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New Zealand: slide continues in skin prices

14/01/2002

World prices for New Zealand’s export commodities fell for the fourth consecutive month in December according to a report from banking and financial services group ANZ. The largest decline was in skins, which fell 17.2% compared with November. Skin prices have fallen sharply since a peak in August, and in the report this was put down to large stocks being held by tanners in Asia.

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