Leather and footwear exports down in October
07/11/2008
Brazilian leather and footwear exports figures keep falling in financial terms.
After having grown in the first two months of the year, tanners experienced a sharp drop in October. Exports fell 27% compared to October 2007, from $200 million to $146 million. Footwear exports decreased 8% from $161 million in October 2007 to $148 million this year.
Accumulated figures for 2008 are negative for the leather sector with a reduction of 8% in dollar terms if compared to the same period of last year. Footwear exports have remained flat for the first 10 months of the year remaining at $1.6 billion.
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