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2014: Brazil’s plan to add value on home soil brings in a record $2.9 billion

28/01/2015

Total export volumes and values for Brazil in 2014 have been revealed, and they show that the country’s plan to add more value on home soil by exporting skins at a finished or crust stage rather than wet blue are starting to come to fruition. A total of 34.3 million hides were exported in 2014, 3% less than the volume exported in 2013 – 35.5...

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