Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Australian Wool Prices May Fall as China Stops Applications for Imports

(Bloomberg) -- Wool prices in Australia, the
world's biggest producer and exporter of the fiber, may fall
after China's government stopped taking import applications,
according to a grower-owned forecaster.

``There is talk of price falls of between 5 and 10
percent,'' said Chris Wilcox, the chief economist at Woolmark
Co., in an interview from Melbourne. ``The fears are that mills
that want to buy wool won't be able to get access to a quota to
be able to import wool.''


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