Global Sheep Skin Prices Plummet Due To A Sharp Decline In Demand.

According to the New Zealand media (Scoop) reported last Friday, the price of global sheepskin has fallen sharply compared with the first quarter, due to the Chinese government's vigorous efforts in tannery pollution and the ban on the Russian government's raw leather trade.

New Zealand Alliance Group data show that the price of third grade sheepskin plummeted from $95 to $50 per dozen in the first quarter of this year. This sheepskin is the main material for fur clothing.

　　 New Zealand Farmer cooperative says the raw leather. Price Now for $45-50 per dozen, the price is expected to drop to $40-45. Normally, the price fluctuates between $50-70 per dozen.

New Zealand exports up to 60% annually to China. Small sheep skin However, due to the increase in environmental governance by the Chinese government, many tanning operators had to close down in April, thus reducing the demand for New Zealand sheep skins.

New Zealand Alliance Group, headquartered in Invercargill (Invercargill), is the largest sheep meat processing and exporter in the world.

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According to the recent news of India media (Zee News), the Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI) of India has applied for a patent for its leather making technology, which has made significant breakthroughs in water saving.

The study aimed at reducing waste of water resources and saving tanning steps, saving time and money.

Subhendu Chakrabarti, senior principal scientist at the Institute, said that after the traditional leather making process, the deskinned bare skin needs to undergo softening (bating), acid pickling (pickling) and alkaline neutralization before chrome tanning. All these processes need to add a large amount of chemical agents, each process needs to use a lot of water, and produce a lot of waste water containing harmful chemicals in the process.

He said tannery effluent is the main source of water pollution in many areas. The new anhydrous chrome tanning technology can not only save time, but also produce economic benefits and reduce pollution.

He explained that with the new technology, tanning agent can be added directly to the defired bare skin without tanning water or other media. The new tanning process reduces many production links and is therefore very economical.

Chakrabarti said that the new technology could also reduce about 50% of chrome tanning agents. At the same time, because the water in the leather making process does not use water, it will not produce waste water, so it is very good for the environment.