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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 12. prosinca 1996. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 769 Med merino 21m 624 Fine merino 20m 665 Med merino 22m 599 Broad merino 23m 523 Comeback 25m 493n Broad merino 24m 507 Comeback 26m 480n Fine Xbred 27m 473n Med Xbred 29m 466n Fine Xbred 28m 466n Med Xbred 30m 457n Med Xbred 31m 454n Merino cardings 418 Xbred cardings 375n Eastern mkt ind 568 RTRS-Australian wool indicator rises to 568cts/kg SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuter) - The Australian wool market eastern indicator rose five cents to 568 cents a kg clean at sales in Sydney and Melbourne, Wool International (WI) said. Merino fleece prices were higher, with 19/20/21/26 microns one percent dearer and 23/24 were 0.5 percent dearer. Merino skirtings were higher, with 19/20/21 microns 1.0 percent dearer an 22 microns two percent dearer. In crossbreds, 27m was was 0.5 percent dearer. In cardings, locks and crutchings were up to one percent cheaper and lambs were fully firm. WI said Japanese and Chinese were main buyers with good support from Western Europea and most sectors of the trade. Of the 28,433 bales offered, 5.8 percent were passed in. Sales resume on January 6 next year in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle with about 90,550 bales to be offered. _________________________________________________________________ Bradford - cijene vune - 16. prosinca 1996. cijene u penijima/kg _________________________________________________________________ MERINO CROSSBRED 70s SUPER 487 58s SUPER 368 66s SUPER 444 58s BLENDED 342 64s SUPER 402 56s SUPER 353 64s BLENDED 395 54s CARDED 335 60s SUPER 376 50s CARDED 324 60s BLENDED 357 58s ENGLISH 279 56s ENGLISH 269 50s ENGLISH 265 Bradford wool market subdued, topmakers anxious BRADFORD, Dec 16 (Reuter) - The Bradford wool market began the final week of pre-holiday trade in a subdued mood as activity slowed and tops prices were left largely unchanged, industry sources said. Selling was being dictated by topmakers' need to secure new business rather than to optimise profit margins, they said. "Most firms close this weekend for a two-week break and people are leaving the decision-making til afterwards," one source added. One major Australian producer described wool as an unprofitable commodity to be involved in, despite recent firmness in raw wool prices in Australia and New Zealand, Wool processors in the UK and western Europe appeared to share that view. "Prices are being cut just to get whatever business is available simply to keep machinery activity to economic rates," one European insider said. UK-based sources said that this was reducing their competitiveness in the export market and that situation was worsened by the strong pound. Uncertainty over future UK and U.S interest rate movements and recent profit warnings within the industry were fuelling anxiety about trade prospects for early 1997. "Talk of a domestic consumer boom cuts little ice with the UK textile industry - everyone is still finding margins under pressure," one market commentator said. 181113 MET dec 96