USHSLA to carry out mission to Mexico
22/01/2010
The United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA), will conduct a trade mission to Mexico, coinciding with the ANPIC leather exhibition taking place in León, Guanajuato, from February 18 to 21.
John Reddington, USHSLA’s president will be attending the fair in addition to visiting Mexico City for meetings with Mexican government officials to discuss current changes to Mexico’s animal health requirements and the potential impact on US hide exports. Meetings are also scheduled with the Mexican tanners’ association, CANALCUR, together with making several visits to prominent tanners in the Leon area.
USHSLA is the exclusive representative of the hide and skin industry in the US. Producing in excess of 35 million bovine hides annually, of which 30% are further processed into wet blue and wet white, USHSLA members export over 95% of production, with Mexico being the fourth largest buyer.
In addition to small skins and renderer hides, USHSLA estimates that its members—including meat packers, processors, dealers and hide traders—generate sales attributed to hides and skins in excess of $3 billion annually.
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