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4 December 2003
Data from the Australian Wool Testing Authority (AWTA) shows that after 18 consecutive months of year-on-year increases, tests of superfine wool (18.5 micron and finer) fell in October.
22 December 2003
With the exception of mohair, there was little improvement in the demand and price of luxury textile fibres in the October/early November period.
10 December 2003
The bulk of Bulgaria's own wool clip is most suited for local carpet, blanket and non-woven manufacture with only small volumes used in apparel manufacture. Like many other countries in eastern Europe, Bulgaria is suffering from a declining sheep population and a shrinking wool clip.
3 December 2003
The expectation that consumer confidence in Japan would slowly recover as a result of rising financial markets and expectations of accelerating economic growth and improved job prospects was not fully reflected in early September/October retail sales, but some very bright spots shone out.
5 December 2003
The Australian wool market had its biggest rise in more than three months this week with prices increasing 1.4% on average at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
China is very much in the spotlight these days and the challenges facing the country's wool sheep industry are of particular interest.
1 December 2003
Highlights from the December edition of Monthly Market Briefing:
11 December 2003
"The Future of Apparel Textiles" was the overall theme of the recent Annual Conference of the ITMF.