Intelligence

US Export sales for week ending 08/09/2005

16/09/2005

Hides and Skins:Net sales of 464,900 pieces were 18 per cent above the previous week and 11 per cent over the prior 4-week average.Whole cattle hide sales of 462,800 pieces were mainly for China (202,700 pieces), South Korea (98,700 pieces), Taiwan (41,300 pieces), Mexico (29,700 pieces), Japan (29,100 pieces), Thailand (28,100 pieces), and Hong Kong (23,600 pieces). Exports of 395,600 pieces were 5 per cent below the prior week and 14 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 391,500 pieces were primarily for China (148,100 pieces), South Korea (100,400 pieces), Japan (40,300 pieces), Mexico (32,000 pieces), and Taiwan (31,500 pieces).      

Net sales of 44,100 wet blues were 51 per cent below the week earlier and 43 per cent under the prior 4-week average.The primary buyers were Mexico (12,900 unsplit and 3,100 MT grain split), the Dominican Republic (14,000 grain split), China (9,300 unsplit), Taiwan (6,300 unsplit), and South Korea (4,500 unsplit). Exports of 104,500 hides were 11 per cent above the prior week and 4 per cent over the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Italy (31,000 unsplit), South Korea (16,500 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (16,000 grain split), Taiwan (14,300 unsplit), and Hong Kong (9,300 unsplit). 

Net sales of splits totalling 1,460,400 pounds were two and one-third times the previous week and 29 per cent over the prior 4-week average. Major increases for China (988,800 pounds) and Italy (484,000 pounds) were partially offset by decreases for Hong Kong (14,000 pounds). Exports of 799,600 pounds were 49 per cent below the week earlier and 45 per cent under the prior 4-week average. The destinations were Hong Kong (616,700 pounds), China (88,200 pounds), Taiwan (50,000 pounds), and Mexico (44,700 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

3.0

 

1.4

 

0.2

 

484.0

PORTUGL

 

 

 

 

 

--0.2

 

CROATIA

3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAPAN

29.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

41.3

 

 

 

6.3

 

 

CHINA

202.7

 

 

 

9.3

 

988.8

HG KONG

23.6

 

 

 

-7.4

 

-14.0

KOR REP

98.7

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

THAILND

28.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIETNAM

3.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

1.4

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

 

14.0

 

MEXICO

29.7

 

0.7

 

12.9

3.1

1.6

NET SALES

462.8

0.0

2.1

0.0

25.8

18.3

1,460.4

WEEKLY EXPORTS

391.5

0.0

4.2

0.0

84.2

20.3

799.6

ACCUM. EXPORTS

15,407.6

506.1

470.9

0.0

2,939.3

868.8

49,916.7

OUTSTANDING SALES

3,644.7

66.1

69.7

0.0

424.2

81.5

11,726.9