Intelligence

US Export sales for week ending 11/08/2005

19/08/2005

Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 269,400 pieces were down 39 per cent from the previous week and 44 per cent below the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 238,700 pieces were mainly for China (99,100 pieces), South Korea (72,200 pieces), Mexico (21,400 pieces), Japan (15,500 pieces), and Taiwan (11,700 pieces). Exports of 436,100 pieces equalled the previous week, but were 3 per cent below the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 433,500 pieces were mainly for China (184,700 pieces), South Korea (111,800 pieces), Hong Kong (39,300 pieces), Taiwan (28,200 pieces), Mexico (27,700 pieces), and Japan (23,500 pieces).      

Net sales of 80,100 wet blues were 18 per cent below the week earlier and 40 per cent under the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were Hong Kong (33,100 unsplit), South Korea (12,200 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (10,000 grain split), China (8,800 unsplit), and Taiwan (7,000 unsplit). Exports of 102,800 hides were 32 per cent above the prior week and 4 per cent over the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Italy (24,100 unsplit), Hong Kong (20,200 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (16,000 grain split), Mexico (6,200 unsplit and 4,700 grain split), China (9,800 unsplit), and Taiwan (6,500 unsplit and 1,600 grain split). 

Net sales of splits totalling 1,628,700 pounds were 1 pe rcent above the previous week and 58 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The major buyers were Hong Kong (1,431,800 pounds) and China (94,400 pounds). Exports of 1,250,500 pounds were 18 per cent above the previous week and the prior 4-week average. The main destinations were China (878,800 pounds) and Hong Kong (281,300 pounds). 
 

WEEKLY NET

SALES ACTIVITY 

COUNTRY

WHOLE

WET BLUES

CATTLE
HIDES
1601

CALF
SKINS
1602

KIP
SKINS
1603

 CROUPONS
1604

 

UNSPLIT
1606

GRAIN
SPLIT
1607

DROP
SPLITS
1608

THOUSAND UNITS

ITALY

2.2

1.3

 

 

-0.4

 

44.0

JAPAN

15.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

11.7

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

CHINA

99.1

0.8

28.6

 

8.8

 

94.4

INDIA

 

 

 

 

2.0

 

 

HG KONG

8.1

 

 

 

33.1

 

1,431.8

INDNSIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

59.0

KOR REP

72.2

 

 

 

12.2

-0.2

 

THAILND

5.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIETNAM

1.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

C RICA

1.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

 

10.0

 

MEXICO

21.4

 

 

 

3.3

4.3

--0.5

NET SALES

238.7

2.1

28.6

0.0

66.0

14.1

1,628.7

WEEKLY EXPORTS

433.5

0.0

2.6

0.0

78.8

23.9

1,250.5

ACCUM. EXPORTS

13,642.2

497.1

445.5

0.0

2,622.1

782.6

44,519.5

OUTSTANDING SALES

3,574.7

65.0

67.8

0.0

549.9

84.7

12,762.7