New USHSLA figures confirm decline in US wet blue exports
30/01/2017
Between January and November last year, packers and traders shipped 19.6 million fresh hides to tanners overseas, bringing in revenues of just under $1.3 billion. For the same months in 2015, the corresponding figures were 17.6 million in volume and just under $1.4 billion in value.
For wet blue, the figures show a year-on-year decline in volume 14.6% and a fall in value of 21.7% in value. The figures for January-November 2016 show exports of just under 6 million wet blue hides for revenues of almost $550 million. These compare to figures of just under 7 million wet blue hides and revenues of $702.5 million for the same months in 2015.
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