Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 522,800 pieces were 36 per cent above the previous week and 20 per cent over the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hide sales of 490,300 pieces were primarily for China (174,500 pieces), South Korea (104,900 pieces), Hong Kong (63,400 pieces), and Taiwan (55,200 pieces).  In addition, whole cattle hide sales of 14,200 pieces reported for delivery in the 2005 marketing year were all to China.  Exports of 509,900 pieces were up 30 per cent from the previous week and 19 percent more than the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hide exports of 481,700 pieces were mainly for South Korea (163,300 pieces) and China (146,000 pieces).    

Net sales of 91,400 wet blues (mainly unsplit) were 91 per cent above the prior week and 35 per cent over the previous 4-week average. The primary buyers were Hong Kong (43,600 unsplit), China (21,300 unsplit), and Taiwan (18,600 unsplit).  Exports of 70,300 hides were down 1 per cent from the previous week and 19 per cent below the prior 4-week average. The primary destinations were Hong Kong (18,500 unsplit), China (14,700 unsplit), and Mexico (6,600 grain split and 3,700 unsplit). 

Net sales of splits totalling 3,005,400 pounds were two and four-fifths times the previous week and 73 per cent above the prior 4-week average.  Increases for Hong Kong (2,904,000 pounds) and Italy (264,000 pounds) were partially offset by decreases for South Korea (162,600 pounds). Exports of 1,036,300 pounds were 26 per cent less than the previous week and 15 percent below the prior 4-week average. The destinations were Hong Kong (633,400 pounds), Italy (270,000 pounds), South Korea (89,400 pounds), and Mexico (43,500 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	1.5	9.7	13.4		0.8		264.0
JAPAN	26.0		7.8
TAIWAN	55.2				18.6
CHINA	174.5				21.3
INDIA					--0.1
HG KONG	63.4		1.6 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.