Measures are in place in Turkey to promote the use of domestic hides in the country’s tanneries.

The government has imposed a 16% import duty on bovine hides coming into the country as crust. In parallel, a $500-per-tonne export duty is in place to discourage shipment overseas of Turkish wet blue.

Industry commentators have said that good-quality raw material is available at good prices in the domestic market.

A recent analysis of prices shows that wet-salted, machine-flayed bull hides are available at an average of $1.30 per kilo. And small-skin tanners are able to buy good-quality, wet-salted sheepskins with an area of seven or eight square-feet for around $2.50 or $3 per piece.

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