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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 16. listopada 1997. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 1048 Med merino 21m 794 Fine merino 20m 898 Med merino 22m 709 Broad merino 23m 608 Comeback 25m 560n Broad merino 24m 583 Comeback 26m 549n Fine Xbred 27m 538n Med Xbred 29m 521n Fine Xbred 28m 523n Med Xbred 30m 488n Med Xbred 31m 474n Merino cardings 477 Xbred cardings 411n Eastern mkt ind 696 Australian wool indicator falls 2 cents to 696c/kg MELBOURNE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Australian wool market eastern indicator fell two cents to 696 cents a kg clean on Thursday at sales in Goulburn and Melbourne, Wool International said. Most merino fleece fell, with 19 micron up to two percent cheaper, 20m one percent cheaper, 21/24m slightly cheaper, 22/23m slightly dearer and 25/26m 0.5 percent cheaper. In merino skirtings, 19m fell two percent and 20m one percent while 21/22m were generally unchanged. In crossbreds, 27m were slightly cheaper, 28m 1.5 percent cheaper, 29/30m 0.5 percent cheaper and 31m slightly dearer. In cardings, lambs free of vegetable matter were 1.5 percent dearer while locks and crutchings were generally unchanged. WI said there was good general competition with Japanese interests including China and Taiwan the principal buyers. Of the 25,317 bales offered, 12.2 percent were passed in. In early Fremantle sales, 20m merino fleece was slightly dearer, 21m one percent cheaper, 23/24m unchanged and 23/25m fully firm. The early pass-in rate of the 10,970-bale offering was 15.5 percent. Next week's sales are in Sydney and Geelong with about 70,370 bales on offer. _________________________________________________________________ Bradford - cijene vune - 16. listopada 1997. cijene u penijima/kg _________________________________________________________________ MERINO CROSSBRED 70s SUPER 540 58s SUPER 379 66s SUPER 490 58s BLENDED 359 64s SUPER 425 56s SUPER 361 64s BLENDED 422 54s CARDED 335 60s SUPER 398 50s CARDED 320 60s BLENDED 385 58s ENGLISH 281 56s ENGLISH 272 50s ENGLISH 264 Bradford wool firmer LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Prices paid for British wool at this week's Bradford auction were again definitely higher, leading to increases of around five pence per kilo for British wool tops. Covering against potential Chinese business aided the trend but, in general, new orders were not plentiful, particularly from overseas markets where sterling's strenght is still a problem despite having fallen back from its highs. 171052 MET oct 97