Exports of hides and skins submitted by SECEX (Foreign Trade Secretariat), for the month of May 2014, registered a new record of US$ 258.811 million, which means an increase of 12.9% compared to the same month last year, when US$ 229.301 million were exported. Compared to April 2014 there was also an increase of 1.2%, while total exports was US$ 255.794.
Regarding the quantity of hides, considering only the cowhides, in May were shipped 2.952 million units, a decrease of 8.7% compared to May 2013, when the total was 3.235 million.
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