Export of chapter 41 plus “Leather Goods”: US$ 2 billions in 2006

Up to November : US$ 1,782 billion

33% growth in value and 25% in quantity

Brazil continues the export of large quantity of raw material. Out of the 32,7 million bovine hides exported (see table 4), 59% are of low added value, 10% of Semi-trimmed hide and 31% of Trimmed hide, the hide with the highest added value. The export accumulate of chapter 41 of the NCM (see table 5) – from January through November 2006 – has reached a total of US$ 1.691.954.690 (only of bovine hide, US$ 1.625.574.777). Export of chapter 41, plus the “leather goods”, should reach a total of US$ 2 billions by the end of 2006, as up to the end of November it totaled US$ 1.782.836.681. The export data, with specific highlight to the bovine hide, can be seen in tables 1 and 2, and reports on the behavior of the first eleven months of the year in quantity and value.

Export of the Trimmed hide seems to be at a standstill of approximately 30%, apparently without any possibility to increase through preponderance. The effects resulting from the application of tax on the export of Wet Blue seem to be limited to this percentage. In 2006, the aliquot was of 7%. In 2007, it should drop to 4% if no change in the CAMEX Resolution is introduced. Without incentive programs for the export of higher added value hides, resulting from the governmental inertia, the country is more and more consolidating itself as exporter of material.

 

Tabela 1 - Exportação de Couros Por Nº de Couros Janeiro a Novembro - 2006 x 2005 Table 1 - Leather Exporation / By Nº of Hides January to November – 2006 x 2005
Tipo de Couro Kind of leather	Jan/Nov 2006	Jan/Nov 2005	2006/2005 (%)
Salgado / Salted	220.918	266.632	-17,14%
Wet-Blue	19.059.997	14.436.769	32,02%
Crust	3.229.373	3.262.244	-1,01%
Acabado / Finished	10.195.023	7.599.245	34,16%
Sub-Total	32.705.311	25.564.890	27,93%
Solas / Soles	162.355	121.547	33,57%
Ovinos / Sheep	550.072	430.429	27,80%
Caprinos / Goats	424.120	811.072	-47,71%
Total Geral	33.841.858	26.927.938	25,68%

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: Courobusiness

Tabela 2 - Exportação de Couros/ Por Valor - US$ 1,00 Janeiro a Novembro – 2006 x 2005 Table 2 - Leather Exportation/ By Value – US$ 1.00 January to November – 2006 x 2005
Tipo de Couro Kind of leather	Jan/Nov 2006	Jan/Nov 2005	2006/2005 (%)
Salgado / Salted	2.343.799	5.103.561	-54,08%
Wet-Blue	572.603.594	385.347.938	48,59%
Crust	221.755.015	215.258.888	3,02%
Acabado / Finished	828.872.369	592.328.170	39,93%
Sub-Total	1.625.574.777	1.198.038.557	35,69%
Solas /Soles	13.259.420	9.095.416	45,78%
Ovinos / Sheep	9.184.583	6.505.012	41,19%
Caprinos / Goats	2.729.654	3.286.475	-16,94%
Total Geral	1.650.748.434	1.216.925.460	35,65%

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: Courobusiness

Table 3 below, which indicates the exported average value, based on the type of bovine hide, shows an increase in the average amount of the Crust (Semi-trimmed) and Trimmed hides both of approximately 4%. And, the Wet Blue hide shows a valorization of 12,5%, which, in a certain way, compensates the application of tax imposed.

What really puzzles the analysts is the lack of a governmental policy in favor of the export of hide that when reaching the foreign market has a value of US$ 81,3 a unit. The lack of a policy favors the export of hide that has a value of US$ 30 a unit. Stimulate the export of higher added value hide through application of an export tax on the minor added value hide has shown to be inefficient, even if at first sight it stimulated some Trimmed hide plants. As time went by, the efficiency disappeared and the predominance in the export of hide at the value of US$ 30 a unit was consolidated. Just as an explanatory exercise, if the 19 millions Wet Blue hides had been exported as Trimmed hide, the total export would present an increase of approximately US$ 970 millions. This indicates that it is not through application of a tax that this loss will be recovered.

