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Smuggling leaves local leather industry short

31/08/2007

Leather industry representatives in Bolivia have complained that the smuggling of hides out of the country, especially to Argentina and Peru, is leaving their companies short of material to work with.Tannery owners there have asked the government to redouble its efforts to control illicit cross-border trade in raw hides.Tanneries and leathergoods...

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