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Turkish tanners turn to wet blue exports in tough times

30/07/2015
Owing to a downturn in demand for finished leather, particularly in footwear upper applications, tanners in Turkey have reported increases in their exports of wet blue.

In particular, tanners in Turkey have said there has been a lot of interest in recent times in Spain and Portugal in taking wet blue from Turkey. Hides are from native, Turkish cattle and are all machine-flayed. The quality is good and the material is reasonably priced, Turkish tanners have insisted.

Sources in Turkey say some of the hides are being finished in Spain and Portugal, while others are being sold on as wet blue to China.



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