MARKET INTELLIGENCE – 26.10.07MacroeconomicsThe financial world is almost completely focused on the situation of the US economy at present. Is the subprime crisis over or not? Will the Fed lower interest rates ...
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US export sales for week ending 18/10/2007
22 October 2007
Latest UK and Ireland slaughter statistics
19 October 2007
US export sales for week ending 11/10/2007
16 October 2007
US export sales for week ending 04/10/2007
15 October 2007
Friedrich Sturm Report - 12.10.07
12 October 2007
Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 29/09/07
10 October 2007
Friedrich Sturm Report - 05.10.07
09 October 2007
Hide market still under pressure
05 October 2007
Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 22/09/07
02 October 2007
Friedrich Sturm Report - 28.09.07
29 October 2007
All eyes on Italy
Friedrich Sturm Report - 26.10.07
What happened this week: The week after the show in Bologna was a pretty strange one indeed. Although we have seen a large volume of interest, from China in particular, we can’t really say that all of this...
26 October 2007
US export sales for week ending 18/10/2007
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 653,700 pieces were up 13 per cent from the previous week and 51 per cent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 643,900 pieces were primarily for China...
Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 13/10/2007
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 13, 2007...
22 October 2007
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 monthly...
Friedrich Sturm Report - 19.10.07
What happened this week: The week was completely focused on the show in Bologna, but anyone expecting breaking news or a big change in the current trends was disappointed. As one expected, market opinions...
19 October 2007
US export sales for week ending 11/10/2007
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 579,800 pieces were up 87 per cent from the previous week and 25 per cent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 574,900 pieces were primarily for South Korea...
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection for w/e 06/10/07
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2007...
16 October 2007
US export sales for week ending 04/10/2007
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 310,200 pieces were down 24 per cent from the previous week and 43 per cent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 296,300 pieces were primarily for China...
15 October 2007
Friedrich Sturm Report - 12.10.07
What happened this week: As expected we had to go through another quiet week of trading. With most of the trade busy trying to reach agreement with butchers over the market trend and abattoir prices, selling...
Downward pressure likely to fade
MacroeconomicsThe general macroeconomic situation delivered some calming news. With most of the focus remaining on developments in the USA, the majority of players were pleasantly surprised to see that the...
12 October 2007
Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 29/09/07
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 29, 2007 ...
10 October 2007
Friedrich Sturm Report - 05.10.07
What happened this week. As expected, this week has not offered many new indications or directions. Owing to the holidays in Asia and the holiday mid-week in Germany, market activity throughout the week was...
09 October 2007
Hide market still under pressure
Friday’s activity and interest provided a fitting close to what has been, according to our sources, a lacklustre week of trading. We found it difficult to uncover anyone who was claiming to have sold a lot of...
Import tax will hit overseas hide-dependent tanneries hard
Raw materialsGenerally speaking, there is a lot of bad news for Chinese tanneries at the moment. The price of raw materials is rocketing, and the government is forcefully implementing environmental protection...
05 October 2007
Actual slaughter under federal inspection for w/e 22/09/07
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 22, 2007...
02 October 2007
Friedrich Sturm Report - 28.09.07
What happened this week: Most people are seemingly finding it difficult to get used to the fact that the easy times are over. This has been the case for quite some time. Hide prices have gone into a reverse...
Why the weak dollar is good news for US meat suppliers
The US big packer market remains conflicted as there are several different opinions as well as “trading stories” running through our market.Overall, it appears the general sentiment of the trade is that US big ...
Confirmed: the structure of the global leather market has changed
MARKET INTELLIGENCE — 02.10.07MacroeconomicsThe last two weeks were pretty exciting and a lot of expected events happened. The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5 %, which was more than most pundits...