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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 04. prosinca 1997. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 1064 Med merino 21m 792 Fine merino 20m 904 Med merino 22m 713 Broad merino 23m 624 Comeback 25m 601 Broad merino 24m 603 Comeback 26m 586n Fine Xbred 27m 554n Med Xbred 29m 533n Fine Xbred 28m 535n Med Xbred 30m 504n Med Xbred 31m 490n Merino cardings 499 Xbred cardings 423n Eastern mkt ind 708 Australian wool indicator steady at 708c/kg MELBOURNE, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The Australian wool market eastern indicator remained at 708 cents a kg clean on Thursday at sales in Newcastle, Adelaide and Launceston, Wool International said. Merino fleece was mixed, with 19 microns 1.5 percent dearer, 20/25m unchanged, 21m slightly cheaper, 22/24/26m 0.5 percent cheaper, and 23m up to 0.5 percent dearer while merino skirtings were fully firm. In crossbreds, 27/29m were slightly dearer, 28/31m slightly cheaper, and 30m 0.5 percent cheaper. In cardings, lambs and crutchings were generally unchanged with locks unchanged. WI said Italian, Japanese and Western European interests were principal operators with good support from most sectors of the trade. Of the 30,621 bales offered, 8.5 percent were passed in. Sales continue next week in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle, with about 132,800 bales to be offered. _________________________________________________________________ Bradford - cijene vune - 04. prosinca 1997. cijene u penijima/kg _________________________________________________________________ MERINO CROSSBRED 70s SUPER 482 58s SUPER 354 66s SUPER 442 58s BLENDED 342 64s SUPER 390 56s SUPER 341 64s BLENDED 388 54s CARDED 319 60s SUPER 370 50s CARDED 295 60s BLENDED 364 58s ENGLISH 258 56s ENGLISH 249 50s ENGLISH 243 Bradford wool market prices continue to fall LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Prices for tops and any product with a significant imported wool content continue to slide on the Bradford market, with topmakers quotes as much eight pence per kilo down on last done, traders said The decline was mainly due to sterling's strength against the Australian and New Zealand dollars, they added. UK traders were said to be increasingly unhappy at the prospect of continuing sterling strength and possibly still higher UK interest rates. The call for deliveries tended to fall off with the approach of Christmas a possible influence. New export orders were said to be more difficult to obtain than ever and there was anxiety about import competition from newly devalued countries in the Pacific region. 051102 MET dec 97