Intelligence

US Export sales for week ending 10/11/05

21/11/2005

Hides and Skins:Net sales of 301,500 pieces were 43 per cent below the previous week and 36 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 301,300 pieces were mainly for China (111,000 pieces) and South Korea (107,300 pieces).  Exports of 421,400 pieces were 10 per cent below the prior week and 8 per cent less than the previous 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 418,700 pieces were primarily for China (191,400 pieces), South Korea (84,300 pieces), Taiwan (41,700 pieces), Mexico (30,400 pieces), and Hong Kong (24,000 pieces).          

Net sales of 131,700 wet blues were 29 per cent above the week earlier and 46 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The primary buyers were Taiwan (27,200 unsplit), Italy (25,300 unsplit), Hong Kong (22,400 unsplit), Mexico (10,600 unsplit and 6,600 grain split), the Dominican Republic (12,000 grain split and 4,700 unsplit), and Indonesia (12,000 unsplit). Exports of 120,900 hides were 39 per cent above the prior week and 27 per cent higher than the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were the Dominican Republic (36,000 grain split and 2,400 unsplit), China (29,400 unsplit), Hong Kong (16,100 unsplit), Mexico (7,400 unsplit and 7,000 grain split), and Italy (10,700 unsplit).

Net sales of splits totalling 3,537,300 pounds were much improved from the week earlier and the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for China (2,190,000 pounds), Hong Kong (1,130,800 pounds), and Italy (223,500 pounds). Exports of 908,700 pounds were two and one-half times the week earlier, but 14 percent under the previous 4-week average. The primary destinations were China (360,000 pounds), Hong Kong (345,800 pounds), and Mexico (117,900 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

7.9

 

 

 

25.3

 

223.5

CROATIA

2.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAPAN

3.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

18.3

 

0.2

 

27.2

 

 

CHINA

111.0

 

 

 

5.6

 

2,190.0

HG KONG

7.3

 

 

 

22.4

 

1,130.8

INDNSIA

 

 

 

 

12.0

 

 

KOR REP

107.3

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

THAILND

7.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIETNAM

1.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARGENT

1.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANADA

3.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

4.7

12.0

 

MEXICO

29.7

 

 

 

10.6

6.6

-7.1

NET SALES

301.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

113.1

18.6

3,537.3

WEEKLY EXPORTS

418.7

0.0

2.7

0.0

77.9

43.0

908.7

ACCUM. EXPORTS

19,429.3

535.5

537.7

0.0

3,631.1

1,090.8

60,639.5

OUTSTANDING SALES

3,658.2

54.2

54.8

0.0

401.9

80.1

14,703.1