Swiss mull certified leather proposal
09/12/2014
However, with only one tannery in the country, the majority of skins are exported, so observers such skin exporter Centravo have questioned the financial viability of a Swiss label. The group exports 16,000 tonnes of skins, or 850,000 pieces a year, to France and Italy. This is 90% of national production.
Philippe Marmy, from a slaughterhouse in Estavayer-le-Lac, also has reservations and told local press: “I do not see the point at this stage, given that almost all the raw material is exported.”
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