Turkish producers and importers view with some alarm the aggressive purchases by China of Australian and New Zealand raw (and pickled) leather hides and skins. Due to their insularity, these two countries remain the few, if not the only, ones unaffected by foot and mouth disease; so leather buyers are now apparently flocking there. China has itself banned skins from entering the Chinese mainland if they originate in countries which have foot and mouth cases.

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