Intelligence

US export sales for week ending 21/06/2007

28/06/2007

Hides and Skins:
 Net sales of 576,000 pieces were up 27 per cent from the week earlier and 17 per cent above the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 572,000 pieces were primarily to China (311,900 pieces), South Korea (83,200 pieces), Hong Kong (43,500 pieces), Taiwan (41,600 pieces) and Mexico (30,100 pieces). 

Exports of 410,900 pieces were 10 per cent below the week earlier and 19 per cent under the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports of 406,700 pieces were primarily to China (202,100 pieces), South Korea (87,700 pieces), Taiwan (32,300 pieces), Mexico (17,400 pieces) and Hong Kong (17,200 pieces). 

Net sales of 123,300 wet blues were down 18 per cent from the previous week, but unchanged from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for South Korea (57,200 unsplit), China (30,500 unsplit), Mexico (16,700 grain splits and 3,600 unsplit) and Hong Kong (6,400 unsplit). Exports of 129,400 hides were down 5 per cent from the previous week and 9 per cent from the prior 4-week average. 

The primary destinations were China (34,400 unsplit), Mexico (22,100 grain splits and 4,000 unsplit), Italy (23,000 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (14,000 grain splits and 2,600 unsplit) and Hong Kong (13,900 unsplit). Net sales of splits totalling 487,900 pounds were primarily to South Korea (402,900 pounds). Exports of splits totalling 1,076,900 pounds were 51 per cent above the previous week and 8 per cent over the prior 4-week average. The primary destinations were Hong Kong (416,800 pounds), South Korea (351,900 pounds) and China (222,200 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

GERMANY

 

 

 

 

 

4.0

 

ITALY

9.4

0.6

0.4

 

4.3

 

-2.0

TURKEY

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAPAN

20.6

1.3

1.3

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

41.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHINA

311.9

 

0.2

 

30.5

 

-3.8

INDIA

1.8

 

0.2

 

 

 

 

HG KONG

43.5

 

 

 

6.4

 

90.8

KOR REP

83.2

 

 

 

57.2

 

402.9

PAKISTN

0.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

THAILND

24.8

 

 

 

-0.1

 

 

VIETNAM

3.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

CANADA

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

0.5

0.3

 

MEXICO

30.1

 

 

 

3.6

16.7

 

SALVADR

 

 

 

 

 

0.1

 

NET SALES

572.0

1.9

2.0

0.0

102.4

21.0

487.9

WEEKLY EXPORTS

406.7

1.9

2.2

0.0

89.3

40.1

1,076.9

ACCUM. EXPORTS

11,490.8

267.2

241.4

0.0

2,429.8

1,081.9

26,843.7

OUTSTANDING SALES

4,169.9

0.0

43.0

0.0

508.1

70.5

11,460.5