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1 September 2006
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 0.8% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week.
5 September 2006
According to data supplied by Intercontuft, Europe's most-quoted consultants to the tufting and carpet industry, production of tufted wool carpet in Western Europe is expected to lift in 2006 in all major producing countries, including Germany.
6 September 2006
China's National Bureau of Statistics report that China's wool imports were down marginally in June 2006 compared with June 2005.
7 September 2006
Germany's GfK consumer sentiment indicator jumped above expectations for August from an upwardly revised July. However, by September the forecast value was only marginally more positive. It appears positive consumer sentiment in Germany may have now reached its peak.
8 September 2006
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 0.6% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week.
12 September 2006
Bloomberg's monthly survey, Eurozone Retail Purchasing Managers Index, indicates growth in retail sales in the Eurozone area for the fifth month running in August.
13 September 2006
Wool demand at retail in Japan during the second quarter of 2006 was marginally lower than the same period in 2005. Even so, for the first six months of the year volumes dropped only slightly.
A new US survey has offered worrying news for suit makers, showing that 78% of executives prefer to wear business casual apparel at the office.
Several Asian nations have seen a huge boost to their textile industries following the imposition of quotas on Chinese textiles in the US and EU markets.
14 September 2006
International prices of synthetic fibres were pushed higher last month as the result of constrained supply and increasing demand.
15 September 2006
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 0.5% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week.
19 September 2006
Italy's imports of wool product (including wool fibre, textiles and apparel) registered on aggregate, only a marginal rise in value in Q1 2006 compared to Q1 the previous year.
20 September 2006
Official statistics reveal Bulgaria's 2005 imports of wool fibre (raw and semi-processed wool) hit a record high.
21 September 2006
Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) trade data reveal imports of non-apparel wool product into the US continued to do well in the first half of 2006.
22 September 2006
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 0.3% lower, on average, at sales in Newcastle, Melbourne and Fremantle this week.
26 September 2006
Russia is currently the world's 9th largest greasy wool producer and the country's wool production and sheep numbers are at the highest levels since 1998.
27 September 2006
China, the world's largest exporter of textiles and apparel and more recently (following the removal of permanent quotas in 2005) the biggest supplier of apparel to the USA and the EU, has begun to face challenges to its continued growth.
28 September 2006
Information from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) regarding beef and lamb production, two key competing grazing enterprises to wool, indicates that sentiment remains weighted away from wool production in Australia.
29 September 2006
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 1.6% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week.
25 September 2006
CC Medico has developed a dry cleaning spray to help business travellers clean their suits easily while on the road.