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Material Handling Problems? THE ANSWER: V-RAM ~ Reduces Tramp Material Problems ~Reduce Cross Contamination ~ Pump Large or Small Volumes ~ Pump Long or Short Distances TRUSTED! PROUDLY RELIABLE! MADE IN DURABLE! THE USA! Edible and Inedible Styles Available! WWW.VRAM.COM 888-373-3996 Reach more customers... By advertising in Render magazine! Six times a year Render is read by thousands of potential clients and 2014 rates have been held at 2007 levels! Why wait? Contact Render at (530) 644-8428 e-mail: editors@rendermagazine.com www.rendermagazine.com/media_kit Providing screening solutions to the rendering industry for over 30 years. Applications • general rendering plant effluent • poultry, beef, pork, fish by-products • raw blood screening • grease screening • pet food processing and clean-up • hide processing • receiving bin effluent screening Features • sturdy stainless steel construction • corrosion resistant materials • custom flights • low water usage • low overall operating & maintenance costs www.ipec.ca • sales@ipec.ca • 1.800.663.8409 • 2889 Norland Ave, Burnaby, B.C. US Hides, Skins, and Leather Set New Export Record Exports of hide, skin, and leather products from the United States (US) set new records in 2013, marking one of the most successful years for the industry to date. Hides and skins producers, processors, and brokers regularly export over 90 percent of the total US production and are one of the top raw material suppliers to the global leather manufacturing sector. According to US Department of Agriculture statistics, US exports for wet salted cattle hides (hides that have been preserved using brine solutions) increased 12 percent in value to $1.8 billion. Wet blue cattle hide exports (hides that have undergone the first stages of leather tanning) expanded 27 percent to nearly $800 million in value. Likewise, pig and sow skin exports saw an increase in value of 15 percent to $57 million, despite facing market access restrictions in key leather-producing countries.  China is the largest importer of US hides and skins products. In 2013, the value of wet salted US hides exported to China increased 23 percent to $1.1 billion, while wet blue exports jumped 7 percent to $282 million. The United States is the number one supplier of raw materials to China’s booming leather manufacturing industry. Hides and skins are the third largest agricultural good that the United States exports to China. Since 2009, the US hide, skin, and leather industry has increased  the overall value of its exports by 90 percent, answering President Barack Obama’s call under the National Export Initiative (NEI) to double US exports in five years. If current trends continue in 2014, it is expected that the industry will surpass the NEI goal. www.rendermagazine.com Render April 2014 63


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