Market Activity & Analysis

China tanners returned from the autumn holidays yesterday, giving hope this week will see some spark of interest from the US’ largest customer for hides. Hide sales from Asia were limited last week with buyers continuing to bid lower and tanners saying leather orders are too slow coming and cash flow too tight. Some of the early offerings appear to have a large assortment of hides available at prices from steady to a $1 or $2 lower and more…