< p > < a href= "http://sjfzxm.com//business/ > > Wenzhou < /a > data from the entry-exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau released yesterday showed that in January of this month, the import of animal skins in Wenzhou area amounted to 53806 tons, with a total price of 104 million 908 thousand dollars.

Among them, raw (salt and wet) cowhide 29857 tons, the total price in 76 million 723 thousand dollars, down 61.8% and 54.9% compared to the same period; cooked (Lan Shi) leather 23949 tons, the total price in 28 million 185 thousand US dollars, an increase of 20.49% and 38.5% compared to the same period.

Some analysts believe that the difference between the import and export of raw leather is actually revealing the pformation and upgrading of leather processing enterprises in Wenzhou.

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< p > "in the first half of this year, the number of raw cattle hide imports in Wenzhou has dropped significantly, mainly due to environmental protection policies and enterprises' pformation and upgrading."

The relevant staff of Wenzhou entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau said leather processing is a heavy pollution industry. A raw cowhide processed into finished leather needs to discharge more than 1 tons of sewage.

Since July last year, the municipal government has implemented relevant environmental policies, and has taken measures to reduce the annual processing capacity of the imported raw skins designated processing enterprises, and cancel the raw leather processing plants without sewage treatment equipment.

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< p > besides environmental factors, the market environment also determines that leather processing enterprises need to seek pformation and upgrading.

According to the insiders, the price of foreign raw cowhide continues to rise this year, resulting in an increase in the cost of enterprises. The price increases of chemical raw materials and accessories and environmental protection investment increase year by year, which further increases the production cost of import enterprises.

However, the price fluctuation of domestic leather products is smaller, further narrowing the profit margins and shrinking the market.

Therefore, some leather processing enterprises no longer process raw cowhide, but buy foreign cooked beef skin directly, which leads to a substantial increase in the import of cooked leather.

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< p > Wenzhou entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau believes that the advantage of this trend is that environmental protection can reach the standard. The most serious pollution problem in leather processing is the former processing program, while imported cooked cowhide is removed, and the processing procedure before removing the skin is removed, with less pollution and environmental protection requirements.

In addition, the cost is saved because the cost of sewage is greatly reduced.

At the same time, the benefits can be improved, and the workers in the front road production line of raw hide processing can be reduced, and the workers in the production line can be increased correspondingly, so that the output of finished products will be increased every year, and then the efficiency of enterprises will be enhanced.

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