 

Tabela 3 - Exportação de Couros / Valor médio exportado Janeiro a Novembro - 2006 x 2005 Table 3 - Leather Exportation / Average exporting value January to November – 2006 x 2005
Tipo de Couro Kind of leather	Jan/Nov 2006	Jan/Nov 2005	2006/2005 (%)
Salgado / Salted	10,61	19,14	-44,57%
Wet-Blue	30,04	26,69	12,55%
Crust	68,67	65,98	4,07%
Acabado / Finished	81,30	77,95	4,31%
Sub-Total	49,70	46,86	6,06%
Solas / Soles	81,67	74,83	9,14%
Ovinos / Sheep	16,70	15,11	10,48%
Caprinos / Goats	6,44	4,05	58,84%
Total Geral	48,78	45,19	7,94%

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: Courobusiness

Table 4 shows the participation in percentage of each type of bovine hide as related to the total export in quantity. It is this fact that evidences in a clear manner the omission that directs to the export of 60% of extremely low added value hide.

 

Tabela 4 - Participação % na quantidade exportada Janeiro a Novembro (2006 e 2005) Table 4 - % participation in quantity exported January to November (2006 and 2005)
Tipo de couro Kind of leather	Jan/Nov 2006	Jan/Nov 2005
Salgado / Salted	0,68%	1,04%
Wet Blue	58,28%	56,47%
Crust	9,87%	12,76%
Acabado / Finished	31,17%	29,73%
Total Geral	100,00%	100,00%

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: Courobusiness

Tabela 5 - EXPORTAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE COUROS E PELES (CAP. 41) – Jan/Nov de 2006/05 Table 5 - BRAZILIAN EXPORTS OF HIDES AND SKINS (CHAP 41) – Jan/Nov 2006/05
SIT. MONETÁRIOS (US$) VALUE (US$)			CRESC. (%) GROWTH (%)			SIT. FÍSICA (Kg) QUANTITY (KG)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH (%)
MÊS MONTH	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS	ACUM.	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM.
Jan	112.481.705	97.449.804	-15%	15%	15%	30.483.749	22.644.786	-6%	35%	35%
Fev Feb	128.958.715	101.471.017	15%	27%	21%	31.997.736	23.377.850	5%	37%	36%
Mar	161.725.650	122.187.437	25%	32%	26%	39.680.467	29.800.210	24%	33%	35%
Abr Apr	140.157.676	113.099.501	-13%	24%	25%	33.111.749	26.087.296	-17%	27%	33%
Mai May	160.020.644	120.655.231	14%	33%	27%	36.391.707	29.390.983	10%	24%	31%
Jun	159.964.493	120.653.255	0%	33%	28%	36.831.446	28.988.239	1%	27%	30%
Jul	150.025.144	106.650.291	-6%	41%	30%	29.189.122	24.891.944	-21%	17%	28%
Ago Aug	173.272.600	135.312.293	15%	28%	29%	37.063.201	32.577.877	27%	14%	26%
Set Sep	158.289.472	121.855.923	-9%	30%	29%	32.873.411	29.604.619	-11%	11%	24%
Out Oct	171.280.411	110.926.696	8%	54%	32%	35.431.653	27.746.306	8%	28%	25%
Nov	175.778.180	118.918.700	3%	48%	33%	37.565.569	29.488.381	6%	27%	25%
Dez Dec		131.948.845					32.259.912
Total	1.691.954.690	1.401.128.993				380.619.810	336.858.403

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: AICSul

Through the end of November 2006, destination of the Brazilian hide exports was as follows: Hong Kong and China, together, are the destination of 45,8% of the exported quantity, equivalent of 35,5% of exports in value, Italy, that has always been the preferred destination of the Brazilian hide shows a destination of 30,4% in quantity and 26,4% in value. What can be felt is a dangerous concentration, because 85,2% of the exported quantity goes to two destinations, as it is impossible to consider Hong Kong and China separately.

