What is the price of raw hides & skins per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya raw hides & skins is between US$ 2.40 and US$ 2.61 per kilogram or between US$ 1.09 and US$ 1.19 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of raw hides & skins in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for raw hides & skins is between KES 332.98 and KES 363.12 per kilogram or between KES 151.01 and KES 164.68 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya raw hides & skins is between US$ 1.68 and US$ 1.83 per kilogram or between US$ 0.76 and US$ 0.83 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Raw Hides & Skins Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Raw Hides & Skins from Kenya over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 2.86 US $ per kg, followed by 2.65 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 2.43 US $ per kg, before increasing to 2.63 US $ per kg in 2020. The most recent year, 2021, saw the price drop to 1.8 US $ per kg. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Raw Hides & Skins from Kenya in 2023 will be around 1.90 US $ per kg, and in 2024 will be around 1.95 US $ per kg.The Kenya raw hides & skins exports are classified as:
- Tanned or dressed whole furskins and pieces or cuttings thereof, assembled, without the addition of other materials (excluding clothing, clothing accessories and other furskin articles) (HS code 430230)
- Tanned or dressed furskins of mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (HS code 430211)
- Raw butts and bends of bovine animals, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410122)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410512)
- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings of furskins suitable for use in furriery (HS code 430190)
- Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, fresh or salted, dried, limed or otherwise preserved, whether or not split (excluding pickled, tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410229)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, prepared after tanning or parchment-dressed (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410620)
- Raw hides and skins of bovine animals, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding whole hides and skins, butts and bends) (HS code 410129)
- Raw furskins of the following types of lamb: Astrakhan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail and similar, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430130)
- Hides and skins of swine, in the wet state (incl. wet-blue), tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410631)
- Raw hides and skins of swine, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410330)
- Skins of sheep or lambs, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410510)
- Raw furskins of seal, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430170)
- Raw hides and skins, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired, incl. birdskins without feathers or down (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared, hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" animals, equine animals, sheep, lambs, reptiles and swine) (HS code 410390)
- Raw hides and skins of equine animals, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise prepared, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding parchment-dressed) (HS code 410140)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410619)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins of reptiles, whether or not split (excluding further prepared) (HS code 410640)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410611)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, prepared after tanning, incl. parchment-dressed (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410520)
- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings of tanned or dressed furskins, not assembled (HS code 430220)
- Butts, bends, bellies and split raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, and whole raw hides and skins of a weight per skin > 8 kg but < 16 kg when simply dried and > 10 kg but < 16 kg when dry-salted (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410190)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410612)
- Hides and skins of goats or kids, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410621)
- Tanned or dressed furskins, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (excluding those of mink, Astrachan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail or similar lamb, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb) (HS code 430219)
- Whole raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired, unsplit, of a weight per skin <= 8 kg when simply dried, <= 10 kg when dry-salted, or <= 16 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410120)
- Hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, in the dry state "crust", without hair on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and full grains, unsplit and grain splits) (HS code 410449)
- Raw furskins of beaver, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430140)
- Whole raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired or split, of a weight per skin > 16 kg, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410150)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding parchment-dressed and hides and skins of goats or kids from Yemen, Mongolia or Tibet) (HS code 410310)
- Raw hides and skins of bovine animals, dry-salted, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding fresh or wet-salted, parchment-dressed, whole hides and skins weighing <= 8 kg when dried, <= 10 kg when dry-salted and <= 14 kg when otherwise preserved) (HS code 410130)
- Whole raw bovine hides and skins, weighing <= 8 kg when dried, <= 10 kg when dry-salted and <= 14 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding parchment-dressed) (HS code 410110)
- Hides and skins of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, in the dry state "crust", whether or not split (excluding further prepared and of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, swine and reptiles, and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410692)
- Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, pickled, whether or not split (HS code 410221)
- Raw furskins, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (excluding those of mink, lamb - Astrachan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail and similar, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan - and fox) (HS code 430180)
- Raw furskins of rabbit or hare, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430120)
- Hides and skins of goats or kids, in the dry state "crust", without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410622)
- Hides and skins of swine, in the dry state (crust), without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410632)
- Whole raw bovine hides and skins, weighing > 14 kg, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410121)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410511)
- Raw furskins of musk-rat, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430150)
- Raw furskins of fox, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430160)
- Hides and skins of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, swine and reptiles, and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410691)
- Hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and full grains, unsplit and grain splits) (HS code 410419)
- Raw furskins of mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430110)
- Raw skins of sheep or lambs, with wool on, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excluding those of Astrakhan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail or similar lambs, or of Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs and tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410210)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410519)
- Raw hides and skins of reptiles, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410320)
- Skins of sheep or lambs, in the dry state "crust", without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410530)
- Tanned or dressed furskins of Astrakhan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail or similar lamb, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (HS code 430213)
Kenya Raw Hides & Skins Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Raw Hides & Skins into Kenya has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2016, the price was at its highest at $2.19, before dropping to $2.86 in 2017. This downward trend continued in 2018, with the price dropping to $2.65. In 2019, the price dropped further to $2.43, and then increased slightly to $2.63 in 2020. The most recent data shows that the price has dropped to $1.80 in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the price of Raw Hides & Skins into Kenya will continue to decrease in the coming years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around $1.60, and in 2024 it will be around $1.40.Export values for Kenya raw hides & skins
The total values in export for raw hides & skins in Kenya were US$ 23,746, US$ 26,827, US$ 27,064 and US$ 21,589 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Kenya: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Cheese, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea & Black Tea.
