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September 2008

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30 September 2008
US US Perspective—30.09.08
DE German Perspective—30.09.08
29 September 2008
IE Latest UK and Ireland Slaughter Statistics
22 September 2008
Market Intelligence—23.09.08
US US Perspective—23.09.08
DE German Perspective—23.09.08
16 September 2008
DE German Perspective—16.09.08
US US Perspective—16.09.08
12 September 2008
US US export sales for week ending 09.04.08
10 September 2008
DE German Perspective—09.09.08
Market Intelligence - 09.09.08
03 September 2008
DE German Perspective—02.09.08
US US Perspective—02.09.08

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30 September 2008
Market
US Perspective—30.09.08
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThe best way to summarise the feeling today is paralyzed. Buyers are bidding low on materials and sellers aren’t quite ready to meet...
Market
German Perspective—30.09.08
What happened this week: After some reasonable activity last week, business dried up almost completely this week. With the persisting deep financial crisis and the uncertainty surrounding the possible failure...
29 September 2008
Market
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 August 2008Monthly...
22 September 2008
Market
Market Intelligence—23.09.08
MARKET INTELLIGENCE—23.09.08MacroeconomicsWe were honestly thinking of skipping our traditional opening macroeconomic section this time. So much has happened in the last two weeks and we assume that readers...
Market
US Perspective—23.09.08
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion—23.09.08Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThe news from North America is similar to last week in that the trading being done is at mostly steady levels with cows and...
Market
German Perspective—23.09.08
What happened this week: Wow, what a week. Although we cautiously tried to express our concerns about the general situation last week we did not expect what we experienced this week. Many people tend to...
16 September 2008
Market
German Perspective—16.09.08
What happened this week: Most people have returned from their trips to Asia  and some of the daily routine has returned for many. Now is the time to sort the trip out and work on the results of the trip.As far ...
Market
US Perspective—16.09.08
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThere is not a lot of spectacular activity to report this week. There seem to be the same echoes that have been bouncing around for the...
12 September 2008
Market
US export sales for week ending 09.04.08
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 292,000 pieces were down 46 per cent from the previous week and 35 per cent from the prior four-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 293,900 pieces were mainly for China...
10 September 2008
Market
German Perspective—09.09.08
What happened this week: After the long summer break most of the leather pipeline was gathering in Shanghai for ACLE, which has become the first trend indicator of the leather business of the rest of the year. ...
Market
Market Intelligence - 09.09.08
MARKET INTELLIGENCE—09.09.08MacroeconomicsWith August and the vacation period of the Western world finally ended, and the Beijing Olympics closed, many have expressed hope that normal market activity is going...
03 September 2008
Market
German Perspective—02.09.08
What happened this week: After a number of pretty quiet trading weeks when almost everything was on hold, trading this week returned to what we might call ‘normal’. Interest for hides returned and in the end a ...
Market
US Perspective—02.09.08
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comUS big packer hides remain unchanged for the most part since our last report, in spite of perception by a substantial majority of the...