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1 March 2005
United Kingdom wool production is forecast to remain unchanged in 2004/05 compared to the 2003/04 season.
2 March 2005
Increasing income amongst China's fashion consciousness urban residents has contributed to a lift demand for clothing during 2004.
3 March 2005
Despite Australia's record trade deficit, exports of greasy equivalent raw and semi-processed wool volumes grew significantly, up 23.1 per cent in 2004.
The growth of the domestic sales of China's textile and clothing exceeded that of export in 2004, disclosed by Du Yuzhou, chairman of the China Textiles Association.
4 March 2005
The Australian Wool Market finished this week with prices 0.2% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
7 March 2005
Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) provides Monthly Market Briefing to its woolgrower shareholders to help them make more informed marketing decisions and longer-term production decisions.
The growth of domestic textile and garment sales in China is outpacing the growth of exports, reported Xinhua.
8 March 2005
The European Commission's economic sentiment survey saw the index rise in January over December, before falling again in February. While it had appeared the erratic and somewhat restrained development of the economic indicators in the past months had finally given way to a clear upward trend the fall is evident across most sectors except consumer confidence.
Indian apparel exports are making strong inroads into the US and European Union (EU) with womenswear accounting for nearly $2bn in 2004 and tipped to drive garment export growth by 20 per cent this year.
9 March 2005
Japan's wool demand at spinning stage reached a new low during Q4 2004, compared with the corresponding quarter of 2003. This fall was mainly accounted for by lower Q4 imports of scoured wool from New Zealand and to a lesser extent wool top imports direct from Australia.
11 March 2005
The Australian Wool Market finished this week with prices 1.2% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
14 March 2005
The impact of quota abolition in the US and Europe was pushed firmly back into the spotlight on Friday (10 March, 2005).
15 March 2005
As a premium priced textile fibre with unique natural aesthetic characterstics and functional fibre properties wool is used mostly in high retail value textile applications, such as quality woven apparel and knitwear, and in premium bedding and other interior textile products to a much lesser extent.
16 March 2005
EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has dismissed suggestions that there could be a return to the old textile quota system, after January trade figures showed Chinese textile exports booming.
Statistics released by the Chinese Customs Bureau show China's monthly imports for December lifted moderately for the month, continuing the year-on-year gains seen for most of 2004.
18 March 2005
The Australian Wool Market finished this week with prices 1.0% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
According to a report released by the Japanese Government in February, average Japanese household expenditure in 2004 was up 0.5 per cent from the year earlier (adjusted for inflation). The rise follows a moderately higher drop in 2003.
22 March 2005
A quarterly survey conducted by Italian textile industry association Sistema Moda revealed a moderate rise in apparel orders (year-on-year) in the third quarter of 2004. Forecasts are for an improvement which will continue throughout 2005, on the back of strong export demand.
13 March 2005
Indian textile companies are targeting higher-end markets in branded home textiles and apparel in the US and European markets, reported the Hindu Business Line.
23 March 2005
Export statistics from Uruguay confirm more measured recovery in greasy wool exports following the interruption of trade with China due to the Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001.
24 March 2005
The Australian Wool Market finished this week on a good note with prices 0.8% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney and Melbourne.
29 March 2005
China's apparel exports to the US and Europe surged again in February, the second month after the end of global quotas, boosting calls by western trade groups to impose new safeguards.