Intelligence

US Export sales for week ending 22/09/2005

30/09/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 429,100 pieces were 33 per cent below the previous week and 12 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 413,200 pieces were mainly for China (195,400 pieces), South Korea (78,700 pieces), and Taiwan (75,800 pieces). Exports of 472,600 pieces were 11 per cent below the prior week, but 8 per cent over the previous 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 457,500 pieces were primarily for China (191,300 pieces), South Korea (121,100 pieces), Taiwan (40,800 pieces), and Japan (32,600 pieces).      

Net sales of 187,100 wet blues were two times the week earlier and two and two-fifths times the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were China (50,600 unsplit), Hong Kong (43,300 unsplit), Italy (37,800 unsplit), Taiwan (15,100 unsplit), and the Dominican Republic (13,900 grain split). Exports of 88,100 were 16 per cent below the prior week and 11 per cent under the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Italy (21,000 unsplit), China (17,500 unsplit), Hong Kong (14,400 unsplit), and the Dominican Republic (13,800 grain split and 1,400 unsplit). Net sales of splits totalling 1,174,400 pounds were 52 per cent below the previous week and 25 per cent under the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were China (523,500 pounds) and Hong Kong (517,000 pounds). Exports of 1,391,800 pounds were 2 per cent lower than the week earlier, but 8 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The primary destinations were China (599,000 pounds), Hong Kong (519,900 pounds), and South Korea (180,000 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

10.7

 

11.7

 

37.8

 

--1.1

TURKEY

0.1

2.0

0.9

 

 

 

 

JAPAN

8.4

 

1.3

 

 

1.2

 

TAIWAN

75.8

 

 

 

15.1

 

 

CHINA

195.4

 

 

 

50.6

 

523.5

INDIA

0.1

 

 

 

2.0

 

 

HG KONG

4.2

 

 

 

43.3

 

517.0

KOR REP

78.7

 

 

 

 

 

135.0

PAKISTN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THAILND

16.8

 

 

 

5.7

3.9

 

CANADA

--0.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

2.9

13.9

 

MEXICO

23.4

 

 

 

3.6

5.7

 

SALVADR

 

 

 

 

 

1.4

 

NET SALES

413.2

2.0

13.9

0.0

161.0

26.2

1,174.4

WEEKLY EXPORTS

457.5

5.2

9.9

0.0

70.8

17.4

1,391.8

ACCUM. EXPORTS

16,387.0

518.4

483.2

0.0

3,089.5

911.7

52,721.5

OUTSTANDING SALES

3,716.8

58.4

74.0

0.0

504.9

87.3

12,537.2