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29 January 2019

What happened last week: The short window between the Christmas break in Europe and the Chinese New Year break in Asia is starting to close. Next week is the last one before Chinese people all over the world...

US Perspective – 29.01.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week in the big packer trade saw offer lists missing a number of selections that were present in the previous couple of weeks. This was the...

22 January 2019

German Perspective - 22.01.19

What happened this week: While we in Europe are returning to more normal procedures, people in Asia are preparing for their New Year holiday in February. Many factories there have already closed and even those ...

US Perspective—22.01.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Reports from the big packer trade claim that interest from potential buyers appeared to slow towards the end of last week, once packers made it clear...

The Leather Pipeline - 22.01.19

Macroeconomics Brexit, the government shutdown in the US, the trade war and so on continue to dominate the headlines. It’s interesting how relaxed the financial and commodity markets are in the face of...

15 January 2019

US Perspective—15.01.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Packers entered last week with offer lists that appeared to be fairly well populated, with many offering various selections of heavier-weight steer...

German Perspective - 15.01.19

What happened this week: The second full week of the year has ended and slowly business is returning to normal. European tanners have returned to work and Chinese tanners continue to fish for bargains; they...

08 January 2019

US Perspective - 08.01.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Reports from the big packer trade were mixed on Friday. Many sources continued to report lacklustre interest last week, resulting in only a small...

German Perspective – 08.01.19

What happened last week: Those involved in the trade and marketing of animal by-products look back at a very difficult year in 2018. We tend to believe that many simply hope that this year is going to be...

The Leather Pipeline - 08.01.19

Macroeconomics The first edition of 2019 must start with the best wishes to all our readers for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Since our last edition just before Christmas, not much has happened....

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