East Java is the Indonesian province with the highest number of villages engaged in leather craft industries. The number of small and micro leather craft industries in this easternmost province of Java reaches 709 villages, surpassing both West Java and Central Java.
One of the centers of the leather craft industry in East Java is Magetan Regency. The Magetan local government has pioneered leather processing into leather crafts by establishing a Leather Industry Area (LIK). LIK processes cowhide into semi-finished materials, which are then distributed to leather artisans in Magetan Regency.
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