What happened this week: The hide business in Europe is getting interesting and many will spot the parallels with last year.
Prices of hides peaked around the Asia Pacific Leather Fair in March 2016....
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30 May 2017
German Perspective - 30.5.17
23 May 2017
German Perspective—23.05.17
16 May 2017
German Perspective - 16.05.17
09 May 2017
German Perspective - 09.05.17
02 May 2017
German Perspective - 02.05.17
30 May 2017
German Perspective - 30.5.17
US Perspective - 26.5.17
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Reports from the big packer trade claim activity this week was not nearly as brisk as last week. Sources report prospective buyers made their best...
The Leather Pipeline - 30.5.17
Macroeconomics
Over the past two weeks there has been much more activity with social as well as economic impact on a global scale. Unfortunately, one of the most poignant was another terrorist attack, this...
23 May 2017
German Perspective—23.05.17
What happened this week: The hide business in Europe is getting quite interesting and those who are not suffering from short memories will see the parallels to the market last year. In 2016, hide prices peaked ...
US Perspective—23.05.17
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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Last week in the big packer trade, the week began with packers attempting to convey a message that they had sold more than enough hides in the...
16 May 2017
German Perspective - 16.05.17
What happened this week: We are once again in one of those periods in spring where actual ‘market reports’ could, any maybe should, be skipped for a while. For the majority of European hides,...
US Perspective - 16.05.17
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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Reports from members of the big packer trade say last week’s interest was mixed. It appears packers may have enjoyed some decent direct sales...
The Leather Pipeline - 16.05.17
Macroeconomics
The past two weeks were once again pretty quiet as far as global activity in politics and the financial markets is concerned. Politics continues to play the dominant role in the media. The...
09 May 2017
German Perspective - 09.05.17
What happened this week: We are in the classic springtime period and this means falling demand and adequate global supply. As happens every year, this is a pretty challenging environment in which the beef...
US Perspective—09.05.17
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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Last week started with a number of producers in the big packer trade expecting a decent amount of carry-over interest from the week before, which...
02 May 2017
German Perspective - 02.05.17
What happened this week: It is difficult to find anything particularly positive in the market at the moment. We can point towards the specialties and the high-end, but this covers only a small part of the...
US Perspective—02.05.17
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Reports suggest packers enjoyed a decent week of sales last week; we could see combined sales that will easily exceed last week’s record...
The Leather Pipeline - 02.05.17
Macroeconomics
The markets are mainly watching politics at the moment. The conflict around North Korea and the French elections are the main focus, in addition to the analysis of the first 100 days of the...