What happened this week: The week prior to the APLF is tradionally less active than normal. Normally this is related to the trips of many suppliers to Asia, so the normal desk-to-desk trading is almost...
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March 2010The Pipeline
30 March 2010
German Perspective--30.03.10
23 March 2010
German Perspective--23.03.10
17 March 2010
US export sales for week ending 11.03.10
16 March 2010
German Perspective—16.03.10
12 March 2010
US export sales for week ending 04.03.10
09 March 2010
German Perspective—09.03.10
02 March 2010
US Perspective—02.03.10
30 March 2010
German Perspective--30.03.10
US Perspective--30.03.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com Here's the Jacobsen part: Market activity and analysis The market was extremely quiet on Monday. There were only two sales reported...
Special report on Tannery of the Year
Global Tannery of the Year Award goes to Ethiopia Tannery Share Company At the first-ever Tannery of the Year Awards ceremony, the Ethiopia Tannery Share Company from the Africa region was chosen as the global ...
23 March 2010
German Perspective--23.03.10
What happened this week: The focus of the trade was on the Lineapelle show in Bolgona this week. The dates had been brought forward again and the meeting was right between the end of GDS shoe fair in Germany...
US Perspective--23.03.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com This past week the hide market continued to be very firm. One of the reasons people give for this strength is the global reduction of...
Market Intelligence 23.03.10
Macroeconomics The financial world isn’t very exciting at the moment. Neither stock nor commodity markets are showing much movement and the situation in Greece is still making headlines, but there is little...
17 March 2010
US export sales for week ending 11.03.10
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 471,600 pieces were reported for delivery in
2010, down 19 percent from the previous week, but up 13 percent from the prior
4-week average. The primary buyers were China...
16 March 2010
German Perspective—16.03.10
What happened this week: No matter how optimistic many in the trade are, and how many reports there are predicting firm and rising prices, we have to admit that we find the situation increasingly difficult....
US Perspective—16.03.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comWe began last week with expectations that the market would be firm and possibly increasing a dollar or so. There were no surprises for...
12 March 2010
US export sales for week ending 04.03.10
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 582,300 pieces, all whole cattle hides, were reported for delivery in 2010, up 49 percent from the previous week and 55 percent from the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers ...
09 March 2010
German Perspective—09.03.10
What happened this week: As the week progressed, activity slowed down. This applies in particular for the standard North German hides while the specialties are still enjoying decent demand and good clearance...
US Perspective—09.03.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThe market this past week has been strong, as prices across the board moved upward. Prices varied but major steer selection like HNS,...
Market Intelligence—09.03.10
MacroeconomicsThe past two weeks have been reasonably quiet on the financial markets. The Greek dilemma hasn’t been solved yet and while speculators are digging their heels in to take large positions on the...
02 March 2010
German Perspective—02.03.10
GERMAN PERSPECTIVE—02.03.10What happened this week: Trading activity is now slowly fading week by week, but there is still enough non-saturated demand out there to absorb all the hides that are on offer....
US Perspective—02.03.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThe market remains grudgingly steady in spite of pressure from buyers returning after the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. Bids this week ...