Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 642,200 pieces were 63 per cent above the previous week. Whole cattle hide sales of 540,300 pieces were primarily for South Korea (177,100 pieces, including 34,600 pieces late reporting), China (149,300 pieces, including 17,600 pieces late reporting), and Taiwan (78,000 pieces). Exports of 610,500 pieces were 68 per cent above the previous week and 64 per cent higher than the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 511,600 pieces were mainly for China (187,800 pieces, including 23,000 pieces late reporting), South Korea (148,500 pieces, including 36,400 late reporting), and Taiwan (70,300 pieces, including 11,000 pieces late reporting). 

Net sales of 141,300 wet blues (mainly unsplit) were much improved from the previous week. The primary buyers were Hong Kong (58,800 unsplit), Italy (48,300 unsplit), and Taiwan (21,100 unsplit).  Exports of 83,500 hides were 12 per cent above the prior week and 10 per cent over the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Hong Kong (23,000 unsplit), Italy (20,600 unsplit), South Korea (12,500 unsplit and 2,600 grain split), and Taiwan (11,200 unsplit). 

Net sales of splits totalling 2,115,900 pounds were 27 per cent above the previous week. The major buyers were Hong Kong (1,966,000 pounds) and Italy (169,000 pounds). Exports of 2,554,800 pounds were 16 per cent above the previous week and 60 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The main destinations were Hong Kong (1,103,200 pounds), Italy (773,200 pounds), and China (629,300 pounds).

WEEKLY NET SALES ACTIVITY  COUNTRY	WHOLE				WET BLUES
	CATTLE HIDES 1601	CATTLE SKINS 1602	KIP SKINS 1603	CROUPONS 1604	UNSPLIT 1606	GRAIN SPLIT 1607	DROP SPLITS 1608
	THOUSAND UNITS
ITALY	16.8	62.5	13.9		48.3		169.0
PORTUGL						--0.6
TURKEY	0.7
JAPAN	24.8	--0.1	6.1			1.0
TAIWAN	78.0				21.1
CHINA	149.3	3.9	1.2	Share this story: Leatherbiz.com cannot be held responsible for content if the language setting is changed from English. The translations provided by Google Translate are automated and therefore might not be accurate and may contain incorrect, offensive or misleading language. We offer this facility as a guide only.