Numbers fall but US hide exports still exceed $1 billion from January to May
04/08/2015
In the first five months of 2015, tanners and traders in the US exported more than 11.1 million hides, which brought in export revenues of just over $1 billion. Of these hides, wet blue accounted for 30% of the volume and 35% of the value, with fresh and wet salted hides making up the rest. The figures represent a fall in volume of 39% and a...