Export volumes up for US hides in January, but revenues fall

17/03/2016

Figures for the first month of 2016 show that exports of US hides increased in volume, in comparison to the same month in 2015, but reduced in value, reflecting a fall in industry-wide hide prices in the course of last year. The figures for January 2016 show that tanners and traders in the US exported just over 2.1 million hides to customers...