Intelligence

US Export sales for week ending 06/10/2005

14/10/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 312,000 pieces were 41 per cent below the previous week and 40 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 304,000 pieces were mainly for China (130,100 pieces), South Korea (62,200 pieces), and Hong Kong (31,500 pieces). Exports of 426,100 pieces were 4 per cent below the prior week and 8 per cent under the previous 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 424,000 pieces were primarily for China (186,700 pieces), South Korea (76,100 pieces), Japan (40,200 pieces), and Taiwan (38,500 pieces).        

Net sales of 43,600 wet blues were 42 per cent lower than the week earlier and 56 per cent below the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were the Dominican Republic (12,000 grain split), Italy (10,500 unsplit), Mexico (3,300 grain split and 3,200 unsplit), and Hong Kong (6,200 unsplit). Exports of 114,300 were 8 per cent over the prior week and 13 per cent above the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Italy (31,500 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (13,400 grain split and 1,100 unsplit), Mexico (7,800 grain split and 6,200 unsplit), Hong Kong (13,300 unsplit), and China (11,300 unsplit). 

Net sales of splits totaLling 2,459,600 pounds were much improved from the previous week and 90 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were Hong Kong (1,544,500 pounds) and Italy (673,400 pounds). Exports of 1,240,800 pounds were 20 per cent lower than the week earlier and 4 per cent under the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were China (525,600 pounds), Italy (398,800 pounds), and Taiwan (187,900).
 


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

FRANCE

 

 

 

 

 

0.2

 

ITALY

1.6

 

5.4

 

10.5

 

673.4

JAPAN

21.1

 

4.1

 

 

5.9

 

TAIWAN

27.2

 

 

 

1.5

 

-12.1

CHINA

130.1

 

-1.4

 

-0.4

 

80.4

HG KONG

31.5

 

 

 

6.2

 

1,544.5

INDNSIA

 

 

 

 

 

1.3

 

KOR REP

62.2

 

 

 

--0.2

 

 

THAILND

3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIETNAM

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

88.0

ARGENT

1.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOM REP

1.6

 

 

 

-0.1

12.0

 

MEXICO

23.7

 

 

 

3.2

3.3

85.4

NET SALES

304.0

0.0

8.0

0.0

20.8

22.7

2,459.6

WEEKLY EXPORTS

424.0

0.0

2.1

0.0

91.6

22.7

1,240.8

ACCUM. EXPORTS

17,236.6

521.7

498.8

0.0

3,263.5

957.7

55,515.5

OUTSTANDING SALES

3,689.9

64.1

68.3

0.0

409.9

81.0

12,320.5