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30 March 2021

Macroeconomics In politics, the conflict between China and the western world has dominated the headlines. China’s confidence is growing in any kind of criticism, in particular about human rights...

German Perspective - 30.03.21

This week: Well, sometimes the old logic of self-fulfilling prophecy still works. For quite some time a number of players around the globe have been spreading the story of a hide shortage. Technically, hides...

US Perspective - 30.03.21

Sales of cured cattle hides for the period ending March 18 were 560,000 pieces, while the figure for wet blue was 220,600 pieces. The most recent steer hide prices include levels of $40.50 for Colorado...

16 March 2021

Market Intelligence - 16.03.21

Macroeconomics We followed the National People’s Congress in China with great interest. The five-year plan has been always quite important. In China, plans are set to be followed and executed and this...

US Perspective – 16.03.21

Sales of cured cattle hides for the period ending March 4 were 518,600 pieces, while the figure for wet blue was 144,400 pieces. The most recent steer hide prices include levels of $42 for a butt-branded ...

German Perspective – 16.03.21

This week: The general market agony that we have seen for the past two weeks continued. It is less about missing demand than about limited offers, with the material that is available being circulated being at...

02 March 2021

US Perspective – 02.03.21

Sales of cured cattle hides for the period ending February 18 were 210,000 pieces, while the figure for wet blue was 22,300 pieces. The most recent steer hide prices include levels of $30.50 for a heavy...

German Perspective – 02.03.21

This week: In our area it was a relatively uneventful week. Suppliers are planning carefully. Low slaughter and the considerable disputes at slaughterhouses are allowing suppliers to act very cautiously....

Market Intelligence – 02.03.21

Macroeconomics Over the past two weeks the financial community has been active and we have begun to see changes that might affect us in the course of the next few months. The pandemic still holds the world in...

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