with organizing All Africa Leather Fair, a platform for the leather actors to explore business & investment opportunities," said YassinA. UNIDO-LISEC Chief Technical Advisor. @EUinEthiopia
šŖš¹Ethiopia's share in global #leather trade is less than 1 percent, and hence a great potential for further growth. The export potential, the leather sector and its sub-sectors are labour intensive and therefore have the ability to provide significant #employment opportunities.
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) common manufacturing facility & LLPI-RDC Mojo Satellite Laboratory implemented by @UNIDO & funded by @EUinEthiopia are progressing well. Over 100 young women & men and six tanneries in Mojo will benefit from the intervention. @Yassin_Awale
By establishing Modjo Leather City, @UNIDO supports Eth. Gov. with creating competitive industry & mitigate #pollution through establishing a common effluent treatment plant. The industry envisions reducing GHG emissions by 142,602 tons of CO2/year. #Ethiopia#COP27@Yassin_Awale
Leather and Leather Products Industry Research and Development Center
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āØSpotlight on #leather & #agribusiness in #Ethiopia: during visits to a leather tannery & an agro-industrial park in #Oromia, @UNIDO@DGgerdmueller highlighted the potential of the leather & agro-processing sectors to transform Ethiopiaās economy
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