What happened this week: We could skip reporting for some time. This week was already one of these non-events. Tanners are off for their holidays and in Asia the purchasing interest is not as hot as many try...
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31 July 2012
German Perspective - 31.07.12
24 July 2012
German Perspective - 24.07.12
17 July 2012
US Perspective - 17.07.12
10 July 2012
German Perspective - 10.07.12
03 July 2012
German Perspective - 03.07.12
31 July 2012
German Perspective - 31.07.12
24 July 2012
German Perspective - 24.07.12
What happened this week: This week we have seen most of our remaining European customers leaving for their summer vacation. Except for some contract tanning operations, hardly any leather production remains...
US Perspective - 24.07.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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Reports from various members of the big packer trade are claiming packers were successful in their efforts to push prices of wet-salted hides higher...
Market Intelligence - 24.07.12
Macroeconomics
The financial markets in the past weeks have delivered little news. The European debt crisis is still in the focus of the media and last week the EUR100 billion injection to save the Spanish...
17 July 2012
US Perspective - 17.07.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Last week saw big packer once again forced to ward off the advances of buyers to move prices lower. Packers, who continue to insist they enjoy...
German Perspective - 17.07.12
What happened this week: The holiday mode is now in full swing and will also continue for the weeks to come. Tanners here are busy winding their production down and preparing for the shut-down. In Asia tanners ...
10 July 2012
German Perspective - 10.07.12
What happened this week: The market is in summer mode now, with low kill and subdued business. European tanners seem to be done until after the summer holidays except for general renewals of fresh hide...
US Perspective - 10.07.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Last week’s activity in the big packer trade saw sellers and buyers unable to agree on prices. Worth noting are reports that many of the packers had...
Market Intelligence - 10.07.12
Macroeconomics
In field of general economics and finance the most interesting news came from China last week. Positive media reports on the beige book survey were in conflict with weak and pessimistic...
03 July 2012
German Perspective - 03.07.12
What happened this week: The situation remains pretty odd. Last Friday after the EU summit, stock markets, commodities and the euro rallied as a result of the meeting. Well, from a normal person’s point of...
US Perspective - 03.07.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Packers started last week with designs on holding prices steady with trading levels of the week prior, which for the most part translated to trading...