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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 22. kolovoza 1996. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 904n Med merino 21m 701 Fine merino 20m 807n Med merino 22m 611 Broad merino 23m 539 Comeback 25m 494 Broad merino 24m 507 Comeback 26m 485 Fine Xbred 27m 479n Med Xbred 29m 479n Fine Xbred 28m 481n Med Xbred 30m 476n Med Xbred 31m 471n Merino cardings 429 Xbred cardings 380n Eastern mkt ind 614 RTRS-Australian wool indicator steady on 614 c/kg SYDNEY, Aug 22 (Reuter) - The Australian wool market's eastern indicator closed unchanged at 614 cents a kg clean at auctions in Sydney and Adelaide on Thursday, Wool International (WI) said. In merino fleece, 19/20 micron were unchanged, 21/24/25m slightly dearer, 22/23m up to 0.5 percent cheaper and 26m 0.5 percent dearer, it said. Merino skirtings were up to 1.0 percent dearer. In crossbreds, 27/29/30/31m were unchanged, while 28m was slightly dearer. In cardings, lambs were fully firm, locks up to 1.0 percent dearer and crutchings unchanged. There was good general competition with most sectors of the trade active, WI said. Of the 22,338 bales offered in Sydney and Adelaide, 9.3 percent were passed in. Sales continue next week in Sydney and Melbourne with about 57,000 bales on offer. _________________________________________________________________ Bradford - cijene vune - 22. kolovoza 1996. cijene u penijima/kg _________________________________________________________________ MERINO CROSSBRED 70s SUPER 525 58s SUPER 391 66s SUPER 469 58s BLENDED 369 64s SUPER 428 56s SUPER 368 64s BLENDED 423 54s CARDED 355 60s SUPER 398 50s CARDED 335 60s BLENDED 377 58s ENGLISH 279 50s ENGLISH 267 56s ENGLISH 270 Bradford wool market sees signs of life in merinos BRADFORD, Aug 22 (Reuter) - There were a few bright spots in the market for merinos, but otherwise wool prices at Bradford remained generally steady on Thursday, brokers said. Top prices for 70s Super were up by around seven pence to 525 pence per kg, and 64s, both blended and Supers, saw increases of five pence. But prices for coarser wools were mostly static, brokers said. Competition was said to have been at its most intense between local traders, with buyers still pitching their offers extremely low. Some brokers attributed the tight trading conditions to overcapacity despite the reduced influx of low-priced South American tops. With UK prices holding firm and strengthening markets in the other major producing countries, several market sources were cautiously optimistic about the outlook for Bradford tops. One broker described the market as "reasonably sound". "It would only need a rise in Chinese demand for the market to gather strength," he added. 231201 MET aug 96