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US hides and leather industry reports a record 2014

11/02/2015

The US hide, skin and leather industry exported a record $2.85 billion of cattle hides, pig skins and semi-processed leather products in 2014. The industry’s transition towards an increasing proportion exported as wet blue is paying off: Exports of wet salted hides dropped 1.2% to $1.8 billion in value; exports of wet blue cattle hides jumped...

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