The diagram below shows how leather goods are manufactured. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The infographic illustrates details about how

leather

products are made.

Overall

,

this

process can be divided into 11 steps, commencing with drying a hide and culminating with the production of

leather

items ready for distribution to wholesalers for consumption. At the initial stage, the hide is first hung on a line stick and dried under the sun before being delivered to the factory where it undergoes several cleaning stages. At the factory,

this

animal's skin is washed in water and lime in order to kill harmful bacteria prior to being soaked in lime.

Subsequently

,

this

clean

leather

is flattened by a physical machine.

Following

this

, the flattened skin is soaked again but

this

time in tannin, which is a combination of water and vegetable matter.

Next,

the skin is polished before being transported again by truck to another factory. The process terminates when

this

leather

is used to manufacture some new goods

such

as shoes, handbags and balls.