Some countries produce crocodile skin and process the hides to leather. In other words, they have crocodile farms and are also equipped with the infrastructure to transform the skin to leather. But some other countries that supply raw crocodile skins such as Kenya are in a dilemma. They ask whether it would not be profitable to tan them locally in their country rather than export them in the wet salted state. When it comes to owning the leather processing business the immediate practical solutions available at their disposal are to either, do partial leather processing or run a pickling plant.

Leather may be the simplest manufactured material in prehistoric times. But manufacturing leather in modern days using natural and synthetic tans and a variety of treatments is complicated. The exact procedures, chemicals, and equipment used are subject to variation and change between tanneries. Crocodile leather passes through many convoluted stages, and routine treatments like rinsing, washing, draining, or partial drying often separates the processes. Surely amateurs can make reasonably good leather because the core operations are standard. However, making the best crocodile leather is a long and skilled procedure as the tanning and finishing of the skins is very specialized.