What is the price of raw hides & skins per kilogram/pound in Namibia today?
The retail price range for Namibia raw hides & skins is between US$ 2.85 and US$ 3.80 per kilogram or between US$ 1.29 and US$ 1.72 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of raw hides & skins in Namibia
The retail price range in Rand for raw hides & skins is between NAD 55.38 and NAD 73.84 per kilogram or between NAD 25.11 and NAD 33.49 per pound(lb) in Windhoek and Walvis Bay.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Namibia raw hides & skins is between US$ 2.00 and US$ 2.66 per kilogram or between US$ 0.90 and US$ 1.21 per pound(lb).
Related: Kenya Raw Hides & Skins prices, South Africa Raw Hides & Skins prices, Malaysia Raw Hides & Skins prices, Philippines Raw Hides & Skins prices, India Raw Hides & Skins prices, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Raw Hides & Skins prices, Canada Raw Hides & Skins prices, US Raw Hides & Skins prices, Australia Raw Hides & Skins prices, New Zealand Raw Hides & Skins prices, Germany Raw Hides & Skins prices, Netherlands Raw Hides & Skins prices, Spain Raw Hides & Skins prices, United Kingdom (UK) Raw Hides & Skins prices,
Namibia Raw Hides & Skins Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Raw Hides & Skins from Namibia over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2016, the price was 2.57 US $ per kg, which dropped to 2.49 US $ per kg in 2017. However, in 2018, the price skyrocketed to 14.38 US $ per kg before dropping back to 2.14 US $ per kg in 2019. The price continued to decline in 2020, reaching 1.37 US $ per kg, and in 2021, the price was 0.00 US $ per kg. Based on this data, it is difficult to predict the prices for 2023 and 2024.The exports of raw hides & skins from Namibia are categorised as:
- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings of tanned or dressed furskins, not assembled (HS code 430220)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410512)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410511)
- 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)
- 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 musk-rat, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430150)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 butts and bends of bovine animals, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410122)
- 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, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410619)
- 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 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 > 14 kg, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410121)
- Raw furskins of fox, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430160)
- 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)
- 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 mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430110)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, pickled, whether or not split (HS code 410221)
- 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 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)
- 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 beaver, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430140)
- Tanned or dressed furskins of mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (HS code 430211)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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 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)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410519)
- Raw furskins of rabbit or hare, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430120)
- 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)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins of reptiles, whether or not split (excluding further prepared) (HS code 410640)
- 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 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, 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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 seal, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430170)
- 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)
Namibia Raw Hides & Skins Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Raw Hides & Skins into Namibia over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 2.57 US dollars per kg, followed by a slight decrease to 2.49 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price saw a dramatic increase to 14.38 US dollars per kg, before dropping back to 2.14 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then decreased further to 1.37 US dollars per kg in 2020, before dropping to 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Raw Hides & Skins into Namibia will remain low in the next two years, with an estimated price of 0.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 0.25 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Namibia raw hides & skins
The total values in export for raw hides & skins in Namibia were US$ 16,922, US$ 15,479, US$ 13,587 and US$ 8,236 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in Namibia: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Cheese, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea & Black Tea.
See prices of raw hides & skins in other countries across Africa: Algeria raw hides & skins, Angola raw hides & skins, Botswana raw hides & skins, Burundi raw hides & skins, Cameroon raw hides & skins, Cape Verde raw hides & skins, Central African Republic raw hides & skins, Comoros raw hides & skins, DRC Congo raw hides & skins & Benin raw hides & skins.
Namibia raw hides & skins - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of raw hides & skins sold by Namibia in 2020 was 2,833 tonnes. In 2019 Namibia shipped 3,850 tonnes of raw hides & skins. In 2019 alone, the interest in Namibia raw hides & skins (processed category) has increased, flactuating by 307.839 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, raw hides & skins' exports reduced by -38.12 percent earning the country US$8.24m for the year 2019. Namibia's 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)
- 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 equine animals, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise prepared, whether or not dehaired or split (excluding parchment-dressed) (HS code 410140)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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 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 skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, pickled, whether or not split (HS code 410221)
- Tanned or crust hides and skins of reptiles, whether or not split (excluding further prepared) (HS code 410640)
- 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 reptiles, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excluding tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared) (HS code 410320)
- 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 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)
- 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 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)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410511)
- 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 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 musk-rat, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430150)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410519)
- Raw butts and bends of bovine animals, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410122)
- 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)
- Raw furskins of fox, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430160)
- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings of tanned or dressed furskins, not assembled (HS code 430220)
- Whole raw bovine hides and skins, weighing > 14 kg, fresh or wet-salted, whether or not dehaired or split (HS code 410121)
- 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)
- Raw furskins of beaver, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430140)
- Raw furskins of mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430110)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, vegetable pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410611)
- 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 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 furskins of seal, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430170)
- 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)
- Tanned or dressed furskins of mink, whole, with or without heads, tails or paws, not assembled (HS code 430211)
- 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 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 rabbit or hare, with or without heads, tails or paws (HS code 430120)
- 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 wet state (incl. wet-blue), tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding further prepared and pre-tanned only) (HS code 410631)
- Sheep or lambskin leather, without wool on, mineral or synthetic pre-tanned only, whether or not split (HS code 410512)
- 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)
- 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)
- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings of furskins suitable for use in furriery (HS code 430190)
- 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, prepared after tanning, incl. parchment-dressed (excluding chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallized leather) (HS code 410520)
- 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)
- Goat or kidskin leather, dehaired, tanned only, whether or not split (excluding pre-tanned only) (HS code 410619)
Are you a producer of raw hides & skins or other products?
Sign up today for FREE to buy or sell raw hides & skins.
Namibia raw hides & skins export values
In 2019, Namibia supplied raw hides & skins costing 8.24m USD, a drop of -39.35% from 2018's total raw hides & skins export of 13.587m USD. The annual reduction in value of Namibia raw hides & skins between 2017 to 2018 was -12.223%.
The yearly change in the quantity of Namibia's raw hides & skins exports between 2017 and 2019 was -38.12 percent in comparison to a variation of 307.839% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Namibia raw hides & skins ( in '000$ )
Namibia's best performing destinations for raw hides & skins are US, Russia, Nigeria, Hungary and Greece.
Namibia ordered 499 tonnes of raw hides & skins in 2019.