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Falling split prices continue to cause tanners issues in China

Ian Banks Published: April 21, 2023

Ian Banks, Editor of theSauerReport, reports on the situation in China, where split prices continue to cause problems for the leather sector. Read More...

Sauer index shows price uplift for sheepskins

Published: August 15, 2017

U.S. slaughter numbers remain high

Published: July 11, 2017

The week ended on June 24 proved to be another peak for U.S. slaughter, with the total figures keeping very close to those of the week before and just below the 639,000 head. The slightly lower numbers of steers (355,000 or 10,000 less than the week before), were compensated by an equal increase of heifers culled, at almost 161,000. Cows, at 110,000 head were slaughtered in almost the same numbers as the week before.

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The Sauer Indexes updates and analysis

Published: June 7, 2017

Dynamic relaunch of theSauerReport online platform

Published: March 17, 2016

theSauerReport.com the leading international raw materials pricing and market report website for hides, skins and semi-processed leathers has been relaunched with a new advanced and interactive online platform, unmatched in content, insight and functionality.

Market analysis and expectations for 2016

Published: January 18, 2016

Ron Sauer, Founder of TheSauerReport.com, reviews the leather industry in 2015 by market segment and country with his personal view of the opportunities and threats facing the leather industry in 2016. This article was first published on January 5, 2016 on The Sauer Report website.

Market bad practice – trade that stinks

Published: June 5, 2015

Sounds tough. And tough it is. But before starting to write about this regretful part of our trade I must explicitly state that it does not relate to all of the trade, just a small part of it. The majority of the industry is ethical and admirable. I’m not referring to that.

Why have split prices fallen so much?

Published: March 19, 2015

Ron Sauer of TheSauerReport.com is curious about the current market for splits. When raw material prices have generally stayed firm why have split prices continue to fall?

The market is not what it was last summer

Published: February 5, 2015

The Sauer Report is the leading raw materials pricing and market analysis website in the world and features editorial written by Ron Sauer, who has been in the raw materials business for over 40 years. Read below to gain an overview of the current market sentiment. Detailed analysis and pricing information can be accessed by TheSauerReport subscribers.

The Sauer Report Daily Newsflash

Published: January 19, 2015

ILM is now publishing exclusively for its subscribers newsflashes from TheSauerReport. These are articles written by Ron Sauer and provide a flavour of the more in depth raw materials and pricing information available on www.thesauerreport.com by country.