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February 2014

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25 February 2014
DE German Perspective - 25.2.14
US US Perspective – 25.2.14
18 February 2014
DE German Perspective - 18.2.14
US US Perspective - 14.2.14
The Leather Pipeline - 18.2.14
11 February 2014
US US Perspective—11.02.14
DE German Perspective - 11.02.14
04 February 2014
The Leather Pipeline - 04.02.14
US US Perspective—04.02.14
DE German Perspective - 04.02.14

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25 February 2014
Market
German Perspective - 25.2.14
What happened this week:  We saw another week where activity was not what one would expect at this time of the year. Tanners are struggling with the present hide prices and the problem is that while the...
Market
US Perspective – 25.2.14
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Popular opinion of the trade is that interest on big packer hides improved last week. According to various sources, the sentiment of the trade is that ...
18 February 2014
Market
German Perspective - 18.2.14
What happened this week: This year experienced a very long break due to the Chinese New Year festival. A lot of tanners warned us before they left but it seems hardly anyone was expecting such a long break....
Market
US Perspective - 14.2.14
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com                    Please note – We will not publish a daily US Hide Report on February 17 due ...
Market
The Leather Pipeline - 18.2.14
Macroeconomics Two weeks ago the financial community was pretty concerned about the emerging markets, but now the dust seems to have settled and hardly anyone is worrying about problems that could arise....
11 February 2014
Market
US Perspective—11.02.14
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The consensus of both the big packer and cowhide trade is that last week was an uneventful week of trading due to Asian tanners still being on holiday ...
Market
German Perspective - 11.02.14
What happened this week: We don’t think it is an exaggeration to call this week totally free of any serious market activity. We cannot remember a single year since China turned up in the market in which...
04 February 2014
Market
The Leather Pipeline - 04.02.14
Macroeconomics After a long period of quiet in the financial markets, the past two weeks have given us more to think about. Several emerging markets faced considerable trouble and had to fight to prevent the...
Market
US Perspective—04.02.14
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week saw the majority of Asia out of the office in preparation for the new year holiday that started on January 31, resulting in a quiet week of ...
Market
German Perspective - 04.02.14
What happened this week: One twelfth of the year is already over. In our region, finally, winter has arrived and after the warm and rainy weather so far we got a taste of what winter can be with really cold...