This week: Normally, October is a month full of activity, major deals, intensive discussions about the further course of production until spring and, of course, rumours and speculation about future market...
Macroeconomics
The list of priorities has not shifted in the last two weeks. Wars around the world dominate the general attention.
In the democratic states, war is seen as intolerable and this weakens...
Sales of cured cattle hides for the period ending October 10 were 297,900 pieces. The figure for exports of wet blue was 56,900 pieces.
The most recent reports on hide prices showed butt-branded steers...
Macroeconomics
There have been three political and economic events in the last two weeks that have had a particular impact on our sector.
First, the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, which is...
Sales of cured cattle hides for the period ending September 26 were 450,700 pieces. The figure for exports of wet blue was 282,600 pieces.
The most recent reports on hide prices showed butt-branded steers...
This week: Public holidays in Asia and in Germany led us to expect that little would happen in terms of production and sales last week. Well, far from it and, as so often, things turned out quite differently....