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The following extract is reproduced with permission from Sandy Parker Reports, Weekly International Fur News. Sandy Parker has been covering the fur industry for over 43 years. For the last 33 years he has published a weekly newsletter, detailing results of all the major international pelt auctions, wholesale price trends, business developments and movements within the trade, as well as economic and political activities that may impact on it.
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IN THIS ISSUE Global Record Cold Spurs Sales |
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.
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