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I have read Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano's letter to Leather with interest. In my view it is in the interest of all developing countries to open their markets to a well defined number of foreign products provided they don't produce these themselves.

I would like to express a long held (& long overdue) sentiment of deep appreciation for the continued standard of excellence of your Leather magazine. The recent further improvements to the presentation and production are simply first class. You are in a class of your own now.

Dear Sam, Good to read your latest, but I wish that it did not depress me so!

Dung clad hides have always been a bone of contention and caused endless problems to both tanner and end user, not to mention attempting to sell the limed splits for collagen entering into the food chain.

Dear Sam

Following our recent article on fair trade in the March issue of Leather International (pages 76-77), we received a letter from Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano, Cotance, who takes issue with some of the comments made at the end and points out that: