RUSSIA TEXTILE SECTOR ABANDONS EXPENSIVE FUR TRIM

RUSSIAN textile producers abandoning the use of fur trim on their fabrics, especially more expensive fur, according to Andrey Razbrodin, president of the Association is known as the Russian Union of Entrepreneurs of Textile and Light Industry, which includes Russia’s leading textile producers. The trend, noted Mr Razbrodin, was a problem, because while Russia has had a well-developed fur industry, notably producing fur from mink, fox, sable, polecat and raccoon dog (NOTE TO EDITOR – THIS IS A REAL SPECIES), technology processing this input needs technical ...


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