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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 08. kolovoza 1996. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 875 Med merino 21m 691 Fine merino 20m 765 Med merino 22m 608 Broad merino 23m 530 Comeback 25m 492n Broad merino 24m 510 Comeback 26m 478n Fine Xbred 27m 475n Med Xbred 29m 466n Fine Xbred 28m 474n Med Xbred 30m 462n Med Xbred 31m 455n Merino cardings 420 Xbred cardings 363n Eastern mkt ind 602 RTRS-Australian wool market firms this week SYDNEY, Aug 9 (Reuter) - The Australian wool market firmed marginally through this week on a relatively small offering, Wesfarmers Dalgety Ltd said in its market report. The eastern market indicator rose 9.0 cents to 602 cents a kg clean while the western indicator fell 11 cents to 549 cents. Of the 68,796 bales offered, 89 percent sold to the trade. Wesfarmers said the market continued to generally hover around previously established levels as it has done for the last eight selling weeks. However, quite significant price differentials between fine, medium and broad micron types have now been established. These differentials are expected to further develop with continuing strong Japanese demand for fine types, Wesfarmers said. The Australian Council of Wool Exporters said competition for 20 to 21 micron wool was particularly keen this week as buyers competed to fill indent orders for prompt shipment. "Fine knit wool garments are currently very fashionable in Japan and Korea and these garments are predominantly manufactured from 20-21 micron wool," the Council said. Wool International said a total of 110 SFE wool futures contracts traded in the week ended August 8. The August contract closed 27 cents up at 733 cents/kg clean and October 21 cents up at 739. Open interest declined to 654. Wool International sold 22,768 farm bale equivalents of stockpile wool in the week, all for the September quarter. At August 8, its stockpile stood at 2,194,047 bales and the forward sold position was 178,088 bales for the September quarter and 1,608 for the December quarter. Sales next week are in Sydney and Melbourne with 60,227 bales on offer. _________________________________________________________________ Bradford - cijene vune - 08. kolovoza 1996. cijene u penijima/kg _________________________________________________________________ MERINO CROSSBRED 70s SUPER 504 58s SUPER 353 66s SUPER 463 58s BLENDED 333 64s SUPER 417 56s SUPER 365 64s BLENDED 411 54s CARDED 353 60s SUPER 392 50s CARDED 333 60s BLENDED 374 58s ENGLISH 279 50s ENGLISH 267 56s ENGLISH 270 Bradford wool market sluggish, waits autumn upturn BRADFORD, Aug 8 (Reuter) - The Bradford wool market saw little movement in prices despite hopes that an end to the holiday period in Scandinavia and Germany might lift the level of activity, brokers reported on Thursday. The August price outlook remains fairly grim, they said. But, some trade sources predicted a revival led by coarse types in September when buying by the carpet industry was expected to reflect improvements in the housing market. However, others said that the fall in New Zealand prices signalled that Bradford would do no more than hold steady. 091709 MET aug 96