Leather Pipeline: US ports strike resolution could mean excess material for Asian tanners

07/04/2015
Leather Pipeline: US ports strike resolution could mean excess material for Asian tanners
Our exclusive Leather Pipeline report outlines consensus from last week’s Asia Pacific Leather Fair in Hong Kong.

Fewer Chinese visitors could be an indication of how the country’s dominance is declining, but most report useful meetings and a chance to catch up with the industry’s biggest players.

An excess of wet blue is causing consternation in some parts of the world, while currency fluctuations are still wreaking havoc, depending on the origin.

Elsewhere, the resolution of the US port strikes means shipfuls of raw material are on their way to Asia – but are tanners there still interested in taking them, given the falling leather demand?

Read the full report, plus German and US perspectives on the market, on our market info page.