U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 2/19/2026

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 120,300 pieces for 2026 were down 72 percent from the previous week and 70 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases reported for China (73,800 whole cattle hides, including 2,700 whole cattle hides switched from Indonesia and decreases of 5,900 pieces), Mexico (18,300 whole cattle hides, including decrease of 10,700 pieces), South Korea (12,300 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 1,000 pieces), Thailand (10,100 whole cattle hides, including 500 whole cattle hides switched from Taiwan and decreases of 1,100 pieces), and Turkey (3,600 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 100 pieces), were offset by reductions for Taiwan (4,500 pieces), Indonesia (2,900 pieces), Vietnam (100 pieces), and Brazil (100 pieces). Total net sales of 9,900 kip skins, including decreases of 200 kip skins, were for Germany. Exports of 339,900 whole cattle hides were down 19 percent from the previous week and 9 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to China (217,300 pieces), Mexico (41,400 pieces), South Korea (28,000 pieces), Thailand (22,800 pieces), and Brazil (11,500 pieces). Exports of 1,300 kip skins were to Germany.

 

Net sales reductions of 4,000 wet blues for 2026 were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases reported for Bangladesh (14,400 unsplit), Vietnam (1,400 unsplit, including 1,100 unsplit switched from China), and India (100 unsplit), were more than offset by reductions for Brazil (16,700 unsplit), Italy (2,100 unsplit), China (1,100 unsplit), and Hong Kong (100 unsplit). Total net sales of 6,000 unsplit for 2027 were for Italy. Total net sales of 3,900 other excluding wet blues were for Turkey. Exports of 107,000 wet blues were down 3 percent from the previous week and 16 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Italy (54,400 unsplit), Vietnam (17,500 unsplit), Hong Kong (16,200 unsplit), Brazil (10,000 unsplit), and China (4,000 unsplit). Exports of 4,700 other excluding wet blues were to Turkey (3,000 pounds) and China (1,700 pounds). Net sales of 253,700 splits were reported for Taiwan (252,000 pounds) and China (1,700 pounds). Exports of 43,700 splits were to China.

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

 

 

9.9

 

 

 

 

ITALY

 

 

 

 

-2.1

 

 

TURKEY

3.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

-4.5

 

 

 

 

 

252.0

CHINA

73.8

 

 

 

-1.1

 

1.7

INDIA

 

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

BANGLADH

 

 

 

 

14.4

 

 

HG KONG

 

 

 

 

-0.1

 

 

INDNSIA

-2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

KOR REP

12.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

THAILND

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIETNAM

-0.1

 

 

 

1.4

 

 

BRAZIL

-0.1

 

 

 

-16.7

 

 

MEXICO

18.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET SALES

110.5

0.0

9.9

0.0

-4.0

0.0

253.7

WEEKLY EXPORTS

338.6

0.0

1.3

0.0

104.2

2.8

43.7

ACCUM. EXPORTS

2,560.4

1.8

13.5

0.0

841.8

27.7

298.9

OUTSTANDING SALES

1,951.8

0.0

10.0

0.0

3,011.3

82.5

656.1