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BOVINE HIDES AND SKINS |
SHEEP AND LAMBSKINS |
GOAT AND KIDSKINS |
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Average |
Average |
Growth per |
Average |
Average |
Growth per |
Average |
Average |
Growth per |
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|
(...Thousand tonnes 1/...) |
(...Percent...) |
(...Thousand tonnes 2/...) |
(...Percent...) |
(...Thousand tonnes 3/...) |
(...Percent...) |
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WORLD |
1 741.4 |
2 195.6 |
1.6 |
176.4 |
171.7 |
-0.2 |
30.5 |
12.9 |
-5.6 |
|
Developing countries 4/ |
122.7 |
306.2 |
6.3 |
43.4 |
46.4 |
0.4 |
25.6 |
8.5 |
-7.1 |
|
Latin America |
20.1 |
50.8 |
6.4 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
-3.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
-4.5 |
|
Africa |
41.1 |
55.5 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
5.6 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
0.1 |
|
Near East |
22.4 |
18.2 |
-1.4 |
34.2 |
36.5 |
0.4 |
4.2 |
1.8 |
-5.5 |
|
Far East |
39.0 |
181.6 |
10.8 |
1.4 |
2.7 |
4.5 |
16.3 |
1.4 |
-15.1 |
|
Developed countries |
1 618.7 |
1 889.4 |
1.0 |
133.0 |
125.2 |
-0.4 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
-0.7 |
|
North America |
777.2 |
676.4 |
-0.9 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
-2.7 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
-3.1 |
|
Europe |
670.2 |
785.4 |
1.1 |
43.2 |
48.6 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Area of the Former USSR |
22.6 |
250.2 |
17.4 |
10.7 |
6.3 |
-3.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Oceania |
122.6 |
164.2 |
2.0 |
68.2 |
61.6 |
-0.7 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
|
Other developed |
26.1 |
19.2 |
-2.0 |
6.4 |
5.8 |
-0.7 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
-5.3 |
1) - Wet Salted Weight.
2) Dry Weight without wool.
3)
Dry Weigth.
4) - Figure shown may be slightly different from the sum total
due to existence of some "other developing countries" not shown
separately.
Notes to Table IV
Globally, 38 percent of the output of raw bovine hides entered international trade in the late - nineties, an increase from 33 percent in the early eighties. World shipments rose by 34 percent (2.0 percent per year) with the developing countries in aggregate increasing their exports at a faster rate than the developed countries. Within developing countries, exports from Latin America and Africa were reduced, while those of Far East increased considerably. The area of the former USSR stepped up shipments sharply. In a reversal of the trend which has been apparent for a number of decades, the developing countries’ share of global exports increased a little in the period under review.
Sheepskin output entering world trade rose from 40 percent in the early eighties to 43 percent in the late nineties. Oceania remains the dominant exporting region, despite some contraction, while shipments from the area of the former USSR increased markedly.
The proportion of goatskin output entering trade channels fell from 22 percent in early eighties to 5 percent in the late nineties, reflecting rapidly growing utilization in producing countries. World shipments in raw goat skins shrank by 3.8 percent per year while production expanded. Developing countries, where tanning capacity rose fastest, reduced their exports of raw skins by about 67 percent (4.5 percent per annum). Exports from developed countries declined slightly, but quantities are small in a world context.
