Tom Hogarth

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Brazilian leather exports edge up in May but remain below 2024 levels Brazil’s exports of hides and skins reached US$96.6 million in May 2025, according to data from SECEX (Secretariat of Foreign Trade) analysed by the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB/Brazilian Leather).

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Hermès to open new leather goods workshop in Ardennes by 2027Luxury fashion house Hermès has officially laid the foundation stone for its 26th leather goods workshop, situated in Charleville-Mézières, in the Ardennes region.

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Credit: Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock.comThe agreement sets a framework for easing bilateral tariffs, removes Chinese export restrictions on rare earth minerals and permits continued access for Chinese students to U.S. universities. The deal maintains a fixed 55% tariff on Chinese imports, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and comes after a prior agreement reached in Geneva had faltered over export restrictions. U.S. exports to China will face a 10% tariff.

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A European Union-backed initiative aimed at reducing the environmental impact of leather tanning has concluded with promising results.

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Credit: nativofotos/Shutterstock.comThe company will sell its Colonia processing plant in Uruguay to Allana for US$48 million, after proposing the move in February. Last year, regulator Coprodec blocked Minerva’s proposed acquisition of three meat processing plants from rival Marfrig. In a revised plan, Minerva has offered to divest the Colonia unit immediately following the deal, in hopes of easing regulatory objections and moving forward with the purchase of the remaining two facilities.