INFO BRIEF Nº. 4 - TRACEABILITY AND CERTIFICATION IN THE LEATHER VALUE CHAIN
This publication shows that the certifications available for the leather industry in Brazil include traceability as an important requirement within their scope, although it is not mandatory, and that even if the foreign market is showing more maturity in this sense, there are signs from local companies that this topic is gaining in importance. For such, the availability and transparency of information throughout the production chain needs to be extended.
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