Intelligence

US Export sales for week ending 15/09/2005

26/09/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 643,600 pieces were 38 per cent above the previous week and the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 638,300 pieces were mainly for China (317,400 pieces), South Korea (113,400 pieces), Hong Kong (68,400 pieces), Taiwan (48,900 pieces), Mexico (41,300 pieces), and Thailand (16,900 pieces). Exports of 531,400 pieces were 34 per cent above the prior week and 18 per cent over the prior 4-week average.Whole cattle hide exports of 521,900 pieces were primarily for China (256,200 pieces), South Korea (109,900 pieces), Taiwan (34,300 pieces), Mexico (31,000 pieces), Japan (28,900 pieces), and Thailand (25,500 pieces).      

Net sales of 92,300 wet blues were two and one-tenth times the week earlier and 35 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were China (25,600 unsplit), Hong Kong (19,900 unsplit), Taiwan (8,600 grain split and 5,100 unsplit), Mexico (8,400 unsplit, and 3,800 grain split), the Dominican Republic (12,000 grain split), and South Korea (10,900 unsplit). Exports of 104,900 equalled the prior week and were 4 per cent over the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Italy (23,400 unsplit), Hong Kong (15,000 unsplit), Mexico (8,500 grain split and 6,500 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (14,000 grain split and 800 unsplit), South Korea (14,500 unsplit), and China (13,400 unsplit).

Net sales of splits totalling 2,440,600 pounds were 67 per cent above the previous week and two and one-quarter times the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for Hong Kong (1,301,600 pounds) and China (1,149,200 pounds). Exports of 1,413,000 pounds were 77 per cent above the week earlier and 5 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The destinations were China (641,400 pounds), Hong Kong (405,700 pounds), Taiwan (191,800 pounds), and Italy (174,000 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

4.3

2.6

 

 

 

 

-2.0

JAPAN

11.8

 

2.7

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

48.9

 

 

 

5.1

8.6

-8.2

CHINA

317.4

 

 

 

25.6

 

1,149.2

HG KONG

68.4

 

 

 

19.9

 

1,301.6

KOR REP

113.4

 

 

 

10.9

 

 

THAILND

16.9

 

 

 

 

-1.8

 

VIETNAM

6.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

-0.1

 

DOM REP

9.6

 

 

 

 

12.0

 

MEXICO

41.3

 

 

 

8.4

3.8

 

NET SALES

638.3

2.6

2.7

0.0

69.8

22.5

2,440.6

WEEKLY EXPORTS

521.9

7.1

2.4

0.0

79.4

25.5

1,413.0

ACCUM. EXPORTS

15,929.5

513.2

473.3

0.0

3,018.7

894.3

51,329.7

OUTSTANDING SALES

3,761.1

61.6

70.1

0.0

414.7

78.5

12,754.6