Brazil’s tanners say orders are already being cancelled
Brazil’s national leather industry body CICB has said it is “working constantly” to help the country’s government reach a negotiated settlement with the US on tariffs.
But it said the US’s decision to begin imposing tariff rates of 50% on imports from Brazil from August 6 was already having an impact on leather-sector exports from the South American country.
Figures for July 2025 show that Brazil exported 14.2 million square-metres of finished and semi-finished leather to all markets, bringing in revenues of $89.2 million.
CICB pointed out that this was an improvement in value of 7% compared to June 2025, but a fall of 21.1% compared to July 2024. In terms of area, the July 2025 total was down by 14.5% year on year.
It said its member companies were already suffering the effects of the imposition of high tariff rates and had reported delays and even cancellations of orders.
