Top-five place for tannery
27/03/2008
Brazil has taken over from the US as the principal export market for Uruguayan companies, with the North American trading partner slipping behind Argentina, Russia, Spain and Germany as a buyer of Uruguayan goods.
Exports of beef and refined oils dropped during the 12-month period to the end of February, but the figures for the leather sector were positive. Leather exports as a whole were 19.7% up on the previous year and one tannery, Curtiembre Braná, was in the top-five Uruguayan exporting companies.