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Kenya raw hides & skins - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya sold 8,898 tonnes of raw hides & skins. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya raw hides & skins (processed category) has gone down, changing by -12.927 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, raw hides & skins' exports reduced by -5.12 percent earning the country US$21.59m for the year 2019. Kenya's raw hides & skins exports are categorised as:
- Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, fresh or salted, dried, limed or otherwise preserved, whether or not split (excluding pickled, tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410229)
- Raw furskins of mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430110)
- Raw butts and bends of bovine animals, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410122)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410619)
- Raw skins of sheep or lambs, with wool on, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excluding those of Astrakhan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail or similar lambs, or of Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs and tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410210)
- Raw furskins of the following types of lamb: Astrakhan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail and similar, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430130)
- Hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, in the dry state "crust", without hair on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and full grains, unsplit and grain splits) (HS code 410449)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410511)
- Raw furskins, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (excluding those of mink, lamb - Astrachan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail and similar, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan - and fox) (HS code 430180)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, prepared after tanning or parchment-dressed (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410620)
- Skins of sheep or lambs, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410510)
- Hides and skins of swine, in the wet state (incl. wet-blue), tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410631)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins of reptiles, whether or not split (excluding further prepared) (HS code 410640)
- Whole raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired or split, of a weight per skin > 16 kg, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410150)
- Hides and skins of goats or kids, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410621)
- Whole raw bovine hides and skins, weighing > 14 kg, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410121)
- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings of tanned or dressed furskins, not assembled (HS code 430220)
- Hides and skins of goats or kids, in the dry state "crust", without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410622)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding parchment-dressed and hides and skins of goats or kids from Yemen, Mongolia or Tibet) (HS code 410310)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, prepared after tanning, incl. parchment-dressed (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410520)
- Tanned or dressed furskins, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (excluding those of mink, Astrachan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail or similar lamb, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb) (HS code 430219)
- Raw furskins of seal, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430170)
- Hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and full grains, unsplit and grain splits) (HS code 410419)
- Butts, bends, bellies and split raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, and whole raw hides and skins of a weight per skin > 8 kg but < 16 kg when simply dried and > 10 kg but < 16 kg when dry-salted (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410190)
- Raw hides and skins of equine animals, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise prepared, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding parchment-dressed) (HS code 410140)
- Hides and skins of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, in the dry state "crust", whether or not split (excluding further prepared and of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, swine and reptiles, and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410692)
- Tanned or dressed furskins of mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (HS code 430211)
- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings of furskins suitable for use in furriery (HS code 430190)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410612)
- Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, pickled, whether or not split (HS code 410221)
- Hides and skins of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, in the wet state "incl. wet-blue", tanned, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, swine and reptiles, and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410691)
- Raw furskins of rabbit or hare, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430120)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410512)
- Whole raw hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, whether or not dehaired, unsplit, of a weight per skin <= 8 kg when simply dried, <= 10 kg when dry-salted, or <= 16 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410120)
- Raw furskins of musk-rat, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430150)
- Raw hides and skins, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired, incl. birdskins without feathers or down (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared, hides and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" animals, equine animals, sheep, lambs, reptiles and swine) (HS code 410390)
- Hides and skins of swine, in the dry state (crust), without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410632)
- Raw furskins of beaver, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430140)
- Skins of sheep or lambs, in the dry state "crust", without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410530)
- Raw hides and skins of bovine animals, dry-salted, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding fresh or wet-salted, parchment-dressed, whole hides and skins weighing <= 8 kg when dried, <= 10 kg when dry-salted and <= 14 kg when otherwise preserved) (HS code 410130)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410519)
- Tanned or dressed whole furskins and pieces or cuttings thereof, assembled, without the addition of other materials (excluding clothing, clothing accessories and other furskin articles) (HS code 430230)
- Raw hides and skins of bovine animals, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding whole hides and skins, butts and bends) (HS code 410129)
- Whole raw bovine hides and skins, weighing <= 8 kg when dried, <= 10 kg when dry-salted and <= 14 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding parchment-dressed) (HS code 410110)
- Raw hides and skins of swine, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410330)
- Raw furskins of fox, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430160)
- Raw hides and skins of reptiles, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410320)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410611)
- Tanned or dressed furskins of Astrakhan, Caracul, Persian, Broadtail or similar lamb, and Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (HS code 430213)
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Kenya raw hides & skins export values
In 2019, Kenya supplied raw hides & skins with a value of 21.59m USD, a drop of -20.23% from 2018's total raw hides & skins export of 27.064m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Kenya raw hides & skins between 2017 to 2018 was 0.88343833 percent.
The annual/yearly change in the volume of Kenya's raw hides & skins exports between 2017 and 2019 was -5.12 pc when compared to a variation of -12.927% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Kenya raw hides & skins ( in '000$ )
Kenya's best performing destinations for raw hides & skins are China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Togo and Nigeria.
Kenya purchased 2,473 tonnes of raw hides & skins in 2019.