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Hides after the first stage of chrome tanning

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Plain meaning
Hides after the first stage of chrome tanning
How to use it
Sell hides as wet-blue to earn more than raw.
South African benchmark
South African tanneries process hides into wet-blue and finished leather (Article 100).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M16-U4
Calculate it
T-M16-02 Processing Margin
Library sources
LIB-A083, LIB-A100, LIB-P-HidesSkinsLeather
See also
Tannery
Hides, Skins and Leather: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedHides, Skins and Leather: how the business runsSold byhides or kg1Slaughter2Flay3Salt or dry4Tan5Leather goodsZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Hides, Skins and Leather Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M16 Hides, Skins and Leather.