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Strong first half for German leather

08/09/2011
The German Leather Federation (VDL) has said that the value of the country’s leather production increased by 19.6% in the first half of 2011, reaching EUR 204 million. The whole-year total for 2010 was EUR 350 million, which in turn represented an increase of 30% on the figure for 2009.

VDL said the first-half figure for 2011 was almost at “pre-crisis levels”.

Overseas trade of hides and skins increased by between 6% and 7% in volume in the first half of this year, but by 37% in value. The organisation said German raw hides and skins increased in price by at least 25% in the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2010.


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