Skin and hides tanning are the proposed livestock products which are essential for making shoes, clothes, handbags/purses, belts etc. The product is reliable because Meatu Community is a Pastoral society.
The potential target area for the product is around 10,000 Pieces annually in all parts of the District whereas Amani Ngozi Pre Cooperative Group as an exemplary group in Mshikamano Village has a capacity of tanning 2,163 pieces of skins annually.
The market situation of the product performs satisfactory only unstable in a short period of time following the excess supply of skins in the global market. The reliable market for the products are Kenya and Somalia through Companies like MM Ngozi Tanzania Limited in Mwanza, Lake Trading in Dar es salaam, Afro leather Industry in Dar es salaam and Salex Trading industry in Arusha.
The target situation for the livestock products is assumed to be stable after improvement of tanning of hides and skins, acquiring reliable markets and enhancing market and promotion of the products within and abroad.
Livestock Products future Market Situation is to improve domestic markets by adding value to the products and inviting more Companies to purchase the products. Moreover the target rather aims at extending markets to East African Countries and the world at large.
The Processing chain for the product starts from collecting skins from local collectors and transporting to the markets.
The product market imperfections are insufficient information about the market, instability of the price, quality of livestock production, less product innovation this is due to the absence of competition, and incentives to innovate new processes or new product remain less.
The quality demand for the product is relatively high due to its necessity to both domestic and international market.
