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Tanners adding value to exports
Official statistics by SECEX (Foreign Trade Secretariat) from Brazil show exports of hides and skins with a value of $201.9 million for the month of January 2014, an increase of 22.5% compared with January 2013.
Brazilian tanners exported more than 2.7 million hides in January 2014, which represents an increase in volume of 2.4% in compared with the same month last year. However, 54.9% of these hides were exported as wet-blue and only 37.8% as finished leather, which represented a continuation of a trend that began in 2013.
However, finished leather made in Brazil has a greater share of exports in value terms compared with wet-blue. In January, finished leather contributed 49.5% of the total value of hide exports, compared with wet-blue’s share of 38.4%.
Brazilian exports January 2014 (by volume)
Salted – 1.3%
Wet-blue – 54.9%
Crust – 6.1%
Finished – 37.8%
Brazilian exports January 2014 (by value – US$)
Salted – 0.8%
Wet-blue – 38.4% (wet-blue splits 7.5%)
Crust – 3.7%
Finished – 49.5%
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