| Products |
Animal |
Description |
Grading Standards |
Production Capacity |
Indicative Price Range ($US) |
| Air/Frame dried |
Sheep, Lamb |
Skins derived from mostly medium local Malawi Sheep (99%) and a few exotic sheep |
Export grades 1, 2, 3 |
45,000 pieces |
1.00-1.25/piece |
| Air/Frame dried |
Bovine, Buffalo, Equine |
Light to medium sized hides, derived mostly from communal herds, slaughtered in rural slaughter houses with inadequate facilities, hence quality is not very good |
Grades 2,3, 4 & rejects |
3000 metric tons |
0.17-0.27/Kg |
| Air/Frame dried |
Goats, Kids |
Skins derived from medium sized Malawi goats raised under natural conditions , observed resistance to tick bites ( minimal tick infestations even during tick seasons) |
Export grades 1, 2 ,3 |
1,000,000 pieces |
1.25-1.35/piece |
| Wet salted |
Bovine, Buffalo, Equine |
Light to medium sized hides mostly from the humped Malawi zebu cattle (97%) and the rest from a few exotic cattle and Malawi zebu cattle from feedlot units. These wet-salted hides are of very high quality and exclusively produced in very good abattoir facilities. |
Export grades 1, 2, 3 |
420 metric tons |
0.85-1.00/Kg |