Today’s Market
There have been a few price adjustments in the US hide market today. After yesterday slight bump, we’ve seemed to come back down to the early week lows. Reports in Korea speak of increased interest in automobile interior leather despite May US light vehicle sales reporting down 30 percent. However, this down is not nearly as low as April’s sales.
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US imports of leather footwear from China are down 36 percent in March of 2020 relative to March of 2019. It is reasonable to expect additional low volume for April when The Office of Textile and Apparel (OTEXA) trade data is released later this week. According to the OTEXA data, major players, such as Vietnam, Italy, Mexico and Thailand have maintained…
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