Thailand uses only 30% local hides
06/10/2011
According to the president of the Thai Tanning Industry Association (TTIA), over the past decade, the country’s leathergoods industry has been able to acquire only 30% of hides locally due to the diminishing numbers of cattle being raised in the country. President Pranee Kuruvelukorn said that hides are mainly exported from the US, Australia and New Zealand.