Canadian exporter · 20+ years in the trade

Hides and skins,
sourced direct from origin

We buy, grade and warehouse hides and skins in our own facilities across South America and West Africa, then ship them to tanneries worldwide — with live tracking on every container.

Container loading
Quality grading
Export documentation
Cold and dry storage
Live shipment tracking
Phytosanitary paperwork
Bulk and part-load supply
Port-to-port logistics
Container loading
Quality grading
Export documentation
Cold and dry storage
Live shipment tracking
Phytosanitary paperwork
Bulk and part-load supply
Port-to-port logistics

What We Do

Buy, grade, warehouse and ship hides and skins — all from our own facilities at origin.

Direct sourcing — International Proteins
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We buy at origin through our own warehouses. There is no broker between you and the material, so the price you are quoted is the price of the goods and the freight — not four margins stacked on top.

  • Our own buyers at collection points and abattoirs
  • One counterparty from purchase to delivered container
  • Origin countries we operate in ourselves
Grading and preparation — International Proteins
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Every consignment is opened, sorted and inspected on our own floor before anything is pressed or loaded. Selection is agreed with you up front, and the same people who graded it are the ones who load it.

  • Sorted by size and selection, by hand
  • Grade agreed in writing before loading
  • Baled in-house, not sub-contracted
Warehousing at origin — International Proteins
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Holding our own stock at origin is what lets us consolidate part-loads, hold goods until you have space, and ship on your schedule instead of whenever a collector happens to have volume.

  • Five warehouses we own and run
  • Part-loads consolidated into full containers
  • Stock held until your shipping window
Export and documentation — International Proteins
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Container booking, loading under our supervision, customs, and the veterinary health and phytosanitary paperwork are handled together. You are not chasing three parties to get a shipment moving.

  • Container booking and supervised loading
  • Customs and export clearance at origin
  • Health and phytosanitary certification
Live shipment tracking — International Proteins
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Each sale gets its own tracking view in the client portal: vessel movements, port calls, transit progress and a running ETA that updates while the container is at sea.

  • A portal login for every customer
  • Vessel movements and port calls per sale
  • Live ETA and delay status
Long-term supply — International Proteins
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For tanneries and manufacturers that need volume arriving to a plan, we run standing programmes — agreed selection, agreed cadence — rather than quoting each shipment from scratch.

  • Standing volume against an agreed selection
  • Shipping to a fixed cadence
  • Priority on stock from our own warehouses

500+

Containers shipped every year

20+

Years trading hides and skins

50+

Countries served

5

Owned warehouses

Global network

Warehouses at origin, buyers worldwide

We operate our own facilities in the countries we buy from, and ship to tanneries and leather manufacturers across the Americas and Africa.

Head officeOwned warehouseTap a pin for detail

Canada

Head office and North American trading desk

Colombia

Collection, grading and container loading

Venezuela

Sourcing and warehousing for South American supply

Nigeria

West African sourcing hub and export warehouse

Looking for supply from a country not shown here? We trade across 50+ markets — ask us what is available this month. Message us

Our activities

Inside our warehouses

Sorting, grading, baling and dispatch — filmed at our own facilities. Tap any tile to watch.

All footage shot at our own warehouses and yards.

Client portal

Every sale, tracked live

Customers get their own login. See your sales, your documents and exactly where each container is — vessel movements, port calls and a running ETA, updated while it sails.

  • Your full sales history in one place
  • Live vessel tracking on every container
  • Port-by-port movements with estimated dates
  • Transit progress and delay status at a glance
canada.hidesandskins.co
In transit

Sale

#00042 · 1 × 40' container

Delay

On time

Transit

38 days

ETA

12 Sep

Transit progress72%
  1. ARROrigin port

    Arrival at port

  2. DEPOrigin port

    Vessel departed

  3. ARRTranshipment

    Arrival at port

  4. PODDestination

    Estimated arrival

How it works

From one message to a landed container

Tell us the material, grade and volume you need. One message on WhatsApp is enough to start — no forms, no account.

Your part
Send material, grade, volume and destination port
Our part
We reply on WhatsApp with what is in stock

Tell us what you need this month

Material, grade, volume and destination port — one message is enough. We reply on WhatsApp with what is in stock and a price delivered to you.