Global wool market review

摘要

The opening week of sales in 2018 saw the Australian wool market continue from where it left off in 2017, with a further big rise leading to yet more new record highs. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) lifted by 58 cents (3.3%) for the week to close on a new all-time peak of 1,818 cents per kilo clean on 11 January. In US dollar terms the market saw an even bigger increase, lifting by 81 cents (6%) to close on 1,431 US cents.