Fur trade
The trade in tobacco products (furs) is referred to as fur trade .
From the 16th century to the 19th century, the fur trade in North America gained particular economic importance . The wild fur trade from the newly opened eastern expanses of Russia assumed a similar position. Lambskins have always been an important commodity, a specialty here are the Persian skins of the Karakul sheep , which were imported from the Russian-Central Asian region to the tobacco trade center Brühl in Leipzig and, after the Second World War, to the fur trade center Niddastraße in Frankfurt am Main.
Today Copenhagen is a center of the European fur trade with the Copenhagen Fur auctions . The main trade fair for the European fur industry is Mifur in Milan, Italy. The fur scraps are mainly recycled in the Greek province of Kastoria , especially in and around the neighboring towns of Kastoria and Siatista .
