Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 393,200 pieces were much improved from the previous week. Whole cattle hide sales of 367,100 pieces were primarily for South Korea (160,600 pieces) and China (79,700 pieces).  Exports of 362,900 pieces were 15 per cent below the previous week and 10 per cent under the prior 4-week average.  Whole cattle hide exports of 353,000 pieces were mainly for China (123,000 pieces) and South Korea (119,900 pieces). 

Net sales of 28,300 wet blues (mainly unsplit) were 75 per cent below the previous week. The primary buyers were the Dominican Republic (14,400 unsplit), Indonesia (3,900 unsplit), and Hong Kong (3,900 unsplit).  Exports of 74,400 hides were 10 per cent below the prior week and 2 per cent less than the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Italy (21,600 unsplit), Hong Kong (20,000 unsplit), and South Korea (9,200 unsplit).  Net sales of splits totalling 1,661,400 pounds were 54 per cent below the previous week. The buyers were Italy (1,428,100 pounds) and China (264,000 pounds).  Exports of 2,194,900 pounds were 80 per cent above the previous week and 33 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The destinations were Hong Kong (1,331,000 pounds), Italy (767,600 pounds), and Indonesia (96,300 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	9.0	16.8	1.6		2.3		1,428.1
SPAIN
JAPAN	14.6	3.9	3.9			2.1
TAIWAN	28.1				--0.1
CHINA	79.7						264.0
HG KONG	5.6				3.9< 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.