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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:24:34 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Australia - Wool prices move higher</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19191</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>The Australian wool market is moving higher. The June 25th AWEX EMI was 622 (US) cent/kg, or 4 cents higher than the previous day and has been on the US$6 level since May. Although the market is 25% l...</description>
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<title>Aussie exporters lead wool auction charge</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19179</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Australian owned exporters were the top three buyers of auction wool in 2008-09, according to the Australian Wool Exchange.  


Techwool Trading, Fox and Lillie and ABB Wool Exports account...</description>
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<title>New Zealand - Wool prices mixed at last of season`s auction</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19137</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Prices of some types of wool picked up at this week's South Island wool sale, the last one for the 2008-2009 selling season.
 

The strengthening of the New Zealand dollar against most wool...</description>
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<title>New Zealand - Lower result expected by Wool Services International</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19119</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>New Zealand Wool Services International has warned investors its full year result will be below expectations.



The company says it now expects to break even for the June year.

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<title>Germany - Wool industry calls for sustainability push</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19110</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>IWTO President Guenther Beier has praised growers and industrialists throughout the wool pipeline for commitments to product marketing and ecological excellence.
 

Speaking at the recent I...</description>
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<title>Wool buyers` books close as Europe takes a holiday</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19102</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Ongoing fears for the world economy flattened hopes of a decent wool price revival leading into the July break, with the market closing last week at a limp 4 cents a kilogram higher against a downsize...</description>
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<title>Australia - Merino showcased by Hong Kong`s brightest new talents</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19101</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has partnered with Hong Kong PolyUs Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC), the countrys most prestigious design school, to showcase Merino wool in contemporary de...</description>
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<title>World body wants wool promoted as eco-friendly</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19086</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>The president of the global wool industry body says wool must now be promoted as the world's leading ecological fibre.   


Guenther Beier, from the International Wool Textile Organisation,...</description>
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<title>New Zealand - Wool prices slide at latest auction</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19050</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Limited demand for carpet wools has seen a further slide in prices at this week's North Island wool sale in Napier.
 

Only 58% of the 14,000 bales on offer sold.
 

New Zealand ...</description>
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<title>New Zealand - Wool companies disagree over carpet standard</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=18965</link>
<category>Wool</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Competing wool companies have disagreed about a breakthrough in getting United States sustainability standard for carpets to include woollen as well as synthetic carpets.  


Joint venture ...</description>
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<title>New Zealand - Carpet wool marketing venture nearly ready</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=18959</link>
<category>Wool</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Elders Primary Wool expects to begin buying wool next month for its new carpet wool marketing venture in the United States.
 

The company has an agreement with CCA Global Partners, describ...</description>
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<title>Australia - Sliding wool prices tipped to steady</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=18903</link>
<category>Wool</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>A market analyst predicts Australian wool prices will steady this week following three weeks of price falls.
 


The Australian wool price index has fallen almost 10 per cent since mid-May...</description>
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<title>New Zealand - Wool prices fall at latest auction</title>
<link>http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=18878</link>
<category>Wool</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description>Wool prices at Thursday's auction were hit by the rise in the dollar over the past fortnight.   


New Zealand Wool Services International reports that since the previous sale a fortnight a...</description>
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