Intelligence

US Export sales for week ending 13/10/2005

24/10/2005

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 447,500 pieces were 43 per cent above the previous week, but 7 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 440,800 pieces were mainly for South Korea (182,000 pieces), China (107,300 pieces), and Mexico (56,100 pieces). Exports of 423,800 pieces were 1 per cent short of the prior week and 10 per cent under the previous 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 412,800 pieces were primarily for China (200,300 pieces), South Korea (81,100 pieces), Taiwan (48,500 pieces), and Mexico (30,200 pieces).        

Net sales of 109,100 wet blues were two and one-half times the week earlier and 10 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were China (36,900 unsplit), Mexico (14,400 unsplit and 9,500 grain split), Hong Kong (19,900 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (12,000 grain split), and Italy (10,500 unsplit). Exports of 103,500 hides were 9 per cent below the prior week, but equalled the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Hong Kong (20,200 unsplit and 1,700 grain split), Italy (21,000 unsplit), Mexico (10,600 grain split and 8,800 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (12,000 grain split and 2,400 unsplit), and China (9,200 unsplit). 

Net sales of splits totalling 719,100 pounds were 71 per cent below week earlier and 54 per cent under the prior 4-week average.  The primary buyers were Hong Kong (299,500 pounds), Taiwan (200,000 pounds), and Mexico (133,000 pounds). Exports of 815,600 pounds were 34 per cent lower than the week earlier and 42 per cent under the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were Hong Kong (375,000 pounds) and China (217,500 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

8.0

2.6

2.9

 

10.5

 

 

JAPAN

11.2

 

1.1

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

38.4

 

 

 

6.0

 

200.0

CHINA

107.3

 

 

 

36.9

 

-3.4

HG KONG

21.8

 

 

 

19.9

 

299.5

INDNSIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

90.0

KOR REP

182.0

 

 

 

-0.1

0.1

 

THAILND

3.6

 

 

 

 

-1.6

 

VIETNAM

0.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARGENT

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

C RICA

5.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANADA

5.4

 

 

 

 

1.4

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

 

12.0

 

MEXICO

56.1

 

0.2

 

14.4

9.5

133.0

NET SALES

440.8

2.6

4.2

0.0

87.7

21.4

719.1

WEEKLY EXPORTS

412.8

1.3

9.7

0.0

72.8

30.7

815.6

ACCUM. EXPORTS

17,649.4

523.0

508.4

0.0

3,336.3

988.4

56,331.0

OUTSTANDING SALES

3,717.8

65.4

62.8

0.0

424.8

71.7

12,224.1