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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 28. kolovoza 1996. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 929 Med merino 21m 704 Fine merino 20m 818 Med merino 22m 610 Broad merino 23m 533 Comeback 25m 483 Broad merino 24m 501 Comeback 26m 477n Fine Xbred 27m 471n Med Xbred 29m 470n Fine Xbred 28m 470n Med Xbred 30m 466n Med Xbred 31m 465n Merino cardings 427 Xbred cardings 380n Eastern mkt ind 614 RTRS-Australian wool indicator steady on 614c/kg SYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuter) - The Australian wool market's eastern indicator remained steady on 614 cents a kg clean at auctions in Sydney and Melbourne on Wednesday, Wool International (WI) said. In merino fleece, the 19 micron indicator was 1.5 percent dearer, while 20/22/25m were 0.5 percent cheaper. The 21m class was 0.5 percent dearer, 23m 1.0 percent cheaper and 24m unchanged, it said. In merino skirtings, 18.5m and finer were 2.0 percent dearer while 19m was up to 1.0 percent dearer. In crossbreds, 26m was 0.5 percent dearer, 27/28m were up to 1.0 percent cheaper, 29m was unchanged and 30/31m slightly cheaper. In cardings, lambs were firm, locks up to 2.0 percent dearer and crutchings generally unchanged. Japanese interests and Western Europe provided principal competition with good support from most trade sectors, WI said. Of the 24,826 bales offered, 10.3 percent were passed in. Sales continue Thursday in Sydney and Melbourne with about 23,000 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. 291154 MET aug 96