U.S. EXPORT SALES FOR WEEK ENDING 1/15/2026

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 400,800 pieces for 2026 primarily for China (274,700 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 12,100 pieces), South Korea (37,400 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 1,000 pieces), Mexico (34,700 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 4,600 pieces), Thailand (18,700 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 2,000 pieces), and Italy (12,900 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 200 pieces), were offset by reductions for Brazil (1,300 pieces). Total net sales of 2,200 calf skins were for Italy. Exports of 342,200 whole cattle hides were primarily to China (225,600 pieces), Mexico (41,200 pieces), South Korea (28,700 pieces), Thailand (18,600 pieces), and Brazil (12,400 pieces).

 

Net sales of 339,700 wet blues for 2026 primarily for Hong Kong (211,000 unsplit, including decreases of 200 unsplit), Vietnam (81,100 unsplit, including 7,200 unsplit switched from China and decreases of 100 unsplit), Italy (47,900 unsplit, including decreases of 100 unsplit), Taiwan (2,800 grain splits), and Brazil (2,600 unsplit, including decreases of 100 unsplit), were offset by reductions for China (6,800 unsplit). For 2027, total net sales of 76,800 unsplit were for Hong Kong. Net sales of 15,800 other excluding wet blues were reported for Turkey (8,200 pounds), China (6,400 pounds), and Mexico (1,100 pounds). Exports of 130,800 wet blues were primarily to Vietnam (34,300 unsplit), China (33,200 unsplit), Italy (29,600 unsplit), Brazil (14,100 unsplit), and Taiwan (9,600 unsplit). Exports of 9,000 other excluding wet blues were to China (5,600 pounds), Turkey (3,000 pounds), and Mexico (400 pounds). No net sales or 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

ITALY

12.9

2.2

 

 

47.9

 

 

TURKEY

5.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAPAN

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN

3.8

 

 

 

0.2

2.8

 

CHINA

274.7

 

 

 

-6.8

 

 

HG KONG

 

 

 

 

211.0

 

 

INDNSIA

8.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

KOR REP

37.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

THAILND

18.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIETNAM

1.8

 

 

 

81.1

 

 

BRAZIL

-1.3

 

 

 

2.6

 

 

DOM REP

 

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

MEXICO

34.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET SALES

398.7

2.2

0.0

0.0

336.9

2.8

0.0

WEEKLY EXPORTS

342.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

130.8

0.0

0.0

ACCUM. EXPORTS

737.3

0.0

7.2

0.0

245.3

8.8

0.0

OUTSTANDING SALES

2,082.6

2.2

7.2

0.0

3,233.5

90.2

544.0