Brazilian leather exports continue revival
19/12/2016
This growth came despite a 9.7% year-on-year drop in the volume of exports, which came in at 14.04 million square-metres. Finished leather made up 54.9% of the total volume of leather exports, with wet-blue representing 38.5% and crust 6.6%.
In terms of value, China snapped up 28.2% of the leather exports, followed by Italy with 15% and the US with 11.8%. The state of Rio Grande do Sul was the biggest exporter with 21.3% of the total, followed by São Paulo with 20.7%, Goiás (15%), Paraná (9.1%) and Ceará (7.3%).
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