The Brazilian leather sector expects this year to post turnover of $3.8 billion as compared to a projection of $3.4 billion for 2010, according to the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry, CICB.

Cited by the Brazilian press, the same figures showed that the number of heads of cattle slaughtered is expected to exceed 44 million during 2011, keeping Brazil as the world's second largest raw leather producing nation after China and ahead of India and the US.

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