Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 586,800 pieces were 31 percent above the previous week and 25 percent over the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hide sales of 510,800 pieces were primarily for South Korea (157,900 pieces) and China (136,500 pieces).  Exports of 645,200 pieces were up 17 percent from the previous week and 23 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hide exports of 552,900 pieces were mainly for China (176,500 pieces), South Korea (151,800 pieces), and Taiwan (64,700 pieces).  

Net sales of 124,800 wet blues (mainly unsplit) were 25 percent lower than the previous week, but 13 percent above the prior 4-week average.  The primary buyers were Hong Kong (69,200 unsplit and 3,600 grain split), Taiwan (23,400 unsplit), Mexico (12,300 unsplit and 3,400 grain split), and Japan (9,200 unsplit).  Exports of 139,300 hides were 13 percent below the previous week, but 17 percent above the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Hong Kong (30,600 unsplit and 4,700 grain split), Taiwan (18,500 unsplit and 5,600 grain split), Italy (20,300 unsplit and 1,400 grain split), and Mexico (10,400 unsplit and 8,200 grain split).  Net sales of splits totaling 3,134,600 pounds were 27 percent above the previous week and 59 percent higher than the prior 4-week average.  The primary buyers were China (2,016,000 pounds), Hong Kong (704,300 pounds), and Mexico (379,100 pounds).  Exports of 2,064,100 pounds were up 30 percent from the previous week and 77 percent above the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Hong Kong (1,130,800 pounds), China (395,700 pounds), Mexico (166,300 pounds), Indonesia (142,700 pounds), and Italy (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
ITALY	3.9	51.4	14.9			2.2
SPAIN						--0.5
U KING	2.2
JAPAN	34.9	1.3	3.2		9.2
TAIWAN	47.6				23.4		42.6
CHINA	136.5			< 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.