US hide exports fall, but per-hide wet blue value is up
11/09/2018
In the first seven months of 2018, packers and traders in the US exported 16.9 million cattle hides, bringing in earnings of $988.5 million. These figures, which include wet-salted and wet blue hides, represent a decline of 5.6% in volume and of 18.8% in value. Shipments of wet-salted hides, at just over 14 million, fell by 2% in volume compared...
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