Strong 2024 for the Brazilian leather industry
Brazil’s leather exports increased by 12.5% year-on-year to 1.26 billion USD in 2024, according to the CICB, which also highlighted advances in compliance, traceability and customs barriers
According to the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB), total exports of hides and skins reached 1.26 billion US dollars in 2024, an increase of 12.5% on a comparable basis to the previous year. In square metres, the growth was even more significant, the organisation pointed out, with an increase of 22.3% on the previous year. In terms of weight, total exports were 38.8% higher in tonnes.
While expressing satisfaction with the figures achieved, José Fernando Bello, Executive President of the CICB, emphasised that the most significant advances of 2024 go beyond statistics. “This year has been crucial for us. We worked relentlessly on issues such as compliance, traceability, and customs barriers, achieving results that set the stage for further growth in 2025”.
These advances include the creation of the CICB Raw Material Guide (a step-by-step guide to obtaining traceable raw material data within Brazil), the federal government’s launch of the National Plan for Individual Identification of Cattle and Buffalo, and Vietnam’s removal of the sanitary certificate requirement for Brazilian wet blue leather.
The data also reflects the growing trend towards market diversification in production and manufacturing. Vietnam consolidated its position as the fourth-largest destination for Brazilian leather, up by 69.8% year-on-year, and Mexico became the fifth-largest destination, up by 26.3% year-on-year. The country’s largest customer, China, also showed significant growth: exports to the Asian country increased by 26.9% in value terms (or by 20.8% if Hong Kong is included).
Looking ahead, the leather sector expressed its commitment to new technologies and processes that improve sustainability while meeting customer demands and international regulations.
“Special attention should be given to life cycle assessments, which are increasingly important to leather clients, already impacting the supply chain and material requirements,” said José Fernando Bello, referring to the CICB Sustainability Forum, which will be held during Fimec on the 19th of March under the theme ‘Life Cycle Assessment in the Leather Industry’.
Image Credits: brazilianleather.cicb.org.br
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