Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 619,500 pieces were 8 percent above the previous week and 47 percent over the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hide sales of 559,700 pieces were primarily for China (202,800 pieces), South Korea (160,000 pieces), and Thailand (57,500 pieces).  Exports of 495,500 pieces were down 32 percent from the week earlier and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hide exports of 460,500 pieces were mainly for China (149,100 pieces), South Korea (139,000 pieces), Hong Kong (48,400 pieces), and Japan (42,800 pieces). 

Net sales of 73,200 wet blues (mainly unsplit) were four and one-half times the prior week and 42 percent over the previous 4-week average.  The primary buyers were Mexico (13,000 unsplit and 5,500 grain split), Hong Kong (15,400 unsplit), and South Korea (14,700 unsplit).  Exports of 103,300 hides were up 25 percent from the previous week and 1 percent above the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Italy (28,700 unsplit), Hong Kong (15,100 unsplit), Taiwan (13,200 unsplit), and Mexico (5,900 unsplit and 5,000 grain split).  Net sales reductions of splits totaling 1,866,900 pounds resulted as increases for Spain (351,800 pounds), Indonesia (100,000 pounds), Mexico (77,400 pounds), and South Korea (45,000 pounds) were more than offset by decreases for Hong Kong (1,463,600 pounds, including erroneous reporting of 1,450,400 pounds), China (626,200 pounds, including new sales of 135,000 pounds and cancellations of 756,300 pounds due to erroneous reporting), Canada (232,000 pounds, all erroneous reporting), and Italy (105,200 pounds, all erroneous reporting).  Exports of 1,662,600 pounds were double the prior week and 11 percent above the previous 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Hong Kong (753,200 pounds), Mexico (343,400 pounds), China (297,200 pounds), and South Korea (135,000 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
GERMANY
ITALY	16.8	10.2	8.1		2.8		--105.2
SPAIN	1.0						351.8
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