After more than a year of declining trade relations during which Colombian exports to Venezuela all but collapsed, Caracas and Bogotá appear to have finally reconciled their differences at least for now.
Entrepreneurs of the leather, footwear and leather goods sector have voiced their reservations about the possible modification of customs duties proposed by the Colombian government to combat the rise of the local currency, the Colombian peso, in terms of the US dollar.
The president of the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA), Madam Zhang Shuhua, has outlined a plan for the Chinese leather industry for the next five years.
According to Wolfgang Goerlich, President of the Center of Tannery Industries of Brazil (CICB), increasingly frequent cancellations of ships at main Brazilian ports has caused enormous damage to exports of leather.
