Wet salted growth and wet blue contraction continue in the US
19/06/2017
Its figures show that packers and traders shipped almost 7.8 million wet salted hides between January and April, bringing in export revenues of almost $503 million. Compared to the same months in 2016, these figures represent an increase of 17% in volume and of 19% in value.
For wet blue, however, total exports amounted to 2.1 million over the four months, bringing in revenues of $198 million. Year on year, this represents a fall of 4% in volume and of 2% in value.