03.28.2025
Sausage casings bulletin, March 28, 2025

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The tone of the hide market remains poor with suppliers trying to stem the pace of slipping prices but so far unable to overcome the negative momentum. Topping the list among factors contributing to the negative tone is the cycle of resales or repricing on old contracts as prices have dropped.
Hide suppliers report many Asia tanners are backing out of legitimate contracts and are demanding hides be repriced lower in order to take…