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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 30. siječnja 1997. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Wool International eastern clean quotes - Jan 30 Fine merino 19m 848 Med merino 21m 669 Fine merino 20m 706 Med merino 22m 627 Broad merino 23m 534 Comeback 25m 506 Broad merino 24m 517 Comeback 26m 495n Fine Xbred 27m 480n Med Xbred 29m 478n Fine Xbred 28m 476n Med Xbred 30m 473n Med Xbred 31m 470n Merino cardings 449 Xbred cardings 388n Eastern mkt ind 598 RTRS-Australian wool indicator rises 4c to 598c/kg SYDNEY, Jan 30 (Reuter) - The Australian wool market eastern indicator rose 4.0 cents to 598 cents a kg clean on Thursday at sales in Sydney and Adelaide, Wool International (WI) said. Merino fleece was mostly dearer, apart from the 19/20 micron categories which fell by 0.5 percent. The 21/23m indicators were 1.5 percent dearer, 22m 0.5 percent dearer and 24m 1.5 percent dearer. The 25m class was up to 2.0 percent dearer, while 26m rose by up to 2.5 percent. Merino skirtings of 19/20m were slightly cheaper while 20/21m were generally unchanged. In crossbreds, 27m was slightly dearer, 28/30/31m were 0.5 percent dearer and 29m was unchanged. In cardings, lambs and locks were generally unchanged, WI said. WI said Japan and China were the principal buyers with strong support from local mills, Taiwan and Western Europe. Of the 32,196 bales offered, 13.4 percent were passed in. Sales continue next week in Goulburn, Melbourne and Fremantle with about 110,668 bales to be offered. _________________________________________________________________ Bradford - cijene vune - 30. siječnja 1997. cijene u penijima/kg _________________________________________________________________ MERINO CROSSBRED 70s SUPER 498 58s SUPER 372 66s SUPER 454 58s BLENDED 348 64s SUPER 407 56s SUPER 343 64s BLENDED 402 54s CARDED 326 60s SUPER 390 50s CARDED 318 60s BLENDED 370 58s ENGLISH 275 56s ENGLISH 264 50s ENGLISH 261 Bradford wool tops clipped by Aussie origins LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuter) - Finer tops values followed Australian merino prices sharply downwards losing up to fourteen pence per kg since Monday, market sources said. After over a week of conflicting price influences, the Bradford market finally decided to settle lower, they said. Both 70s and 66s Super experienced the full fourteen pence fall while 64s Super and Blended dropped eight and six pence respectively. "But the blends involving wool from non-Australian sources haven't fallen as much," one source said. "The way crossbreds have held and even improved their values reflect the dearer UK wool market and New Zealand prices for coarser crossbreds," he added. English wool tops were quoted up three to four pence to trade at between 261 to 275 pence per kg. But several sources grew increasingly pessmistic about the chance of even a modest recovery in local prices. The big discounts offered on finest Supers failed to attract fresh trade although some buying interest was noted. "A decline to new lows looks increasingly probable and at the very least, a significantly firmer trend is unlikely for some weeks," one market specialist said. 311051 MET jan 97