Swakara sold out

Swakara once again made its mark at the international pelt auction in Copenhagen, Denmark in April where it completely sold out. An average price of N$500.94 was achieved for the 52 221 pelts that were sent to the auction by Agra Pelt Centre. This is an increase in 7.44% compared to the auction in September 2016 where an average price of N$466.25 was achieved for a total of 46 426 pelts. The price achieved at the April 2017 auction was also 3% higher compared to the N$485.96 achieved at the April 2016 auction.The consignment consisted of 35 978 black, 11 880 white, 3 554 spotted and 809 diverse pelts. The black top lot was sold for N$1 197.59 to Konstantinos from Greece, a loyal client of Swakara. The white top lot was purchased by Suzanne Ribak, also a big Swakara buyer from Germany, for N$1 468.02. The average price achieved for black Swakara pelts was N$439.93, an increase of 13.3% compared to September 2016; white pelts achieved N$807.79, an increase of 2.3% compared to September 2016 while lower prices were achieved for the spotted pelts that were sold for an average of N$166.59 compared to N304.33 in September 2016 and diverse pelts sold for N$177.15 compared to an average of N$235.82 in September 2016. The auction was attended by 75 clients and 28 successful bidders buying Swakara. The buyer who bought the most Swakara pelts was Yoshitake Ninomiya from Japan who bought 7 970 pelts followed by Carlo Guida who bought 5 653 Swakara pelts. Swakara however did well compared to the performance of mink that showed a 3% decrease in their average price achieved and a sales percentage of 72% to 93% last year. STAFF REPORTER

Swakara sold out

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Namibian Sun 2025-03-26

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