CIJENE VUNE

MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 27. kolovoza 1996. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 915 Med merino 21m 700 Fine merino 20m 821 Med merino 22m 613 Broad merino 23m 540 Comeback 25m 486n Broad merino 24m 501n Comeback 26m 474n Fine Xbred 27m 475n Med Xbred 29m 470n Fine Xbred 28m 474n Med Xbred 30m 467n Med Xbred 31m 466n Merino cardings 421 Xbred cardings 380n Eastern mkt ind 614 RTRS-Australian wool indicator steady on 614c/kg SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuter) - The Australian wool market's eastern indicator remained steady on 614 cents a kg clean at auctions in Sydney on Tuesday, Wool International (WI) said. In merino fleece, the 19 micron indicator was 1.0 percent dearer, while 20m was 1.5 percent dearer. The 21m class was slightly cheaper, 22/23m slightly dearer, 24m 1.0 percent cheaper and 25m 1.5 percent cheaper, it said. In merino skirtings, 20m and finer were up to 2.0 percent dearer while 21m was 1.0 percent dearer. In crossbreds, 26m was up to 2.5 percent cheaper, 27/31m were 1.0 percent cheaper, 28m 1.5 percent cheaper and 29/30m were 2.0 percent cheaper. In cardings, locks and crutchings were generally unchanged. Japan and Western Europe provided principal competition with good support from most sectors of the trade, WI said. Of the 8,202 bales offered, 7.6 percent were passed in. Sales continue tomorrow in Sydney and Melbourne with about 25,400 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. 281152 MET aug 96