The evidence is recurring but necessary. The Brazilian hide reaches China and is transformed into low added value footwear which is exported to the United States and there takes over our market. This means, the Brazilian hide contributes to compete with the export of Brazilian footwear.

The ten major destinations through November 2006 were responsible for 84,5% of the total. Among these, in quantity, Asia represented 41,4%; Europe, 28,36%; Africa, 1,7%; North America, 12,83%. COUROBUSINESS continues under the impression that the Brazilian commercial promotion action should benefit the countries that buy added value hides.

 

Tabela 6 - DESTINO DAS EXPORTAÇÕES DE COUROS E PELES POR PAÍSES (CAP.41) 2006/05 - BRASIL Table 6 - DESTINATION OF HIDES AND SKINS EXPORTS BY COUNTRIES (CHAP 41)
PAÍSES COUNTRIES	SIT.MONET. (US$) VALUE		PERCENTUAL PERCENTAGE		SIT.FÍSICA (Kg) QUANTITY		PERCENTUAL PERCENTAGE
Jan/Nov 06	Jan/Nov 05	PART06	CR.05/06 GROWTH	Jan/Nov 06	Jan/Nov 05	PART06	CR.05/06 GROWTH
Itália / Italy	447.221.828	296.623.848	26,43%	51%	115.755.495	85.364.426	30,41%	36%
Hong Kong	340.304.409	229.218.354	20,11%	48%	111.356.088	91.786.881	29,26%	21%
China	260.369.427	211.314.325	15,39%	23%	62.880.602	51.709.320	16,52%	22%
Estados Unidos / USA	184.843.324	142.263.522	10,92%	30%	12.838.412	10.390.450	3,37%	24%
Taiwan	40.758.490	35.882.330	2,41%	14%	6.722.307	8.460.528	1,77%	-21%
Portugal	32.613.875	5.999.398	1,93%	444%	2.642.821	556.683	0,69%	375%
Canadá	32.255.595	9.654.983	1,91%	234%	7.735.810	1.493.582	2,03%	418%
Malásia / Malaysia	30.598.843	29.511.867	1,81%	4%	6.513.560	5.895.496	1,71%	10%
África do Sul / South África	28.770.128	27.735.702	1,70%	4%	10.073.951	11.248.510	2,65%	-10%
Japão / Japan	28.413.235	27.108.988	1,68%	5%	2.575.186	2.329.681	0,68%	11%
SUB-TOTAL	1.426.149.154	1.015.313.317	84,29%	40%	339.094.232	269.235.557	89,09%	26%
Demais Países Other countries	265.805.536	253.866.831	15,71%	5%	41.525.578	35.362.934	10,91%	17%
TOTAL	1.691.954.690	1.269.180.148	100%	33%	380.619.810	304.598.491	100%	25%

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: AICSul

Table 7 reinforces the previous comments about the difference in value between the different types of exported hides, when it presents such hides based on the NCM classification in quantity measured by weight. This allows confirmation that the value per kilogram of the Wet Blue of highest value, was, during the period, of US$ 2,30; while of value of the Trimmed hide was of US$ 13,55, six times higher. This data also provides the size of the historical loss accumulated by the country, when opting for export of low added value raw material.

 

