Cold weather spurs business at China Fur & Leather Fair

SANDY PARKER REPORT, VOL. 33, ISSUE 45, JANUARY 18, 2010
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International Fur News
with Sandy Parker

Cold weather spurs business at China Fur & Leather Fair

COLD WEATHER WAS CREDITED WITH SPURRING BUSINESS at the China Fur & Leather Fair in Beijing last week.

The event, still in progress as we went to press, boasted an atmosphere that was described as extremely positive. Trading in skins and garments was more brisk than a year ago and, although the fair is mainly for the Chinese trade, there were more foreigners on hand than before: More Koreans, more Greeks, Japanese, Turks and Americans – even a sprinkling of Russians.

Chinese buyers, possibly because of sharply higher mink prices, were showing more interest in such items as chinchilla, muskrat and other wild furs. The four-day event is the largest in the international fur and leather industry.

IN THIS ISSUE
Global Record Cold Spurs Sales
Offsets Concerns Laid to Economy
Russia Returns as Major Factor
Wild Furs Draw Renewed Interest
U.S. Imports in Smaller Slide

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