It seems that wrapping personal belongings in nylon bags and wearing a blanket instead of buying a coat is the final option for a people who have breathed their last breath due to this insane price increase that has descended upon all aspects of their lives. The shocking rise has not only affected meat, but even the hides of this meat had a large share.  

At first, you are paralyzed when prices in the hundreds and thousands reach your ears, and the justification is present as usual: it is natural leather my brother, a leather wallet not exceeding the palm of the hand costs 300 thousand pounds, and a winter leather coat reaches one and a half million pounds. This requires standing still for a moment to start the journey of doubting the nature of these hides, as you have no choice but to imagine that this product is sewn with gold or silk.

In this regard, bags this year witnessed an increase of 100%. Any leather that was sold for 100 thousand became a price exceeding 200 thousand, and the price of a relatively good quality winter coat reached half a million pounds.

The rise in leather prices in Syria is due to the high cost of materials used in their manufacture such as hides and accessories, not to mention that these materials are imported and subject to the exchange rate in addition to transportation obstacles and rising customs duties, customs fees and oil derivatives and energy carriers and lack of electricity, which made craftsmen rely on other resources such as generators and "amps".  

The important reason for the rise in raw leather prices is the lack of slaughter resulting from the rise in meat prices, in addition to the decline in livestock numbers from which leather is obtained as a result of instability during the war period, and their exposure to targeting by terrorist organizations, not to mention the spread of diseases and epidemics that led to a decline in livestock wealth, and thus a decline in the percentage of hides extracted from them.  

After Syria was the main destination for exports of leather products to countless countries, it leaves the competition list today with the markets of neighboring countries, and finds itself unable to export in the face of this unreasonable rise.