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July 15, 2025

Bringing you the top stories and opinion from the leading source for global leather industry news.

EU prepares retaliatory tariffs as tensions escalate July 15, 2025   The European Union (EU) is drawing up a €72 billion package of retaliatory tariffs against the United States, even as it intensifies last-minute efforts to avoid a full-scale trade war.

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Brazilian leather exports end first half on decline July 15, 2025  Brazil’s exports of hides and skins dropped in June 2025, according to data from SECEX (Secretariat of Foreign Trade) analysed by CICB/Brazilian Leather.

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Bangladeshi leather exports end the year with growth July 15, 2025  Bangladeshi leather exports declined in June 2025 but ended the year with overall growth, according to the latest data from the Export Promotion Bureau.

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Trump imposes 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico July 14, 2025   Donald Trump has announced he will impose a 30% tariff on imports from the European Union from August 1.

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Brazilian footwear exports rise in first half of 2025 July 15, 2025   Footwear exports from Brazil grew in the first six months of 2025, according to data from the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados).

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Government increases leather export targets July 14, 2025   The Ministry of Commerce in Bangladesh has proposed an ambitious export target of US$65 billion for this fiscal 2025-26 (FY26, July to June) including US$56.5 billion from goods and US$8.5 billion from services.

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Australian beef exports set new monthly and half year records July 15, 2025   Australian beef exports reached an all-time monthly high of 134,593 tonnes in June 2025, according to the latest data from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).

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Original Birkin leather bag sells for €8.6 million July 14, 2025   The original Hermes Birkin, which had belonged to and was named after British actress and singer Jane Birkin, went under the hammer at Sotheby's in Paris on July 10.

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TCLF partners outline future learning resources July 10, 2025  On July 1-2, 19 representatives from eight European countries gathered at Amsterdam Fashion Institute in the Netherlands to drive forward the Erasmus+ Blueprint AEQUALIS4TCLF project.

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