James Leonard
Ceist:221 Mr. Leonard asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the percentage of bovine animal hides exported unprocessed in the last accounting year for which records are available. [4449/95]
Written Answers. - Bovine Animal Hides.
The most recent figures on exports published by the CSO are in respect of the year 1992 as follows: fresh or wet-salted or otherwise preserved hides and skins of bovines, 60,997 metric tonnes; and whole bovine skin leather, 5,676 metric tonnes.
This suggests that approximately 90 per cent of bovine hides and skins are exported before tanning.