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Painful first four months for France’s finished leather exports

03/08/2020
Painful first four months for France’s finished leather exports

France exported finished leather worth €62.6 million in the first four months of 2020, a decline of 40% year on year.

Figures published by industry body the Conseil National du Cuir show that cattle hides brought in export revenues of €22.6 million, while shipments of calfskins generated €14.9 million. Sheepskin leather earned €11.7 million, while the figure for exotic leather was €4.7 million.

Each category registered a fall in revenues year on year. There were declines of 24% for cattle hides, 35% for calfskins, 36% for sheepskin and 48% for exotics.

Image: Philémon d’Andurain/Pôle Cuir Aveyron




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