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Govt plans CTC to enhace leather quality
04 Aug '05
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This latter will serve to develop techniques and research to use the protein in the leather in food and the keratin in medicine and cosmetics.
The Mato Grosso do Sul CTC is not a pioneer in Brazil, but it is the first in the Midwestern region, where the largest cattle herd in the country is located. In 2003, there were 69.9 million heads of cattle in the region. According to Cardoso, the country produces 35.5 million pieces of cattle leather a year, being 80% of this total sold in the simplest form, or wet blue.
"We could make this leather into finished products so as to export," stated Cardoso. Currently, according to him, wet blue leather costs US$ 50 on the foreign market, whereas finished leather costs US$ 90. "The great deal is to sell finished leather," he added.
Another factor mentioned by Cardoso is the loss of raw material in the country. "Most of the fish skin is thrown out. Brazil throws out a large volume of raw material and we have a fantastic potential," he said.
According to the technician, Brazil could also extract from the cattle hides gelatine for use in various foods. South America, according to him, produces around 55,000 tonnes of bovine gelatine and Brazil participates in this market with the production of 35,000 tonnes a year. Cardoso believes that the country may become the largest gelatine producer in the world.
The initiative for the creation of the Mato Grosso do Sul Leather Technology Centre, in the city of Campo Grande, was by Cardoso himself, who worked on the idea for ten years. "I hope that this laboratory will be an instrument for stimulation. It will be a challenge," he said.
The Mato Grosso do Sul CTC is not a pioneer in Brazil, but it is the first in the Midwestern region, where the largest cattle herd in the country is located. In 2003, there were 69.9 million heads of cattle in the region. According to Cardoso, the country produces 35.5 million pieces of cattle leather a year, being 80% of this total sold in the simplest form, or wet blue.
"We could make this leather into finished products so as to export," stated Cardoso. Currently, according to him, wet blue leather costs US$ 50 on the foreign market, whereas finished leather costs US$ 90. "The great deal is to sell finished leather," he added.
Another factor mentioned by Cardoso is the loss of raw material in the country. "Most of the fish skin is thrown out. Brazil throws out a large volume of raw material and we have a fantastic potential," he said.
According to the technician, Brazil could also extract from the cattle hides gelatine for use in various foods. South America, according to him, produces around 55,000 tonnes of bovine gelatine and Brazil participates in this market with the production of 35,000 tonnes a year. Cardoso believes that the country may become the largest gelatine producer in the world.
The initiative for the creation of the Mato Grosso do Sul Leather Technology Centre, in the city of Campo Grande, was by Cardoso himself, who worked on the idea for ten years. "I hope that this laboratory will be an instrument for stimulation. It will be a challenge," he said.
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