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31 October 2005

What happened this week: Bologna is over and we assume that most visitors were pleasantly surprised going on the reports that most of the exhibitors have given. There was an explosive array of beautiful...

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 15/10/2005

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US Export sales for week ending 20/10/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 483,000 pieces were 8 per cent above the previous week and 12 per cent over the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 468,600 pieces were mainly for South Korea...

24 October 2005

Latest UK and Ireland slaughter statistics

UK figures supplied by Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Irish figures courtesy of Central Statistics Office of Ireland (CSO). All figures expressed as ‘000 head Table 1: UK ...

Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for W/E 08/10/2005

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US Export sales for week ending 13/10/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 447,500 pieces were 43 per cent above the previous week, but 7 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 440,800 pieces were mainly for South Korea...

US Export sales for week ending 13/10/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 447,500 pieces were 43 per cent above the previous week, but 7 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 440,800 pieces were mainly for South Korea...

Friedrich Sturm Report - 21.10.05

What happened this week: All in all, it’s a bit difficult to summarise the week. Essentially it turned out to be a satisfying sales week again, but looking at the daily activity, it was not really active. As...

FMD causes unnecessary concern

Macroeconomics The interesting statistical data to be harvested was only slightly higher than over the summer. The vast majority of statistics focused on evaluating indicators as to whether...

17 October 2005

Fridrich Sturm Report 14.10.05

What happened this week: In our opinion, this week was neither good nor bad. Business was slower than it had been in previous weeks. Sales were more isolated than widespread. The US$ was again the key to...

14 October 2005

US Export sales for week ending 06/10/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 312,000 pieces were 41 per cent below the previous week and 40 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 304,000 pieces were mainly for China...

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10 October 2005

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US export sales for week ending 29/09/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 529,500 pieces were 23 per cent above the previous week and 10 per cent over the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 518,700 pieces were mainly for China (297,700...

Friedrich Sturm Report - 07.09.05

What happened this week: Our forecasts from last week described the market situation this week quite accurately. Activity slowed down quite remarkably due to some kind of semi vacation status in Germany....

Demand for furniture leather improves in Italy

Macroeconomics Financial data and statistics did not deliver much news. The economic outlook in Japan has improved and the US economy showed impressive resistance to the consequences of the hurricanes. ...

03 October 2005

Friedrich Sturm Report - 30.09.05

What happened this week: Another week of reasonable activity, but it was not spread evenly over the days. It was a bit ‘on and off’, but counting the numbers on Friday afternoon it was fully satisfactory. ...

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