The recently estblishedTaiwanese International Leather Association has recently met in Dongguan, China to discuss a number of trade and technical related issues in the wake of the ICHSLTA's council meeting in Shanghai earlier in September.
A total of 94 delegates from the tanner industry from China and Taiwan agreed that international contracts should be honoured by both parties and agreed a 3% margin on shipment weight but reiterated that the number of pieces should be 100% correct. It was also suggested to add a ‘trust’ clause be added into the contract as in enclosure F of contract 6.
Recent advances in clean leather production was disccused, with topics including ways of reusing solid waste from tanning processes, such as making protein powder by extracting hair protein through basifying-heating-condensing-drying the hair and limed fleshings, which were generated in beamhouse processes.
