Brazil hide exports up by 20% in value

18/11/2011
Hides and skins exports from Brazil for the first ten months of 2011 reached a value of $1.72 billion. This represents an increase of more than 20% compared to the same period last year.

In volume terms, the number of exports is down, reaching 1.98 million hides shipped during January-October 2011 compared to 2.17 million for the same months last year, a fall of 9%.