Hides and Skins: Net sales of 351,000 pieces for 2015, were up 81 percent from the previous week and 35 percent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide sales of 350,100 pieces were primarily for China (214,600 pieces), South Korea (69,400 pieces), Mexico (33,700 pieces), Taiwan (19,800 pieces), and Vietnam (6,700 pieces). Decreases were reported for Thailand (1,100 pieces). Exports of 511,800 pieces were up 53 percent from the previous week and 19 percent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hide exports totaling 500,600 pieces were primarily to China (284,600 pieces), South Korea (104,500 pieces), Taiwan (30,300 pieces), Mexico (26,800 pieces), Thailand (20,100 pieces), and Vietnam (13,800 pieces).
Net sales of 207,000 wet blues for 2015 were up noticeably from the previous week and 81 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for Italy (54,500 unsplit and 34,600 grain splits), Vietnam (51,000 unsplit), China (30,100 unsplit), and Mexico (13,200 grain splits). Decreases were reported for Hong Kong (2,100 grain splits), China (1,400 grain splits), and South Korea (500 unsplit). For 2016, net sales of 100 wet blues resulted as increases for Hong Kong (2,100 grain splits) and China (400 grain splits), were partially offset of decreases for Taiwan (2,400 unsplit). Exports of 119,000 wet blues were up 3 percent from the previous week, but down 16 percent from the prior 4-week average. The primary destinations were China (28,500 unsplit and 11,000 grain splits), Mexico (13,900 grain splits and 11,100 unsplit), Vietnam (19,200 unsplit), and Italy (12,900 unsplit and 5,400 grain splits). Net sales reductions of splits totaling 856,300 pounds for 2015 were reported for South Korea (823,700 pounds), Vietnam (30,900 pounds), and Taiwan (1,700 pounds). For 2016, net sales reductions of 3,900 pounds were for China (3,500 pounds) and Italy (400 pounds). Exports of 82,800 pounds were down 56 percent from the previous week and 84 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destination was South Korea.
| 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 |
6.5 |
-0.1 |
-0.2 |
|
54.5 |
34.6 |
|
| NETHLDS |
|
|
-0.1 |
|
|
|
|
| CROATIA |
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| JAPAN |
0.2 |
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
|
| TAIWAN |
19.8 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
-1.7 |
| CHINA |
214.6 |
|
|
|
30.1 |
-1.4 |
|
| HG KONG |
|
|
|
|
|
-2.1 |
|
| KOR REP |
69.4 |
|
|
|
-0.5 |
|
-823.7 |
| THAILND |
-1.1 |
|
|
|
11.5 |
|
|
| VIETNAM |
6.7 |
|
|
|
51.0 |
|
-30.9 |
| DOM REP |
|
|
|
|
11.3 |
|
|
| MEXICO |
33.7 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
13.2 |
|
| NET SALES |
350.1 |
-0.1 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
162.8 |
44.2 |
-856.3 |
| WEEKLY EXPORTS |
500.6 |
2.1 |
9.2 |
0.0 |
82.7 |
36.2 |
82.8 |
| ACCUM. EXPORTS |
14,286.5 |
14.3 |
147.6 |
0.0 |
3,586.6 |
1,392.6 |
26,115.3 |
| OUTSTANDING SALES |
3,172.0 |
6.5 |
23.5 |
0.0 |
471.8 |
591.3 |
13,734.6 |
