The situation in Central Europe is slightly different. Although there is still isolated interest for hides, there is significantly more resistance and tanners are really trying to bid the market down, particularly in Italy. With some temporary success in buying selected hide types at slightly lower levels in recent weeks, they have found this sufficiently encouraging to test whether this could also work on a broader base. With most suppliers being well cleaned up there was not too much enthusiasm as far as the sellers were concerned, but it was worth a try at least.

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