U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 1/8/2026

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 332,600 pieces for 2026 primarily for China (221,600 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 16,500 pieces), Mexico (55,700 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 1,700 pieces), South Korea (28,200 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 500 pieces), Thailand (18,500 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 100 pieces), and Indonesia (2,500 whole cattle hides, including 2,700 pieces switched from China and decreases of 200 pieces), were offset by reductions for Brazil (1,800 pieces) and Japan (300 pieces). Total net sales of 7,200 kip skins were for Germany. Exports of 343,200 whole cattle hides were primarily to China (233,200 pieces), Mexico (28,600 pieces), South Korea (28,300 pieces), Thailand (20,400 pieces), and Brazil (19,500 pieces). Exports of 7,200 kip skins were to Belgium.

 

Net sales of 129,800 wet blues for 2026 were reported for Hong Kong (71,700 unsplit, including decreases of 300 unsplit), China (40,700 unsplit), Brazil (5,100 unsplit), the Dominican Republic (4,700 unsplit), and Thailand (3,600 grain splits), were offset by reductions for Italy (400 unsplit). Total net sales reductions of 100 other excluding wet blues were for Turkey. Exports of 116,500 wet blues were primarily to Italy (36,300 unsplit), Vietnam (33,000 unsplit), China (22,900 unsplit), Hong Kong (9,400 unsplit), and Thailand (4,900 unsplit). Exports of 5,100 other excluding wet blues were to Turkey (3,100 pounds), China (1,300 pounds), and Mexico (700 pounds). Total net sales of 40,700 splits were for Vietnam. No exports of splits were reported for the week.

 

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

 

 

7.2

 

 

 

 

ITALY

 

 

 

 

-0.4

 

 

JAPAN

-0.3

 

 

 

0.8

 

 

TAIWAN

0.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHINA

221.6

 

 

 

40.7

 

 

HG KONG

 

 

 

 

71.7

 

 

INDNSIA

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

KOR REP

28.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

THAILND

18.5

 

 

 

 

3.6

 

VIETNAM

 

 

 

 

3.6

 

40.7

BRAZIL

-1.8

 

 

 

5.1

 

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

4.7

 

 

MEXICO

55.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET SALES

325.5

0.0

7.2

0.0

126.2

3.6

40.7

WEEKLY EXPORTS

336.1

0.0

7.2

0.0

110.5

6.0

0.0

ACCUM. EXPORTS

395.0

0.0

7.2

0.0

114.5

8.8

0.0

OUTSTANDING SALES

2,026.2

0.0

7.2

0.0

3,027.4

87.4

544.0