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February 2009

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27 February 2009
US US export sales for week ending 19.02.09
24 February 2009
Market Intelligence—24.02.09
DE German Perspective—24.02.08
US US Perspective—24.02.09
20 February 2009
US US export sales for week ending 05.02.09
17 February 2009
DE German Perspective—17.02.09
US US Perspective—17.02.09
12 February 2009
US US export sales for week ending 05.02.09
10 February 2009
Market Intelligence—10.02.09
DE German Perspective—10.02.09
06 February 2009
US US export sales for week ending 29.01.09
03 February 2009
DE German Perspective—03.02.08
US US Perspective—03.02.09

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27 February 2009
Market
US export sales for week ending 19.02.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 580,200 pieces were up 18 percent from the previous week and 47 percent from the prior four-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 580,400 pieces were primary for China (281,700 ...
24 February 2009
Market
Market Intelligence—24.02.09
MacroeconomicsThe last two weeks offered us no relief or even any indications that we might have reached the bottom of the negative cycle. It seems the situation is actually getting worse every day. The vast...
Market
German Perspective—24.02.08
What happened this week: We are not too exited about the week. A lot of activity started to dry up this week and interest was significantly lower than in previous weeks despite the decent strength of the...
Market
US Perspective—24.02.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comAs business resumed following the President’s Day holiday on February 16, there was not much encouragement to support the hide market....
20 February 2009
Market
US export sales for week ending 05.02.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 469,800 pieces, all whole cattle hides, were up 70 percent from the previous week and two percent from the prior four-week average. The primary buyers were China (211,100 pieces), ...
17 February 2009
Market
German Perspective—17.02.09
 GERMAN PERSPECTIVE – 17.02.09What happened this week: This week was a strange one. In general, activity from Asia was somewhat better and with plenty of trader activity around one was tempted to believe that ...
Market
US Perspective—17.02.09
Calf measures Throughout 2008, the number of calves US cattle farmers sent to slaughter kept going up, week by week. In ordinary times, we might have hoped that this would lead to greater availability of calf...
12 February 2009
Market
US export sales for week ending 05.02.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 469,800 pieces, all whole cattle hides, were up 70 percent from the previous week and two percent from the prior four-week average. The primary buyers were China (211,100 pieces), ...
10 February 2009
Market
Market Intelligence—10.02.09
MacroeconomicsMost of the news about the global economy published in the media continues to be pretty negative. Governments and financial institutions are still fighting the global financial crisis and have...
Market
German Perspective—10.02.09
What happened this week: The two-tier market continues with the situation for upholstery and automotive hides still proving very problematic. The situation in Northern Italy is deteriorating almost by the day...
06 February 2009
Market
US export sales for week ending 29.01.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 276,900 pieces were down 20 percent from the previous week. Whole cattle hide sales of 273,700 pieces were mainly for South Korea (130,400 pieces), China (96,800 pieces), Hong...
03 February 2009
Market
German Perspective—03.02.08
What happened this week: As far as business was concerned, the past week could easily be skipped over. In the end, it demonstrated how heavily much of the trade continues to depend on greater China. Because of ...
Market
US Perspective—03.02.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comShort-term reliefAfter so many weeks of stress in the workplace, the New Year holidays saw Chinese and Korean tanners take a break so...