U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 4/8/2021
Hides and Skins:
Net sales of
282,700 pieces for 2021 were down 29 percent from the previous week and 40
percent from the prior 4-week average.
Increases primarily for China (164,600 whole cattle hides, including
decreases of 5,900 pieces), South Korea (52,900 whole cattle hides, including
decreases of 800 pieces), Mexico (23,800 whole cattle hides, including decreases
of 400 pieces), Thailand (18,400 whole cattle hides, including decreases of
1,000 pieces), and Japan (2,200 whole cattle hides), were offset by reductions
for Indonesia (300 MT). Total net
sales of 13,500 kip skins were for Belgium.
Exports of 401,800 pieces for 2021
were up 9 percent from the previous week and 6 percent from the prior 4-week
average. Whole cattle hides exports
were primarily to China (293,500 pieces), South Korea (53,200 pieces), Thailand
(16,600 pieces), Mexico (14,500 pieces), and Vietnam (4,300 pieces).
Exports of 6,300 kip skins were to Belgium.
Net sales of 64,200 wet
blues for 2021 were unchanged from the previous week, but down 57 percent from
the prior 4-week average. Increases
reported for China (34,200 unsplit, including decreases of 200 unsplit), Italy
(17,900 unsplit, including decreases of 200 unsplit), Vietnam (8,800 unsplit,
including decreases of 100 unsplit), South Korea (3,400 grain splits, including
decreases of 100 grain splits), and Taiwan (100 grain splits), were offset by
reductions for Thailand (200 unsplit).
Exports of 101,000 wet blues for 2021 were down 16 percent from the
previous week and 17 percent from the prior 4-week average.
The destinations were primarily to Italy (23,900 unsplit and 7,200 grain
splits), Vietnam (23,300 unsplit), China (17,000 unsplit and 2,200 grain
splits), Thailand (16,000 unsplit), and Mexico (3,700 grain splits and 900
unsplit). Net sales of 488,400
splits were for China (271,500 pounds, including decreases of 600 pounds),
Taiwan (172,300 pounds, including decreases of 86,500 pounds), and Vietnam
(44,600 pounds, including decreases of 1,500 pounds).
Exports of 336,700 pounds were to Vietnam (207,4,000 pounds) and China
(129,300 pounds).
WEEKLY NET
COUNTRY |
WHOLE |
WET BLUES |
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CATTLE
1601 |
CALF
1602 |
KIP
1603 |
CROUPONS
1604 |
UNSPLIT
1606 |
GRAIN
1607 |
DROP
1608 |
|
THOUSAND UNITS |
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BELGIUM |
|
|
13.5 |
|
|
|
|
ITALY |
|
|
|
|
17.9 |
|
|
SPAIN |
1.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TURKEY |
0.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
JAPAN |
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TAIWAN |
1.7 |
|
|
|
|
0.1 |
172.3 |
CHINA |
164.6 |
|
|
|
34.2 |
|
271.5 |
INDNSIA |
-0.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
KOR REP |
52.9 |
|
|
|
|
3.4 |
|
THAILND |
18.4 |
|
|
|
-0.2 |
|
|
VIETNAM |
1.9 |
|
|
|
8.8 |
|
44.6 |
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CANADA |
1.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEXICO |
23.8 |
|
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
SALVADR |
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET SALES |
269.2 |
0.0 |
13.5 |
0.0 |
60.7 |
3.5 |
488.4 |
WEEKLY EXPORTS |
395.5 |
0.0 |
6.3 |
0.0 |
87.9 |
13.0 |
336.7 |
ACCUM. EXPORTS |
5,219.9 |
6.4 |
31.7 |
0.0 |
1,499.2 |
196.7 |
5,747.1 |
OUTSTANDING SALES |
3,650.0 |
20.4 |
13.9 |
0.0 |
1,081.4 |
164.1 |
3,517.1 |