Data show that U.S. raw hide prices are still falling in January

According to the data released by the American Raw Leather Association Committee, the number of wet and wet salted skins exported by American butchers and traders in January was slightly less than 1.7 million pieces, an increase of 4% compared with the same period last year.

In terms of export value, in January 2020, the United States exported nearly 63.6 million US dollars of salt and wet hides, a decrease of 9% year-on-year.

In January this year, the average export price of US salt and wet hides was $ 38. In January last year, the average export price was $ 43.51.

During the same period, the export volume of wet blue leather was slightly lower than 330,000 pieces. Its transaction volume decreased by 9% year-on-year. In the first month of this year, the export revenue of wet blue leather was slightly higher than 35.3 million US dollars, which was a decrease of 11% compared with the same period of 2019.

In January 2020, the average export price of US blue wet leather was 107.19 US dollars. The average price for the same period last year was $ 109.21.

In January, the import volume of Chinese tannery manufacturers increased, with 988,000 pieces of salt and wet hides imported, accounting for almost 60% of the total US salt and wet hide exports, an increase of 2% over the same period last year.

The number of wet blue leather exported from the United States to China increased by 56% to 106,000, accounting for 32% of the total export volume. The volume of wet blue leather exported to Vietnam dropped by 10% to 96.325 million pieces. The number of exports to Italy was 6.3250, a year-on-year decrease of 56%.