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Rise in US wet-salted hide exports as wet blue falls

12/05/2021

US packers, tanners and traders exported just under 8 million hides in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of more than 40% compared to the same quarter last year.

In total, hides shipped so far in 2021 have brought in revenues of $276.5 million, but this represents a decline of 2.3% compared to the figure for the first quarter of 2020.

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