Encouraging news has just been announced by the Department of Foreign Trade from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC): leather and skin exports have increased in March.
During the third month of 2015, sales from the Brazilian leather sector to foreign markets have reached US$ 255 million. The number represents an increase of 1.0% in comparison to the same month last year, when exports reached a total value of US$ 252,556 million. In relation to February, there has been an increase of 30.5% in Brazilian exports (or US$ 195,358 million).
“The sector receives the news with great satisfaction, since numbers reflect the segment’s effort to remain competitive in an economic scenario as challenging as we are facing in 2015”, said José Fernando Bello, executive president of the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB). “Therefore, we intend to keep on stimulating the industry to draw strategies that maintain, or, when possible, increase Brazilian leather exports”, adds Bello.
The participation of ‘Leather and Skins’ in Brazilian exports is of 1,5%. All information is part of a preview of the monthly report released by the MDIC. The complete analysis is to be released soon by the Department of Foreign Trade.
Information courtesy of FNA