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Transport issues force Indian exporters to import hides

24/04/2017
Large Indian leather exporters are importing cow hides to meet the shortfall in domestic supplies, according to the Council for Leather Exports’ (CLE) regional chairman for the east of the country, Ramesh Juneja. 

“Getting adequate domestic supplies of good quality hides is a problem. Now, big exporters are importing cow hides from Africa, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia,” he said.

Although buffalo hides are available in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, there are problems transporting them to other areas of the country, he added. 

Mr Juneja explained that importing cow hides is now a viable option as the rupee has increased in strength against the dollar. 

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