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Turkish tanners call for wet blue export duties

26/08/2014

Representatives of the Turkish leather industry have asked the country’s ministry for industry to impose export duties of up to 30% on wet blue hides because tanners in Turkey are short of raw material. For a long time Turkey has imported wet-salted hides from neighbouring countries to supplement domestic supply. However, with wet blue hides...

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