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Falls for US wet blue exports, even before tariff increases

22/05/2025

Wet blue exports from the US fell by 9% in volume and by 17% in value in the first quarter of 2025.

The percentage figures that the Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) has shared suggest that tanners and traders in the US shipped just over 800,000 wet blue hides in the first three months of this year, bringing in revenues of around $85 million.

Leather manufacturers in Vietnam were the biggest buyers of US wet blue in the first quarter, taking 34% of the total. This was followed by China with 20% and Italy with 17%.

In the first quarter of 2025, before tariff increases kicked in, the average export price of a US wet blue hide was $106.25. In the first quarter of 2024, the average price was around $101.




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