| The Leather and Leather Products Institute remains a strategic area of investment in the Comesa region with the capacity to stimulate growth and contribute to the gross national income of member states. The leather industry has a vast market within the Comesa bloc as well as other countries such as Italy, Spain and the United States, but needs further improvement through processing and strategic marketing. In an interview with Zbc News, Mr Wilson Mazimba, the Board Chairman of the Leather and Leather Products Institute said his board is working on strategies to expand the product range in the industry. He also noted that the abundance of domesticated animals in the region as well as vast wild life resources provide the much needed primary products for the industry. Mr Mazimba also said the taxidermy sector, which has linkages with the wild life management, must be further developed to improve the quality of trophies being exported. |
