Main Importers of Brazilian Leather in 2012

Second largest worldwide leather producer and exporter, Brazil aims for excellence: with investments, qualification, and technology, finished leather already consists of 60% of its business.

According to Leather International Magazine, the Brazilian chemistry products for leather industry has been rapidly evolving lately. “It has won a great reputation for excellent quality, stable performance and awareness of environmental protection.” And that reputation is proven by the number of destinations for Brazilian leather, which currently reaches the mark of 91 countries around the world.

Since 2008, Brazil has been the largest beef producer in the world, with 20.7% of the market and surpassing the us$ 14 billion mark. By the end of the next decade, Ministry of Agriculture foresees the country holding half of the beef market, which also means larger economic potential and stability for the leather industry.

“Brazil has beaten European countries at football for a long time, but beating them at economy is a new phenomenon”, said Douglas McWilliams, chief executive at United Kingdom’s Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). McWilliams was talking about the new study published on The Guardian in December 2011: by surpassing the UK, Brazil is now the sixth largest economy on the planet.