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Full-year figures show rise in volume of US hide exports in 2020

10/02/2021

Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) has published full-year figures for hide exports from the US in 2020.

Meat companies and traders exported a total of 26.7 million US cattle hides in 2020. Of these 23.8 were wet-salted and 2.9 million were wet blue. In terms of overall volume, these figures represent an increase of 12.9% compared to 2019. Exports of wet-salted hides rose by 19% in volume, while shipments of wet blue fell by 21%.

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