Tabela 7 - EXPORTAÇÕES BRASILEIRAS DE COUROS POR CLASSIFICAÇÃO DAS NCMs Jan / Nov 2006 Table 7 - BRAZILIAN LEATHER EXPORTATION BY NCM CLASSIFICATION January to November 2006
CLASSIFICAÇÃO DAS NCMs NCM CLASSIFICATION	PESO LIQ. (KG) WEIGHT	PART (%)	US$ FOB	PART (%)	Nº DE COUROS Nº OF HIDES	PREÇO MÉDIO AVERAGE PRICE
P/ COURO BY LEATHER	P/ KG BY KILO
1. Peles salgadas/piqueladas de Bovinos até 14Kg (med.14Kg) Salted/Pickled bovine skins up to 14 kg (ave. 14 kg)	1.422.134	0,37%	1.203.031	0,07%	101.581	11,84	0,85
2. Peles em Bruto de Bovinos salgadas acima 14Kg (med.25Kg) Salted Bovine hides above 14 kg (ave. 25 kg)	2.983.427	0,78%	1.140.768	0,07%	119.337	9,56	0,38
3. Couros de Bovinos Wet Blue até 2,6m (med.9Kg) Bovine Wet Blue hides up to 2.6m (ave. 9 kg)	41.909.566	11,01%	96.406.865	5,70%	4.656.618	20,70	2,30
4. Couros Bovinos Wet Blue, inclusive Raspas (med. 16Kg) Bovine Wet Blue hides, incl. Scrappings (ave. 16 kg)	230.454.060	60,55%	476.196.729	28,14%	14.403.379	33,06	2,07
5. Couros Bovinos Sola (méd. 18Kg) Bovine hide soles (ave. 18 kg)	2.922.383	0,77%	13.259.420	0,78%	162.355	81,67	4,54
6. Couros Bovinos s/ Acabamento, inclusive vegetais (med.6Kg) Bovine hides,without finishing, incl. vegetable (ave. 6 kg)	18.402.110	4,83%	208.495.595	12,32%	3.067.018	67,98	11,33
7. Couros Bovinos com Acabamento (med. 6Kg) Bovine hides with finishing (ave. 6 kg)	61.170.137	16,07%	828.872.369	48,99%	10.195.023	81,30	13,55
Sub-Total - Couros Bovinos Subtotal - Bovine Hides	359.263.817	94,39%	1.625.574.777	96,08%	32.705.311	49,70	4,52
Demais Couros / Other hides
Peles de Eqüídeos / Horse hides	12.711.338	3,34%	46.698.763	2,76%
Peles de Ovinos / Sheep hides	550.072	0,14%	9.184.583	0,54%
Peles de Caprinos / Goat hides	424.120	0,11%	2.729.654	0,16%
Peles de Suínos / Pig hides	22.567	0,01%	188.571	0,01%
Peles de Répteis / Reptile hides	3.959	0,00%	97.587	0,01%
Peles de outros animais / Other animal skins	44.038	0,01%	2.226.210	0,13%
Aparas e couro reconstituído / Chippings and reconstructed leather	7.599.899	2,00%	5.254.545	0,31%
Sub-Total - Demais Couros Subtotal – Other Hides	21.355.993	5,61%	66.379.913	3,92%
TOTAL DO CAP. 41 – COUROS TOTAL OF CHAP 41 - HIDES	380.619.810	100,00%	1.691.954.690	100,00%

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: AICSul

Tabela 8 - EXPORTAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE COUROS BOVINOS Table 8 - BRAZILIAN EXPORTATION OF BOVINE HIDES
MÊS MONTH	NÚMERO DE COUROS NUMBER OF HIDES		CRESC. (%) GROWTH			VALOR (US$) VALUE		CRESC. (%) GROWTH
ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR 06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM ACCUM	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR 06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM ACCUM
Jan	2.496.148	1.861.106	-6%	34%	34%	106.576.829	91.855.137	-13%	16%	16%
Fev Feb	2.703.911	1.975.760	8%	37%	36%	120.293.382	95.862.382	13%	25%	21%
Mar	3.341.470	2.475.943	24%	35%	35%	150.838.173	116.647.469	25%	29%	24%
Abr Apr	2.835.117	2.217.721	-15%	28%	33%	132.180.249	106.434.065	-12%	24%	24%
Mai May	3.114.647	2.448.492	10%	27%	32%	150.905.186	114.813.419	14%	31%	26%
Jun	3.123.672	2.407.971	0%	30%	32%	150.800.659	114.581.633	0%	32%	27%
Jul	2.619.052	2.173.273	-16%	21%	30%	143.939.318	101.715.798	-5%	42%	29%
Ago Aug	3.254.831	2.727.926	24%	19%	28%	170.906.592	126.007.955	19%	36%	30%
Set Sep	2.911.262	2.455.386	-11%	19%	27%	156.839.583	113.459.866	-8%	38%	31%
Out Oct	3.103.589	2.340.439	7%	33%	28%	169.236.312	104.430.612	8%	62%	34%
Nov	3.201.613	2.480.874	3%	29%	28%	173.058.494	112.230.221	2%	54%	36%
Dez Dec		2.662.060					122.745.364
Total	32.705.312	28.226.951				1.625.574.777	1.320.783.921

