THE IMPORTANCE OF SHEEP AND GOATS IN THE YUGOSLAV LEATHER INDUSTRY

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• Publication Date: October 6, 1950
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Economic - Livestock, leather
Monthly periodical
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SOURCE Lake, Industrija, No 3-4, 1950.
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THE'IMPORTANCE OF SHEEP AND GOATS
IN THE YUGOSLAV LEATHER INDUSTRY
Engr Dusan Stokic,
Engr Stevan Nador
Every oblast in Yugoslavia produces sheep and goat skins suitable for
the leather industry, The hides produced in Serbia and Bosnia are particu-
larly important.
The Morava Basin produces an exceptionally good quality of kid, goat,
lamb, shearling, and sheep skins.
The Danube Basin is a valuable center of first-class kid, goat, and
soft lamb skins, called "first shearing." The shearling and sheep skins are
somewhat poorer in quality.
In the Timok Basin, kid, goat, and all lamb skins for glovemaking are
excellent. But shearling and sheep skins, as in the Danube Basin, are some-
what inferior.
In the Banat, in the vicinity of.Vrsac and Alibunar, the quality of the
various skins is similar to those in Serbia.
In the Kosmet, kid and goat skins are of inferior grade, have red hairs
and are easily scarred. Sheep and lamb skins are relatively good.
In the,-.vicinity of Pristine and Kosovska Mitrovica, kid, goat, lamb,
and. sheep. skins are relatively good as first shearing; otherwise, the skins
.are thin and inferior.
Pirot, Nis, Leskovac, and Vranje produce good kid and goat skins; lamb
and sheep skins are poorer, and shearlings are fair.
The'Leskav&c and Vranje regions produce exceptionally black lamb skins
suitable for fur, while Zajecar, Knja?evacaN 5dNSvlxll.4ig produce curly 'haired
lamb skins also veil suited ror rur. I_Uf klUt[i IIAL '
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In Macedonia, the goat and kid skins are good structurally but are
pitted and easily scarred. Lamb and sheep skins are of fairly good quality
in the vicinity of Kumanovo. Around Bitolj, lamb and sheep skins are of
good quality. The raw skins are inferior in other parts of Macedonia, ex-
The Sava Basin in Bosnia, especially Bijeijina, furnishes lamb, sheep,
goat, and kid skins that make fairly good raw material.
Kid and goat skins from the vicinity of Travnik are similar to those of
the Danube Basin, while lamb and sheep skins are like those of the Morava
Basin.
Montenegro produces rather inferior sheep and-lamb skins, known as
"brown paw," the purchase of which is avoided by foreign countries.
The goat and sheep skins of Herzegovina are poor in quality, like those
of Montenegro.
Croatia (Dalmatia around Split) produces fairly good kid and lamb skins
of "first shearling" quality for glovemaking.
Serbian goat and sheep skins are of good quality, similar'in quality to
those of Italy and Spain, and are in demand in foreign countries.
The number of sheep and goats in Yugoslavia has increased from 9,908,600
sheep and 1,901,400 goats in 1937 to 10,600,000 sheep and 1,300,000 goats in
1949.
The industrial export of raw sheep and goat skins is expected to decrease
as the capacity of factories to produce finished products increases.
Yugoslavia has one model leather-finishing factory which is the equal
of the most modern in Central Europe. This factory receives almost all the
skins finished in Yugoslavia.
The following ;able shows how recent Yugoslav exports of goat skins com-
pare with exports of )at-leather goods (percent):
Raw Skins
Finished Products
Kid
Goat
Kid
Goat
1947
81
66
19
34
1948
75
40
25
60
1949
69
39
31
61
Yugoslavia is in a good position to undertake the production of sheep
and goat leather articles for export. The sale of finished products abroad
would furnish reserves of foreign currency necessary for the purchase of ma-
.hines and chemical products for Yugoslav industry.
Exports of live sheep and goats should be curtailed for the following
reasons:
1. Wool is the most important raw material in the textile industry.
2. Goat hair is valuable, in the textile industry.
3. Two kilograms or rat can be obtained from a single goat.
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