AWIS WOOL MARKET REVIEW Week Ending 7 April 2017 (Week 40) The AWEX EMI finished at 1459¢, 43¢ lower (-2.9%) in Australian currency and 51¢ lower (-4.4%) in US currency at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. 46,104 bales were on offer nationally, compared with 45,203 bales last...
Yearly Archive: 2017
Read MoreWeek 15 Wool Market Review
Read MoreThe AWEX EMI finished 16¢ higher (+1.0%) in Australian currency and 10¢ higher (+0.8%) in US currency at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. The EMI and the WMI are now 248¢ and 246¢ higher than they were at the same time last year. 37,519 bales were on...
Wool Market Report Week 14
Read MoreWeek Ending 6 October 2017 (Week 14) The AWEX EMI finished 28¢ higher (+1.8%) in Australian currency and 25¢ higher (+2.1%) in US currency at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. 38,217 bales were on offer nationally, compared with 39,184 bales last sale. 3.6% of the offering was passed...
Wool Market Review Week 12
Read MoreThe AWEX EMI was unchanged, in Australian currency and 5¢ lower (-0.4%) in US currency at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. 40,699 bales were on offer nationally, compared with 42,764 bales last sale. 6.9% of the offering was passed in. AWIS Wool Market Review 22 September 2017...
Wool Market Report Week 11
Read MoreWeek Ending 15 September 2017 (Week 11) The AWEX EMI finished at 1525¢, 31¢ lower (-2.0%) in Australian currency and 23¢ lower (-1.9%) in US currency at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. 42,764 bales were on offer nationally, compared with 40,596 bales last sale. 15.5% of the offering...
Week 9 Wool Market Report
Read MoreWeek Ending 1 September 2017 (Week 09) The AWEX EMI finished at 1558¢, 14¢ lower (-0.9%) in Australian currency and 10¢ lower (-0.8%) in US currency at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. The WMI eased by 73¢, but this was over a two week period, following the break...
Wool Market Review Week 8
Read MoreAWIS WOOL MARKET REVIEW The AWEX EMI finished at 1572¢, 42¢ lower (-2.6%) in Australian currency and 40¢ lower (-3.1%) in US currency at sales in Sydney and Melbourne this week. 37,598 bales were on offer nationally, compared with 39,126 bales last sale. 14.0% of the offering was passed in. AWIS...
Click go shears for charity
Read MoreTHE Melbourne-based managing director of Australia’s second biggest wool export company will dust off his shears for a good cause at the Wentworth Show tomorrow. Jonathan Lillie, from Fox & Lillie, has been challenged by two sheep producers from NSW’s far south west to demonstrate his shearing skills to raise...
Wool brokers look at China
Read MoreA group of wool brokers has returned from a study tour of China focusing on wool processing beyond the farm gate. The 31 Fox and Lillie Group staff — including employees from Benalla, Horsham and Mildura — discussed current processing and market trends for wool with their Chinese counterparts. They...
Fox & Lillie Rural lead Chinese study tour
Read MoreA HORSHAM wool broker has toured export and rural service divisions in China as part of an educational study tool. Andrew Hendy was among 31 Fox and Lillie Rural staff who participated in the tour earlier this month. The purpose of the study tour was to enrich staff knowledge of...