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: AICSul

Tabela 9 - EXPORTAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE COUROS BOVINOS SALGADOS Table 9 - BRAZILIAN EXPORTATION OF SALTED BOVINE LEATHER
	FÍSICOS (Nº COUROS) QUANTITY (Nº OF HIDES)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH(%)			MONETÁRIOS (US$) VALUE (US$)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH
MÊS MONTH	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM.	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM
Jan	8.451	12.841	-41%	-34%	-34%	106.980	328.361	-27%	-67%	-67%
Fev Feb	0.914	10.592	-89%	-91%	-60%	62.751	270.287	-41%	-77%	-72%
Mar	9.743	18.271	966%	-47%	-54%	101.743	555.609	62%	-82%	-76%
Abr Apr	14.478	15.029	49%	-4%	-41%	294.701	351.757	190%	-16%	-62%
Mai May	39.144	12.580	170%	211%	5%	238.664	305.341	-19%	-22%	-56%
Jun	36.128	18.718	-8%	93%	24%	316.363	275.988	33%	15%	-46%
Jul	14.405	24.035	-60%	-40%	10%	90.304	356.490	-71%	-75%	-50%
Ago Aug	25.392	27.079	76%	-6%	7%	270.707	517.378	200%	-48%	-50%
Set Sep	17.492	33.622	-31%	-48%	-4%	197.918	673.968	-27%	-71%	-54%
Out Oct	21.988	33.608	26%	-35%	-9%	215.839	588.799	9%	-63%	-55%
Nov	32.784	60.258	49%	-46%	-17%	447.829	879.583	107%	-49%	-54%
Dez Dec		14.230					147.157
Total	220.919	280.863				2.343.799	5.250.718

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: AICSul

 

Tabela 10 - EXPORTAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE COUROS BOVINOS WET BLUE Table 10 - BRAZILIAN EXPORTATION OF WET BLUE BOVINE HIDES
	FÍSICOS (Nº COUROS) QUANTITY (Nº OF HIDES)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH			MONETÁRIOS (US$) VALUE (US$)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH (%)
MÊS MONTH	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM.	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM
Jan	1.664.641	1.028.805	6%	62%	62%	44.890.976	28.846.252	8%	56%	56%
Fev Feb	1.672.005	1.043.598	0%	60%	61%	44.802.970	29.411.472	0%	52%	54%
Mar	2.031.830	1.436.956	22%	41%	53%	55.105.722	39.875.533	23%	38%	48%
Abr Apr	1.731.282	1.252.401	-15%	38%	49%	50.648.981	34.525.642	-8%	47%	47%
Mai May	1.772.962	1.452.135	2%	22%	43%	51.714.108	38.932.316	2%	33%	44%
Jun	1.853.798	1.390.250	5%	33%	41%	54.937.607	39.107.620	6%	40%	43%
Jul	1.289.731	1.190.887	-30%	8%	37%	39.522.055	30.137.870	-28%	31%	42%
Ago Aug	1.805.384	1.563.819	40%	15%	33%	55.540.592	40.532.991	41%	37%	41%
Set Sep	1.590.191	1.379.856	-12%	15%	31%	50.333.086	36.483.350	-9%	38%	41%
Out Oct	1.747.649	1.340.614	10%	30%	31%	59.278.521	33.909.810	18%	75%	44%
Nov	1.900.524	1.357.450	9%	40%	32%	65.828.976	33.585.082	11%	96%	49%
Dez Dec		1.563.715					41.735.077
Total	19.059.997	16.000.486				572.603.594	427.083.015

