U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 1/29/2026

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 389,100 pieces for 2026 were down 19 percent from the previous week and 42 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for China (198,400 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 9,500 pieces), Brazil (44,000 whole cattle hides), Thailand (35,500 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 2,100 pieces), Turkey (33,700 whole cattle hides), and South Korea (31,300 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 2,500 pieces). Total net sales reductions of 500 kip skins were for Germany. Exports of 383,700 whole cattle hides were up 13 percent from the previous week and 21 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to China (262,000 pieces), Mexico (43,200 pieces), South Korea (32,900 pieces), Thailand (15,300 pieces), and Brazil (9,100 pieces). Exports of 3,800 kip skins were to Germany.

 

Net sales reductions of 3,800 wet blues for 2026 were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Thailand (14,900 unsplit), Mexico (8,400 grain splits), China (6,500 unsplit), Taiwan (2,800 grain splits, including decreases of 100 unsplit), and Vietnam (2,300 unsplit), were offset by reductions for Italy (38,600 unsplit) and Hong Kong (100 unsplit). Total net sales of 77,300 unsplit for 2027 were for Italy. Exports of 145,400 wet blues were down 2 percent from the previous week, but up 15 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Vietnam (44,900 unsplit), Italy (39,400 unsplit), China (23,000 unsplit), Hong Kong (13,600 unsplit), and Thailand (8,000 unsplit). Exports of 3,000 other excluding wet blues were to Turkey. Total net sales of 43,000 splits were for China. Exports of 128,300 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

 

 

-0.5

 

 

 

 

ITALY

3.7

 

 

 

-38.6

 

 

TURKEY

33.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAPAN

1.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

10.3

 

 

 

-0.1

2.8

 

CHINA

198.4

 

 

 

6.5

 

43.0

HG KONG

 

 

 

 

-0.1

 

 

INDNSIA

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

KOR REP

31.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

THAILND

35.5

 

 

 

14.9

 

 

VIETNAM

 

 

 

 

2.3

 

 

BRAZIL

44.0

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEXICO

30.3

 

 

 

 

8.4

 

NET SALES

389.6

0.0

-0.5

0.0

-15.0

11.2

43.0

WEEKLY EXPORTS

379.9

0.0

3.8

0.0

140.9

4.6

128.3

ACCUM. EXPORTS

1,456.4

0.0

11.0

0.0

526.1

22.1

255.2

OUTSTANDING SALES

2,235.0

2.2

2.9

0.0

3,006.1

88.1

418.0