Crossing between refrigerators and tanneries for the leather

In what is already a classic, elimination to retentions for leather exports, fueled a Fight between refrigerators and tanneries. Export rights allow the leather industry to access the raw material at a lower price to add value. Refrigerators prefer Export the salty leather as in the time of the colony.

Yesterday, the industrial chambers that make up the leather value chain, expressed concern about the end of the withholding with salty leather: “This is an old discussion that involves on the one hand who for years has been given value to the Leather, a residual byproduct of the bovine task by transforming them into an industrialized product or high quality manufactures with international recognition, and on the other who only pretend to maximize their profits selling a commodity at the expense of an industrial chain that generates thousands of jobs ” , the industrialists pointed out.

The main tannery of Argentina is Sadesa, with plants all over the world, especially in China and that supplies the main automotive, in addition to the global leaders in shoes. Sadesa belongs to the Galperin family, of the Mercado Libre owner.

In the statement the industry expresses that the 50% of the leathers are already exported as salty by the refrigerators. And that the price of leather barely represents between 0.8 and 1.5% of the animal standing.

The leather were subject to fixed retention per unit, regardless of the type of leather, their weight or the sale price. This retention was calculated taking as reference the price of leather in the Chicago market and ascended to US $ 1.30 the unit.