How to buy donkey hides - Wet salted donkey hides
Salted hides and skins are always a sub-product of meat industry. This means that to have an interesting production of fresh skins there should be before a good production of meat.
PEOPLE IN CHINA are used to eat almost any kind of meat, but it is not the same thing for the rest of the world. As well known, it is not possible to find pig skins in muslim countries: pig is forbidden by the Kuran. Also it is not possible to find local production of cow hides in India, since cow is considered holy in Hindu religion.
DONKEY MEAT is not widely eaten in the world. That's why most of the donkey hides in the market are not from meat industry. Mostly donkeys are used for transport and to load stuffs. In such countries where donkeys are not yet widely replaced by cars it is still possible to buy wet salted donkey hides.
OUR COMPANY can offer wet salted donkey hides from some of these countries, like Mexico, Perù, Pakistan, Egypt and many other african countries (Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Kenya).
What are the problems in the donkey hides market?
FIRST PROBLEM, in the recent years there is a big SPECULATION about donkey hides. Just to give you an idea, in 2016 price of the donkey hides in the international market has increased 12 times more than the price in the 2007 !!! Many buyers in the market are looking only for donkey hides. They appreciate the characteristics of the final product.
SECOND PROBLEM: quantity in the market is very limited. When in the past was the speculation about cow hides (do you remember the "crazy cow" times?) we had anyway many farmers and many abbaittors in the world, so searching might be a profitable work. For donkey salted hides we have not so many producers in the world, and the production is not limited due to a temporary situation and keep our hope for the future. There are no reasons to believe that donkey meat will become popular in the future.
THIRD PROBLEM: suppliers are normally very small companies, they need a long time to fill one container of wet salted donkey hides
FOURTH PROBLEM: with speculation going, nobody wants to show the original place of origin or original sources. Inspection is becoming very difficult, dialers are always concerned that new buyers will hurt their business line and prefer to sell only to old buyers with whom they have an open busines relationship of mutual trust. This is not an easy problem to solve; the only compromise we can suggest in this case is an inspection from SGS. SGS is an international well reputated company for certification. The inspection place might be revealed to SGS, they come inspect the donkey hides and release a certificate of inspection, where is stated that they have personally checked the donkey hides you are buying. Unfortunately for the moment there is no other way to solve this problem.
FIFTH PROBLEM: The raw skins & hides suppliers are not used to be paid by L/C, but they want to be paid by bank wire. Shipment is possible againt a small deposit (from 10 to 30 %) but after shipment the blance has to be paid before the wet salted donkey hides reach the destination port.
SIXTH PROBLEM: Many traders do not accept to sell only wet salted donkey hides like in this case but they wants the buyer purchase together even other skins, like horse hides or cow hides.
SEVENTH PROBLEM: Due to the big speculation of the last years, too many cheaters appeared in the market. This is a big problem even for serious companies like our! Please remember that an excessive desire to save money is the basis to be cheated. About this topic we will publish another article soon.
DESPITE ALL THESE PROBLEMS buying wet salted donkey hides is possible and we guarantee that our service will be profitable, and most important, the wet salted donkey hides we supply are of very high quality.
JUST A WARNING WORD to all buyers of salted donkey hides: in speculation times do not belive those who easily accept all your conditions. That might easily be from a cheater. Rather, be flexible and check the circustamces of the sale. Serious company will have no problems to reveal their company details. Always check with whom you are signing a contract sale. The person with whom you are speaking might be not relevant in this case.