S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil exported US$ 1.74 billion in leathers and skins in 2010, a figure 50% higher than in 2009, when the industry posted US$ 1.16 billion in revenues from exports. Compared with 2008, when the country exported US$ 1.88 billion in leather, foreign sales dropped by 7% in 2010. The data were supplied by the Confederation of Brazilian Hides and Skins Industries (CICB).<\/p>\n
In December alone, bovine leather exports reached US$ 159.57 million, 22% more than in the same month of 2009. In terms of volume, the country shipped 2.52 million items in the last month of 2010.<\/p>\n
The main Brazilian leather export targets were China and Hong Kong (US$ 560.8 million); Italy (US$ 388.4 million); the United States (US$ 189.74 million) and Germany (US$ 55.4 million). Countries whose imports from Brazil have increased include Tunisia, in North Africa, at US$ 5.3 million; and Singapore, Costa Rica and Uruguay.<\/p>\n
In 2011, Wolfgang Goerlich, the chairman of the CICB, claims that the goal is to post export revenues of between US$ 1.8 billion to US$ 1.9 billion. "Without a doubt, whether or not the revenues of Brazilian tanneries are going to increase will depend more on the growth of production and sales of higher value-added products than in the volume of sales of processed leathers. And the industry is on the right track, working to improve production," said the executive, according to a statement issued by the organization.<\/p>\n
The hides and skins industry has also increased its share in total trade to 8.2%, the highest rate of the last three years.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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