After 3 consecutive weeks of price increases the wool market retraced this week, with all types and all centres impacted. After lifting by 30¢ last
Seasonal conditions drive changes in the quality of wool, which is a challenge for the supply chain – linking up agricultural supply with all its
It is five months since Mecardo looked at the apparel fibre backdrop to the greasy wool market. It seems timely to check what is going
The opening sales of the biggest offering for months were characterised by a solid performance in Melbourne with 5-22¢ rises across the 16-22 MPG categories,
Cashmere is luxury fine micron apparel fibre, often claimed for apparel sold in souks and markets around the world when the price level being negotiated
The strength of the market this week again can be sheeted home to the finer microns which dragged along the rest of the market to
Fine merino prices continue to be the focus of demand in the current market, albeit with a knitwear slant. The relative price of different micron
The article on micron price curves and discounts for various types of merino wool published last week prompted a request from Uruguay for a longer
It was a similar story to what we have seen for much of the past 12 months in the wool market this week, with fine
Since mid-2018, when apparel fibre prices peaked and started a down cycle, farmer greasy wool stocks have grown in Australia. An exact idea of the
Feedback out of the supply chain continues to indicate that demand for knitwear is outstripping the demand for worsted wool. With this in mind this
Wool is essentially a feedstock for an industrial process, with fashion tacked on the end of the supply chain. That is not how the marketers
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