Raw materials


French bulls 37kg and up 2.0 –


2021 2020


1.5 –


2022 2023


the same month last year. For the year to date, tonnage was up by 19.8%; however, the value was 12.9% lower. Viposa and Vancouros have merged to create


1.0 – 0.5 – 0


1020304050 Weeks


were selling €0.10 to €0.15 higher at €1.00–1.10 per kilo. Selections weighing 40–49kg were €0.15 to €0.20 higher since our last report, selling at €1.15– 1.20. Prices are for delivery to northern Italian tanneries on a 30-day payment plan.


Brazil


Preliminary data released by the CICB indicated that in September, Brazilian exports of hides and skins totalled US$91.6m, and 36,500t. The volume was stable compared with September 2022, up by 1.9%. In terms of value, the total was 14.3% lower than


North German heavy bulls 1.75 –


2021 2020


1.25 –


2022 2023


Viva, which will have a processing capacity for seven million units of leather per year. The merger request has been filed with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), which assesses the effects of the deal on competition. The two companies had already started collaborating in 2001 to avoid predatory competition among themselves. The merger is their strategy to increase efficiency and reduce costs. In addition to the leather and tanning segment, joint investments in the past two decades included the opening of two chemical facilities to serve the leather operations and, more recently, a gelatine factory (Gelprime) in Ibiporã (PR).


Colombia 0.75 –


Colombia’s raw material market extended its run of steady prices into October. Salted hides weighing 26–28kg were still selling for $0.40 per kilo, while those at 30–32kg were selling for $0.50/kg. Wet- blue TR1/TR2 20/22mm and up was also unchanged at $0.42 per square foot. Colombia’s leather industry exports have been trending downward over the past eight years, falling at an average annual rate of 8.5% between 2015 and 2022. Exports totalled $252m in 2015, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT). In 2022, only $135m were exported, down by 7% compared with 2021 when $145m were exported. Much of the 2022 decline is due to the drop in exports of tanned bovine or equine hides and skins, which dropped by 60%, from $46m in 2021 to $18m in 2022, according to DANE.


Finland 0.25 – 0


1020304050 Weeks


North German heavy cows 1.25 –


2021 2020


1.00 –


2022 2023


Finnish cow hide prices held steady through the autumn. Trading was reported unchanged at €1.30/kg for hides delivered to northern Italian tanneries. Bulls added €0.10 in early October with average green weights of 34kg and up selling for €1.60 per kilo.


France 0.75 –


Top quality is still dominating the market, even when the prices of some veal skins, especially luxury and super


0.50 – 0.25 – 0


1020304050 Weeks


luxury, are almost too expensive. French black/white selections weighing 8–12kg remained stable at €5.00– 5.40 and those over 13kg were also unchanged at €6.50–7.00. The price for 13kg and up luxury selections was firm at €7.20–7.50. The 8–12kg luxury selections also remained steady at €5.60–6.00. Prices are per kilogram, delivered to northern Italian


22 Leather International / www.leathermag.com


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