USDA Reports Another Week of Strong Export Hide Sales

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USDA Reports Another Week of Strong Export Hide Sales

Trading following the holiday break was slow with minimal activity. A few sellers reported little business over the Thanksgiving holiday break during the second half of last week, except for cow hide trading at steady to current market price levels and butt branded steer hides trading $0.50.
A hide seller focused in tanning for the luxury industry reported a slowdown in volume orders in recent weeks.
Another seller noted that the buying interest that they had received was for shipment ahead of Chinese Lunar...

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