Fonte/ Source: Secex / Organização/ Organization: AICSul

Tabela 11 - EXPORTAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE COUROS BOVINOS CRUST+VEGETAIS Table 11 - BRAZILIAN EXPORTATION OF CRUST AND VEGETABLE
	FÍSICOS (Nº COUROS) QUANTITY (Nº OF HIDES)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH (%)			MONETÁRIOS (US$) VALUE (US$)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH (%)
MÊS MONTH	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM.	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM
Jan	255.795	231.087	-31%	11%	11%	15.945.255	15.160.512	-34%	5%	5%
Fev Feb	211.656	279.857	-17%	-24%	-9%	11.688.549	18.487.815	-27%	-37%	-18%
Mar	287.007	240.593	36%	19%	0%	16.255.661	16.822.089	39%	-3%	-13%
Abr Apr	224.461	225.764	-22%	-1%	0%	14.234.811	14.963.452	-12%	-5%	-11%
Mai May	299.339	268.607	33%	11%	3%	20.428.896	18.094.708	44%	13%	-6%
Jun	304.681	279.136	2%	9%	4%	21.376.545	19.293.439	5%	11%	-3%
Jul	345.463	337.773	13%	2%	4%	25.550.472	22.226.116	20%	15%	0%
Ago Aug	350.364	398.395	1%	-12%	1%	25.882.288	26.541.251	1%	-2%	0%
Set Sep	322.984	328.184	-8%	-2%	0%	24.061.327	21.648.344	-7%	11%	1%
Out Oct	322.115	330.514	0%	-3%	0%	23.444.173	20.497.582	-3%	14%	3%
Nov	305.508	342.334	-5%	-11%	-1%	22.887.038	21.523.580	-2%	6%	3%
Dez Dec		370.427					24.154.950
Total	3.229.373	3.632.671				221.755.015	239.413.838

Fonte/ Source: Secex / Organização/ Organization: AICSul

Tabela 12 - EXPORTAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE COUROS BOVINOS ACABADOS Table 12 - BRAZILIAN EXPORTATION OF FINISHED BOVINE LEATHER
	FÍSICOS (Nº COUROS) QUANTITY (Nº HIDES)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH (%)			MONETÁRIOS (US$) VALUE (US $)		CRESC. (%) GROWTH (%)
MÊS MONTH	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM.	ANO 2006	ANO 2005	VAR06	MÊS MONTH	ACUM. ACCUM
Jan	567.261	588.374	-21%	-4%	-4%	45.633.618	47.520.012	-20%	-4%	-4%
Fev Feb	819.336	641.714	44%	28%	13%	63.739.112	47.692.808	40%	34%	15%
Mar	1.012.890	780.123	24%	30%	19%	79.375.047	59.394.238	25%	34%	22%
Abr Apr	864.895	724.527	-15%	19%	19%	67.001.756	56.593.214	-16%	18%	21%
Mai May	1.003.202	715.171	16%	40%	24%	78.523.518	57.481.054	17%	37%	24%
Jun	929.065	719.868	-7%	29%	25%	74.170.144	55.904.586	-6%	33%	26%
Jul	969.453	620.578	4%	56%	29%	78.776.487	48.995.322	6%	61%	30%
Ago Aug	1.073.691	738.633	11%	45%	31%	89.213.005	58.416.335	13%	53%	33%
Set Sep	980.595	713.724	-9%	37%	32%	82.247.252	54.654.204	-8%	50%	35%
Out Oct	1.011.837	635.703	3%	59%	34%	86.297.779	49.434.421	5%	75%	39%
Nov	962.797	720.832	-5%	34%	34%	83.894.651	56.241.976	-3%	49%	40%
Dez Dec		713.688					56.708.180
Total	10.195.022	8.312.935				828.872.369	649.036.350

Fonte/ Source: Secex

Organização/ Organization: AICSul

Table 13 shows export of products classified as “Leather goods”. The data shows that in eleven months the quantity exported in 2006 is 12% less than the quantity exported in 2005. In value, the accumulated drop is of 8%. In 2005, export through NCM 42050000 reached a total of US$ 108.8 millions, and it is now expected that by the end of 2006, we can reach at least US$ 100 millions. The USA are the main destination with more than 80% of the total.