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26 July 2016

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week in the big packer market, packers made their best efforts to hold prices as close to steady as possible, in spite of popular opinion that a ...

German Perspective - 26.07.16

What happened this week: With most European tanners having wrapped up and left their desks for the holidays we are left with the clients in Asia as the only option to sell hides to at the moment. Business...

The Leather Pipeline - 26.07.16

Macroeconomics Normally we should be in the low season as far as activity in politics and economics are concerned. We are right in the vacation period in from this week onwards and most of the players are...

19 July 2016

US Perspective—19.07.16

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Packers started last week with prices unchanged from the week prior. However, by the middle of the week, it appeared packers were a bit more willing...

German Perspective - 19.07.16

What happened this week: Day by day the summer holidays are getting closer. Day by day the market activity falls more deeply asleep. We have two big markets that are now, for different reasons, slowly winding ...

12 July 2016

US Perspective—12.07.16

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week saw packers offer a bit later than usual due to the Fourth of July Holiday at the beginning of the week. Once packers finally released their ...

German Perspective - 12.07.16

What happened this week: We are entering the holiday season. Almost everybody is busy winding down for the slow month of August and so most of the work taking place at the moment is administration and planning ...

The Leather Pipeline - 12.07.16

Macroeconomics Slowly the first consequences of Brexit (if the UK is really going to leave the European Union) are beginning to develop. Politicians who promoted Brexit have resigned and, behind the...

05 July 2016

US Perspective—05.07.16

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Interest on big packer hides increased in the last 36 hours of last week. Reports also claim that packers traded a moderate number of hides at steady...

German Perspective - 05.07.16

What happened this week: The week following the UK referendum was very quiet. In Europe this is not a surprise, because we are heading quickly towards the holidays and tanners have already finished most...

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